Nick & Dasen's 6D5N trip to Macau, Hong Kong and Shenzhen (June 2008)

This is written and published to share the convenience of planning your own travelling to Macao , Hong Kong and Shenzhen , China , from a non-Chinese (but non-Muslim) Malaysian perspective.

Visa fee for Malaysian Citizen is RM30 per entry to China . You can also get visa with multiple entries within 6 month, 12 month and 24 months which will cost you RM80, RM120 or RM240 respectively. The regular processing time is 4 days. However, your visa can be ready on the same day you applied, for additional fee of RM140.

China Embassy is located at Consular Office, 1^st floor, Plaza OSK (5 mins walking distance from Ampang Park LRT station) and only open up to 11 a.m., which thereafter, no admission is granted, even if only to come and ask one simple question.

Tips: The girls at the visa application counters are not extremely friendly and informative. I initially wanted to go to Shenzhen on 23/6/2008 and written as such, however, when I got my visa, it stated that date entry as before 23/6/2008. Luckily, a day difference means I will just change my itinerary. What upsets me the most was the attitude of the ‘people behind the counters’ who refused to explain why the difference.  

All in all, I only spent about RM1.6K for the whole trip. Breakdown is as shown below for your easy estimation. 

a)     Flight (Airasia) > KL to Macao (RM49.99++), Shenzhen to KL  (RM49.99++) = RM440

b)     Visa = RM30

c)     Travel insurance = RM50

d)     Accommodation (twin sharing) = RM350

e)     Food (<RM20/meals) = RM300

f)       Transportation = RM150

g)     Entrance fee = RM170 (Wax museum = RM50, Splendid China/Cultural Village = RM60, Windows of the World – RM60)

h)     Leisure, souvenirs & misc. = RM140