A block of rooms have been reserved at the Regal Riverside Hotel in Shatin, about 0.8 km from the Shatin Train Station. Information about the hotel can be found here.
CUHK discount rate: HK$580(~US$75)/room/night including tax and service charges.
Shuttle bus will be arranged to go between the hotel and the workshop venue on CUHK campus during the workshop.

Other choices:
1. Royal Park Hotel - a high quality hotel in the center of Shatin. It is located inside a huge train station/shopping mall complex (the largest in Hong Kong). Shatin Train Station is just two stops from University Station, where the Chinese University of Hong Kong is located. Room rate is approximately US$100 per night plus 13% taxes.
CUHK discount rate: HK$700(~US$90)/room/night plus 13% taxes.

2. University guest house - convenient lodging at discount prices on campus, but almost always fully booked. It is within walking distance to Science Center (where the physics department is located) as well as University Train Station. Nice and clean rooms. Room rate is approximately US$40 per night.
The following hotels are in the Tsimshatui/Hung Hom area, which is close to the central part of Hong Kong, but about half an hour of train ride from CUHK.

3. Harbour Plaza Metropolis - very close to Hung Hom train station
CUHK discount rate: ~HK$1,100(~US$140)/room/night including taxes and charges.

4. The Metropole Hotel - in Kowloon area near subway and train station
CUHK discount rate: ~HK$720(~US$90)/room/night plus 13% taxes.

5. Hotel Nikko Hong Kong - in Tsimshatsui East area, close to train station
CUHK discount rate: ~HK$800(~US$100)/room/night plus 13% taxes.

6. Regal Kowloon Hotel - in Tsimshatsui East area, close to train station
CUHK discount rate: ~HK$1,000(~US$130)/room/night plus 13% taxes.

7. The Kowloon Hotel - in Tsimshatsui area, close to subway and train station
CUHK discount rate: ~HK$1,400(~US$180)/room/night including all taxes.

8. Royal Garden - in Tsimshatsui East area, close to subway and train station
CUHK discount rate: ~HK$1,600(~US$205)/room/night plus 13% taxes.

Note: except for Regal Riverside Hotel, all other hotels have not fixed their room rates for 2007 yet. The quotes here are the 2006 figures and may change. We can reserve rooms, but they cannot quote us the room rates yet.