Economist — and economic — Aravind passes along a last-minute housing tip (re: a short-term flat rental), which we shall repost here, in case it got buried in the comments ghetto:

If anyone is still looking for accommodations, I have a good tip: check for short-term apartments. There are many still available for the holidays, most have in-suite laundry, internet access, satellite TV (as if), etc - and they are DIRT cheap compared to hotels: I was choosing between 7 places in the range of 190 - 500 HKD per night… that’s $24 - $64 US!!

Two good places to look are: http://hongkong.craigslist.org (under “housting”, “sublets / temporary”), and http://hongkong.gumtree.com.hk (under “Flat…”, “short term”).

(FYI, there’s a whole 2-bedroom flat in Wanchai that I just turned down, for $500 HKD / night available from 12/25 - 1/4… see craigslist’s posts for last Sunday!)