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	GAMES HONG KONG PEOPLE PLAY BY GEORGE ADAMS 1
		Hong Kong people are intensely curious about the contents of wallets, handbags, drawers, briefcases and, one must add, trousers and brassieres and their gazes are often far from surreptitious.
		English is of course an auxiliary language in Hong Kong, not a lingua franca, and is drowned out by Cantonese culture.
		Hong Kong people are as fallible, likeable, comprehensible and, I think, as predictable as a large number of people living in Western cities.
	www.ntscmp.com /games.htm

	Cantonese language, pronunciation and special characters
		Cantonese is spoken by about 66 million people mainly in the south east of China, particularly in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan.
		Cantonese is also the main language of business, the media and government in both Hong Kong and Macau.
		In many schools in Hong Kong and Macau, Cantonese is the medium of instruction, though the students are taught to read and write standard Chinese, which they read with Cantonese pronunciation.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/cantonese.htm (517 words)

	Hong Kong - people
		Ninety eight percent of Hong Kong's population consists of Chinese, mainly Cantonese from mainland China.
		To the Hong Kong people, time is money, and a minute lost is a step away from fortune.
		The massive immigration of new blood into the country continues to heighten Hong Kong's ado and vigor.
	www.marimari.com /content/hong_kong/general_info/people/main.html (517 words)

	Jackie Chan: bio and encyclopedia article
		Cantonese Pengyam (Cantonese Pengyam: hong kong government cantonese romanisation (not an official title) is the method of romanisation...
		The Twins Effect (The Twins Effect: the twins effect () is a hong kong movie that was released...
		Little Tiger of Canton (Little Tiger of Canton: little tiger of canton is a hong kong film made from the remains of jackie chan first...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/jackie_chan (1908 words)

	Yuan (surname)
		The group, led by Yuen Mo, a representative of Hong Kong to the National People's Congress, held talks with provincial and local officials with regard to the development of food processing projects in the area.[26]
		The 13th "Conference of the Descendants of Shun," held in Ru'nan in 1999, was attended by representatives of Yuan clans from as far afield as Hong Kong and Thailand.[27] A number of local clans are also reorganising themselves and publishing updated versions of their genealogies.
		In May 2005, after updating their 1939 genealogy, the Yuan clan of Ximen, Ningbo, held a large scale ancestor worship ceremony which was much publicised in the local media.[28] This return to clan consciousness has been limited, however, by increased geographic and social mobility in China.
	onine-game.sudukofun.info /Wikipedia:Featured_articles/Yuan_(surname) (4066 words)

	Wade-giles
		In Singapore, Pinyin is taught in national schools and widely used in official documents, although an about-turn in government policy reversed the requirement to register people's Chinese names in Pinyin.
		However, the use of apostrophes preserves b, d, g, and j for the romanization of Chinese dialects containing voiced consonants, such as Shanghainese (which has a full set of voiced consonants) and Taiwanese (HÅ-lÃ³-oÄ“) whose century-old Missionary Romanisation is similar to Wade-Giles.
		It was the main system of transliteration in the English-speaking world for most of the 20th century, replacing the Nanjing-based romanization systems that had been common until late in the 19th century.
	branchh.blogiston.com /Taiwan/Wade-Giles (1304 words)

	List of Cantonese-related topics - Biocrawler
		This is a list of Cantonese-related topics, which can encompass the Cantonese people, culture, and language.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/List_of_Cantonese-related_topics (150 words)

	Kristie's Pinyin Web Page
		The bias many people in China have toward Chinese characters and against romanization is so entirely common that itâs hardly newsworthy.
		But I should probably bring up examples from time to time, just as a reminder.
	compressors.onlinetradingcoach.org /Macau/Pinyin (475 words)

	Books, Journals and Articles about Taishan County
		This volume describes traditional village culture in South China, specifically that of Hong Kong and Shenzhen, as recorded by the author during his many years as a civil servant working for the British authorities, from his discussions with the elderly people of the villages.
		This is a collection of essays and photographs exploring the villages of Hong Kong, in particularly their traditions, 1950s, landscape, festivals, politics and defensive architecture.
		The Tung Wah Hospital in Hong Kong is a charitable institution established in 1869 and still flourishing today through which many Chinese and Europeans have passed.
	www.interline.com.au /~jgk/taishan/books.html (4716 words)

	anderson.htm
		They are usually called tan ka (Cantonese; the Putonghua form is danjia)in the literature, but in Hong Kong this word has offensive and insulting connotations, and is not used; they called themselves seui seung yan, “people on the water.” /1/
		The boat people of Castle Peak Bay practiced Chinese medicine of a reasonably standard form, but inevitably it had a style of its own, due to the isolation and poverty of its bearers.
		They were regarded as belonging to a separate ethnic group, though they spoke ordinary Cantonese and were culturally close to the shore-dwelling Cantonese population.
	mcel.pacificu.edu /aspac/papers/scholars/anderson/anderson.htm (4716 words)

	Hong Kong : Hotels , Travel Information guide / Culture
		The Chinese people of Hong Kong are mostly Cantonese but then again the Chinese consist of many clans with their own practices, dialects and way of life.
		Today, more than half of the Chinese population in Hong Kong are Cantonese, although there are also the descendants of the Hakka, Tanka and Hoklo who came to Hong Kong in search of a new life a long, long time ago.
		Many people in Hong Kong practise martial arts, from young children to senior citizens.
	www.hong-kong-hotels.ws /culture.html (1348 words)

	Hong Kong English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		And the mispronunciations of english that result in HK english are mostly found in the less-than-well-educated local people, among them even including some white-collars, and university students, particularly in engineering or science major.
		Hong Kong English is sometimes used to refer to the accent and characteristics of English spoken by some of the ethnic Chinese residents of Hong Kong.
		English is an official language in Hong Kong but for most of the population who are ethnic Chinese, it is a second language acquired from school education.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong_English (1964 words)

	HKLNA-Project - Hong Kong's Information Society
		There is hardly a Chinese name in Hong Kong that does not have at least three pronunciations: one corresponding to the English rendering, one corresponding to the Chinese symbol as spoken in Cantonese, and one corresponding to the same character as spoken in Mandarin (Putonghua).
		What at least some people in the Hong Kong government know.
		Obviously, parents from poor neighborhoods (in Hong Kong these take the form of high-rise estates) are less likely to be well-educated and less able to provide the same level of guidance as parents of wealthier children.
	homepage.mac.com /moogoonghwa/earth/current/hklna/ff/quality/hkit.html (5419 words)

	Financial secretary outlines new economic policies for Hong Kong (tdctrade.com)
		Hong Kong people are better prepared than ever to handle economic difficulties, according to Financial Secretary Antony Leung, speaking in Cantonese to Hong Kong reporters.
		Hong¡¦s Kong¡¦s key industries needed a ¡§stronger push¡¨ Mr Leung added, and the government would focus on improving the business environment and enhancing the quality of the people in a bid to stabilise the economy.
		Hong Kong's economic efficiency would be raised once the government implemented these measures and if people remained optimistic, said Mr Leung.
	www.hktrader.net /200109/200101/200101s3.htm (5419 words)

	Hong Kong in a Nutshell by Asia Travel
		The Cantonese dialect is the most commonly spoken language in the territory, though English is the language of the business and service industries; hotel employees, many urban Hong Kong residents, most young people and shop and service personnel understand and speak it to some degree.
		There are more than seven million people in Hong Kong.
		Hong Kong Island is 77.5 sq km; urban areas are concentrated along the northern shore, its centre and south coast being dominated by mountains.
	www.asiatravel.com /hknut.html (938 words)

	The New York Times: Hong Kong
		For the first time in Hong Kong's history a Hong Konger stepped before his people as their leader Tuesday, explaining in their own dialect of Cantonese how the onset of Chinese rule would change their lives.
		While many people outside Hong Kong have expressed fears about the future of the Internet in the territory after July 1, many Internet users and industry executives there brush off the suggestion that the Chinese government will tinker with the status quo.
		As Asian neighbors watched the celebratory fireworks in Hong Kong, their thoughts were far from the issue that has preoccupied the United States -- whether Communist China will crack down on civil liberties in Hong Kong.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/hongkong (938 words)

	Hong Kong
		Hong Kong (香港; Cantonese IPA: {{{1}}}; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2; Yale: heūng góng; pinyin: Xiānggǎng; Wade-Giles: Hsiang-kang) is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China.
		Hong Kong has extensive trade and investment ties with the People's Republic of China, even before its reunification with China on July 1 1997.
		Hong Kong is by population the fourth largest metropolitan area of the PRC (see List of cities in China).
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Hong_Kong (1992 words)

	Hong Kong Club of Oregon
		The Hong Kong Club of Oregon is dedicated to serving the local Chinese community, especially immigrants from Hong Kong and all Cantonese speaking people.
		Represent the interest of people in the Greater Portland area who were former residents of Hong Kong and those who are interested in participating in the activities of The Hong Kong Club of Oregon.
		The Hong Kong Club of Oregon, a non-profit organization, was formed in the year of 2000, by a group of former residents from Hong Kong.
	www.hkclub-or.com (1992 words)

	Hong Kong : Hotels , Travel Information guide / Culture
		The Chinese people of Hong Kong are mostly Cantonese but then again the Chinese consist of many clans with their own practices, dialects and way of life.
		Today, more than half of the Chinese population in Hong Kong are Cantonese, although there are also the descendants of the Hakka, Tanka and Hoklo who came to Hong Kong in search of a new life a long, long time ago.
		Hong Kong's doubled boiled soups with herbs are the perfect example of food feng shui, as they are believed to be able to help the body regain its 'proper balance' after childbirth or an illness as well as to promote good health generally.
	www.hong-kong-hotels.ws /culture.html (1328 words)

	Wikinfo Hong Kong
		Hong Kong, (known as 香港 pinyin xiang1 gang3 (Cantonese: heung1 gong2), meaning Fragrant Harbour) is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China, consisting of several islands (in the South China Sea) and a peninsula.
		Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometre.
		The name "Hong Kong" is derived from Hong Kong Island in the South China Sea, at the mouth of the Xi Jiang or Pearl River.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Hong_Kong (925 words)

	HolidayCity Flash Travel Article - Hong Kong and the business of Luck
		Such concern for prosperity may, in a way, have contributed to Hong Kong’s rapid rise to become a rich city in such a short time, and a habitually risk loving people cannot help but punt in the hopes of quickly growing their riches.
		From car number plates to telephone and bank account numbers, Hong Kong is well known with its people’s obsession for lucky or auspicious numbers.
		The takings of a single race day in Hong Kong are said to exceed a year’s worth of betting at some tracks in Europe and North America.
	www.holidaycityflash.com /hongkong/hk_business_of_luck1.htm (945 words)

	Ty's Info Page 3
		In cantonese speaking regions like Hong Kong, Singapore, Guangzhou and also in Malaysia the number 4 ("sei") is the most unlucky number - because it means "death" or "die".
		His Jaguar has the plate "BBB 888" and when he had to go bust, people said that there were to many Eights on his car - because "BBB" is also looking like "888".
		The plate of this car carries the number 1434 and Charles, who is living in Malaysia, told me that this means "sure die, alive die".
	www.digest.net /alfa/FAQ/164/ty168.htm (609 words)

	List of Cantonese-related topics - Biocrawler
		This is a list of Cantonese-related topics, which can encompass the Cantonese people, culture, and language.
		You can find it there under the keyword List_of_Cantonese-related_topics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cantonese-related_topics)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Cantonese-related_topicsandaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/List_of_Cantonese-related_topics (150 words)

	Hong Kong in a Nutshell by Asia Travel
		The Cantonese dialect is the most commonly spoken language in the territory, though English is the language of the business and service industries; hotel employees, many urban Hong Kong residents, most young people and shop and service personnel understand and speak it to some degree.
		Hong Kong Island is 77.5 sq km; urban areas are concentrated along the northern shore, its centre and south coast being dominated by mountains.
		The British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong consists of Victoria (commonly known as Hong Kong Island), the Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories, and 235 outlying islands, totalling 1,078 sq km.
	www.asiatravel.com /hknut.html (938 words)

	Hong Kong dollar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The basic unit of the Hong Kong dollar is dollar (圓 for a formal form; 蚊 in spoken Cantonese, perhaps a transliteration of the first syllable of "money", but some suggest that the character is the corruption of 緡; also 元 for a less formal form).
		The Hong Kong dollar (currency code HKD) is the currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and has been the currency of Hong Kong since 1937.
		A further aim of allowing the Hong Kong Dollar to trade in a range is to avoid the HK dollar being used as a proxy for speculative bets on a Yuan (Renminbi) revaluation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HKD (1815 words)

	SkyscraperCity Forums - Watch Hong Kong Local English News
		Fifteen people on board a Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific flight from Manila were injured Friday when the jetliner ran into turbulence as the crew was serving meals, the government said Friday.
		This program is in Cantonese that talks about the history and future developments of Wan Chai District, which is east of Central District.
		Hong Kong-based journalist detained in China for alleged spying is a patriot, wife says
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=223571 (665 words)

	Hong Kong English Antimoon Forum
		I'd like to know from any Cantonese speakers from Hong Kong if they consider Hong Kong English to be a legitimate form of English in its own right, or if they think Hong Kong speakers should follow the norms of English as followed in L1 countries such as the UKandIreland/USandCanada/Aust.andNZ.
		Perhaps some interesting, hitherto unknown, information could come out of a study of 'Hong Kong' English (that is, if there is such a thing).
		Hong Kong people speak English poorly as a rule.
	www.antimoon.com /forum/2004/6084.htm (531 words)

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