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Richmond is a Chinese living city. There are many commercial palaces and governmental apartments. The following Information are very useful for travelers and new immigrants:

For new immigrant:Driving for 5 minutes to Richmond Human Resource Center for SIN card or to Driver Service Center for driving license£»Walking 10-20 minutes to SUCCESS and Library, Or 8 minutes to Richmond Center¡£

Travel:We offer one-day travel plan with unmatched cost in Vancouver including Vancouver, Victoria, whistler.

Driving Service: Pick you up at airport(one way 15CAD), and other purpose as you ask.

Partivular Service: Help to receive your SIN card and Maple card, send those cards to you within 3 days through FedExor UPS, buy phone card, bus ticket and write invoice of hotel and so on.

International Student£ºPlease contact us if you want to study in Canada or immigrante into Canada¡£

Room Booking:
There are two waysto book room in "QingYi": By Phone or By E-mail. Both you and us should comply and fulfill the word.
We promise to reserve room for you after you booked. Please indicate the number of the people and living days when you book.

Pick up in airport:
You can call us at 1-(778)855-3711(cell phone) or 1-(604)299-9738(home phone) to pick you up after you arrived vancouver, checked in and took luggages.
--- If you came to Vancouver from other country fter you get in lobby, you can call us at 778-386-5805 or 604-278-3666, then get out the lobby and you can see a awning in left side, please wait us there, we will be there about 8 minutes.
--- If you came to Vancouver from other city of Canada , after you got your luggage , please get out of lobby and can see a awning in your right side. Please wait us there, we will be there about 8 minutes.

Notes:
--- To make a phone call, you need (a quarter)25 cents, so either you prepare one or go to "Money Exchange" to get one in Airport.
--- We prepare Long distance Phone Card for you to buy (5CAD for 250minutes to call China). It is cheapest way to phone China.
--- Most venues for traveing in Vancouver are closed to our hotel, drive over there about 6 minutes. You also can take bus 410 go over there.

General Information:
--- Timing Zone: There are 6 timing zones in Canada. It is pacific time (standard time is -8)in BC, is behind Toronto for 3 hours. Summer time is from 2.00am on First sunday in April to 2.00 am on sunday in October.
--- Tax in Vancouver Airport: 15CAD for International flight£»10CAD for domastic flight(including USA and MEXICO)£»5CAD for local(BC) flight£»Free for translation in same day.
--- Query: Call at 604-207-7077 or Visit website at http://www.yvr.ca
--- Currency: There are canadian bills: 5$, 10$, 20$, 50$ and 100$, and coins: 1,5,10,25,50,100 cens, 200 cens.
--- Telephone: Public phone call: 25cens with unlimitted time. There is separated charge for phone call in the room. To call ambulance or police or report fire, please call 911.
--- Long distance:

--- To call Canada and USA, please dial: 1+zone number+final number.
--- To call Taiwan, please dial: 011+886+zone number+final number.
--- To call HongKong, please dial: 011+852+zone number+final number.
--- To call Main Land of China, please dial: 011+86+zone number+final number.

Postal Fee:
Genaral post(245mmX150mmX5mm)
--- Within Canada: 49 cents(30g)
--- Send to USA: 80 cens
--- Send to other country: 140 cents (20g)

Local bus and Skytran:
The local bus divides into 3 zones. The bus ticket fee for one zone is 2CAD, for two zones is 3CAD, for three zones is 4CAD. You should prepare exact coins since there is no charge on bus. The ticket is available for bus tansfer including skytrain and ferry within 90 minutes in the zone(s).
There are some good ways to save money on bus ticket such as monthly pass, daily pass and bus saver. for more information, please call at 604 953-3333(6:30am to 11:30pm).
Other information for travel:
--- Grey hound: 604-482-8747
--- Whister Bus: 604-266-5386
--- Pacific Bus: 604-662-7575

Rail train:
It is very convennten to travel in BC with taking Rail train, for detailed information, please call BC Railway CORP at 604-984-5246 or 1-800-663-8238 £»call candian VIP Railway CORP at 1-800-561-8630£»to call Rocky mountain Travel CORP at 1-800-665-7245.

Vancouver Travel Center :
For map, car rent, hotel resevation, incity views or restaurant£¬please ask Vancouver Travel Center in Canada Place (address: 200 Burrard Street).
Its hours: 8:00am-6:00pm everyday from May to Sep.£»8:30am-5:00pm on weekdays and 9:00am-5:00pm on saturday from Sep. to May.The query phone: 604-683-2000¡£
Booking room or travel: 1-800-HELLO-BC(435-5622) or visit website at http://www.HelloBC.com
Language: Canadian official language are English and French. They speak in English in bank, hotel, office and shop in the BC. Teey can speak Cantonese and Mandarin in China town of Vanciouver and Richmond city.

Shopping tax: BC provincial PST:7%; Federal GST:7%.
Traveler can fill a form to apply tax back when they leave Canada. For detailed information please ask shop or travel guide.

The bylaw of smoking and drinking: All public place not allows smoking such as office building, bus, restaurant, shop and so on. It is ok to drink and smoke in Casino or Pub for adult. To buy cigratte and alcohol, you must be 19 years old or over.