Huang Yi-nung states that in Hong Kong, where Western influence arrived much earlier than in Taiwan, there are even more popular almanacs than in Taiwan. It's just that Hong Kong people have a different name for them.
黃一農表示，受西方影響比台灣更早的香港，通書比台灣還多，只不過香港人忌諱「書」音同「輸」，所以叫做「通勝」。