It's nearly impossible to spot in HK. You'd either get arrested for parking on an access road, or for stepping over the faint, paint-weary red line which states what is HK and what is "international airspace".
BUT...
I know Scenic Hill's a great place to spot. I've never been up there, but many a.net photos are from Scenic Hill.
Bollocks.
For everything you need about Hong Kong Spotting:
http://www.hkplanes.com/newguide/It's a dumb idea to drive a car because of the lack of parking in most locations. However, every spot is accecible by good, frequent public transport (except Sha Lo Wan).
Hong Kong Police in general are a polite and competant bunch. Some officers even approach the spotters and engage in conversation about aircraft!
The only time I was "stopped" was when I was spotting with 2 other guys one day when we got surrounded by 5 vans and 14 officers, some with machine guns! :shock: However, they checked our IDs and we left our addresses since we knew we weren't doing anything wrong and were standing on the other side of the road regarding airport fences. We later knew why this happened because a
US Air Force Boeing 757 took off some time after the cops were gone, and we were allowed to continue spotting. Handled in a very polite and professional manner - go Hong Kong Police!
Some weeks later, my friends were in the terminal for a lunch break and ran into the nice polite cop who did most of the talking. It was all friendly and they exchanged greetings with each other.
As for aircraft, lots of A32x from China Eastern and Dragonair. Plenty of widebodies as well, especially A330s with Cathay being the largest operator in the world. Good number of 747s including the 747-100 which makes a ruckus! You can spot pretty much every type of widebody without too much waiting in Hong Kong.
