their intake, if i'm not wrong is only once a year in september (unless you're going there for exchange).

as for the dentistry bit. 4As is really good results academic-wise. as for the other questions about whether you're good enough or your co-curricular etc etc, you won't know unless you try applying. i don't think anybody can give you a direct answer for that. but do note that your personal statement would be something that can help you stand out from the rest of the academically excellent applicants,especially since the intake for dentistry is generally quite small and they tend to have a pool of academically excellent applicants to choose from annually. try to write something honest and personal rather than generic exam-like essays and you should be fine.eg. write about how you love sweets but hate going to the dentist or something. O_o sharing personal stories that the selector can relate to might make your application more memorable than the generic i-hold-1000-posts-in-my-previous-school lists. but that's just my two-cents. it's all up to you. all the best!

the cantonese in hk isn't that difficult to pick up especially for those tvb drama lovers. as for accommodation, just as 'imitation' said, lodgings on campus are generally much cheaper than outside (note that most facilities and utilities are covered too) and generally quite comfortable too.

that's me too! haha! well, hku is an english-medium university. they have a lot of international students from countries like Pakistan, Europe and Africa as well. I don't think they can even understand canto or chinese in general (at least most of them can't) so i don't see that as a major problem. in fact, being fluent in english will be your advantage in classes, presentations, assignments, exams etc because some of the hk-ers studying there may not have as proficient english as you.

i think myreply to Grimm's question might answer your question . but just to emphasise, no, you don't need to be able to read Chinese to study in HKU (at least, for most of the major courses if not all in case there's an exception or 2) as the medium and all other exam stuff are in english. and note the international students' population in HKU, a lot of which who cannot even speak chinese let alone read.