Transport Taxes, Fares Much Higher in Korea than Hong Kong
To travel from Hong Kong's Central district to Chai Wan (approximately 12 km), you can take the subway and be charged HK$6.80 or W803 to your Octopus Card, a widely used payment system for virtually all public transport in the city (HK$1=W118).

To go from Chai Wan to Admiralty, you can take a city bus for a minimum fare of HK$6.10. If you want to go back to the island's eastern area of Taikoo Shing in Quarry Bay (11.5 km), it would cost about HK$85 for a taxi plus HK$10 to use the tunnel, or W11,200 total.

The same distance would cost W1,000 (US$1=W917) on Korea's T-money system; for example taking the subway from Seoul's Dongdaemun World Cup Stadium Station to Isu Station (12.3km). A bus ride from Sadang Station to Gwacheon Government Complex is W900. From the Complex to Umyeonsan Tunnel, 11.5 km, costs W12,000 by taxi, not including the W2,000 for tunnel passage.