Taxis in Hong Kong

Hong Kong consists of three regions: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories (NT).

There are 3 types of taxis in Hong Kong, i.e. urban taxis (red taxis), NT taxis (green taxis) and Lantau taxis (blue taxis). They operate in different parts.
http://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/public_transport/taxi/details_of_taxi_operating_areas_/index.html

The taxi fare of these 3 types of taxis are different as well.
http://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/public_transport/taxi/taxi_fare_of_hong_kong/index.html
(You cannot use octopus card to pay taxi fare. Only cash accepted)

If you take a taxi from airport (GTC) terminal to Lynwood Court of TSW, it costs about 300HKD and the travelling time is about 35 minutes. (Bear in mind that you should choose green taxi because green taxi is slightly cheaper than red taxi.) Ask the driver to take you to Tin Shui Wai Lynwood Court. If he doesn't know its English name, show him these Chinese words "天水圍嘉湖山莊麗湖居正門".

If you take a taxi from airport (GTC) terminal to other place, you can check the estimated fare by this website: http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/transport/to-from-airport/taxi.html
(But if you have enough time, why take taxi? why not choose other cheaper transport? I can help you to check all the details.)

I don't suggest you to take taxi from the Peak to TSW directly because as you said you want to save as much as you can. I guess the taxi fare is around $400 which is definitely too high. 

As the sunset time is 5:47 pm on 31 Oct, the sky will completely turn dark at about 6:05 pm. If you leave the Peak at ~6:20 pm, it is still very early to go home. So I suggest that you can take taxi from the Peak to Central ferry pier no. 7. There is a halal restaurant at Central ferry pier no. 7. You can have a early dinner there. Then take a ferry to East Tsim Sha Tsui. It is the cheapest but the most romantic way to across Victoria Harbor.


The taxi fare of red taxi from the Peak to Central ferry pier no. 7 is about $75-85. The travelling time is very short, just about 10 minutes.  The Chinese name of Central ferry pier no. 7 is "中環7號碼頭".

But watch out for the dishonest taxi drivers. To prevent from being cheated, you should:

1) Estimate the taxi fare first

2) Take a photo of the personal information of the taxi driver 

The personal information of the taxi driver is shown on a white card which is near the fare meter.



3) Keep the receipt in case you doubt about the fare

4) Don't pay a great amount of note and count the change carefully.