Hong Kong Octopus Card

I really don't know why did I put this post up that late, but anyway it had to appear on my blog one day.
There are so many things about Octopus card here in Hong Kong. It is like a vital thing you have to get as soon as you get through passport control in the airport.
You can get it at any MTR station. And there are plenty of these, including right in the airport building.
It works sort of similar to London Oyster card, you buy it for 150 HKD (round 12 GBP), 100HKD of these 150 you have on your card as a credit.
Octopus is in use literally everywhere. Transport is the obvious thing - MTR, buses, trams and boats you can pay for with it.
Then you can use it to pay your bill at plenty of shops, all the shops located in MTR zone - and there are so many of shops there with food and loads of other things.
Octopus is accepted for payment in many eating places, but make sure at the till you can do that before ordering.
You can top up Octopus at any MTR station, but be ready to do that with no less than 50HKD and always in cash ( I seriously don't understand why on earth do they now accept cards payment in MTR...).
If you are living in Hong Kong you can link your Octopus to your credit card online and you don;t have to top up it - there always be 250HKD (22 GBP)  a day to use topped up automatically next day (and 250HKD in Hong Kong is really enough money for transport meaning).
If you are in Hong Kong just for a visit, hand you Octopus back in MTR station on departure and receive 90% of its actual cost, so about 45HKD (remember 100HKD out of 150HKD price went into your credit, so the actual price of Octopus is 50HKD).
So that is really convenient and easy thing to get here.
Octopus Card is Hong Kong must have for both tourists and residents.