Batgung

Hi,

The summer is long and hot and sultry - but the spring is worse, at least where I live.  I have noticed my books age more rapidly here than in other places I have lived, but not so much that I wouldn't keep buying them. I have old family pictures on the walls - keep them in glass and away from the sun & theyare OK. Most have been on the walls for the past 7 years.

Wooden furniture - may swell in spring and shrink in winter - but less in a flat that you live in Hong Kong than (say) a basement or attic in Massachusetts (my home state). 

Precious leather goods - buy the dehumdifying thingies that they sell in grocery stores and take a look every month or so to see how they're doing. 

Most water damage I've experienced was an air conditioner leak on top of one of my book-cases a couple of years ago - but it wasn't as bad as some of the floods my family members have experienced in their basements in New England over the years.

I would say, bring your stuff, so you can keep an eye on it.  What you decide not to take, consider giving away or recycling. See this move as an opportunity to really pare down. :) 

We have 3 de-humidifiers (machines) which are on pretty much full time in our apartment, summer and winter. They're set to spring on when the humidity rises, and we empty them more often in summer than in winter (obviously). 

I'd say they're a must. You can get them from most electrical stores, or on the 2nd hand expat market, and they're well worth the expense.

Vacuum bags not only work, but they're a great space saver. I alternate my summer / winter clothes in them.  Before I seal them I put in a few of the little humidity pouches just in case.  After 2 seasons here, I"ve had no problems.

I think you install the bars at wrong place. Mine are on the top of cupboards and above the hanging rail.