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	Current events in Hong Kong and Macao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On the third day of the Chinese New Year, 14 Hong Kong holidaymakers are killed and 30 injured during a car accident allegedly caused by speeding in Egypt.
		The WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005 commences at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
		The new US Consul-General in HK and Macao James B. Cunningham says HK is ready for universal suffrage in 2007, and the US Department of Treasury is having evidence that Banco Delta Ásia is related to nuclear projects in North Korea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Current_events_in_Hong_Kong_and_Macao (888 words)

	Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
		While the Hong Kong Democrats and their foreign backers hold the ideological hammer of press censorship over Tung, the public concludes that his tolerance of disrespectful ridicule by the yellow press is a sign of personal weakness and proof of political incompetence.
		There used to be a joke around Hong Kong schools that it is not embarrassing for a British native to be not proficient in Chinese and it is not embarrassing for a Chinese to be not proficient in English.
		Hong Kong is unique because of the principle of one country, two systems and it faces unique challenges that can be found nowhere else.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/GC23Ad05.html (7977 words)

	China, Macao and Hong Kong
		Macao surprised me in so far as it was more laidback and interesting than I had anticipated it to be.
		The most charming aspect of Macao however was that for the first time in a long time for me I was in a city that despite the hustle and bustle also had retreats and pleasant shopping arcades.
		Guangzhou which is known as Canton abroad is not the most fascinating of cities and owes its current size to the trade that it handles between Hong Kong and the mainland.
	www.raphaelk.co.uk /Newsletters/LongOne/Asia/ChinaMacaoHongKong.htm (5232 words)

	Hong Kong
		Hong Kong consists of the island of Hong Kong (32 sq mi; 83 sq km), Stonecutters' Island, Kowloon Peninsula, and the New Territories on the adjoining mainland.
		The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Britain in 1841.
		Hong Kong: History - History The region of Hong Kong, which had long been barren, rocky, and sparsely settled—its...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108114.html (426 words)

	China - Consular Affairs
		Canadian passports issued to Canadians born in Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan are now issued only with the place of birth and not the three-letter country code.
		When you permanently depart from Hong Kong, your employer is required to withhold sufficient amounts of your salary to guarantee payment of all taxes before the Inland Revenue Department will issue a certificate of release.
		Hong Kong is a free port and does not levy general tariffs on imported goods.
	www.voyage.gc.ca /main/pubs/china-en.asp (8998 words)

	HONG KONG
		The Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor also notes that the provisions relating to disclosure of official information are complicated and will create difficulties for the press and others who receive information that may have been unlawfully obtained and relates to national security.
		Whatever their motives for Article 23, Hong Kong legislators must remember to consider Article 27 of the Basic Law, which guarantees freedom of speech, of the press and of publication, freedom of association, of assembly, of procession and of demonstration, and the right and freedom to form and join trade unions, and to strike.
		For example, in 1993 there was a case involving a Hong Kong journalist who was charged with divulging state secrets and held in a Chinese jail for four years because he wrote that the government was going to raise interest rates.
	www.hrdc.net /sahrdc/hrfchr59/Issue4/Hongkong.htm (1861 words)

	IBM China (Hong Kong S.A.R.) e-business: Events archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hong Kong Retail Industry Conference 2005, a joint event organized by IBM and Hong Kong Economic Times, was successfully held on October 20 -21.
		Under the influence of the Hong Kong Disneyland and the Individual Visit Scheme, the vast growth and consumption in the local retail market is prospective in the latter half of year 2005.
		This is supported by the implementation of Mainland-Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement CEPA covering zero-tariff agreement for products made by/ in Hong Kong and/or traded by Hong Kong and the relaxation of market access conditions for trades in services since 2004; and the introduction of Individual Visit Scheme in 2003.
	www-8.ibm.com /hk/e-business/events/archives (4584 words)

	Hong Kong - Hong Kong Travel - Travel to China
		Hong Kong consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories.
		Hong Kong was a United KingdomBritish crown colony until 1997, when it was returned to Chinese rule.
		The Climate of Hong Konglocal climate is that of a tropical monsoon clime.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Hong_Kong (2716 words)

	Hong Kong Travel Guide -
		Despite the ludicrously strict noise restrictions on open-air events, proof that well-connected residents can swing huge clout with city hall, live music is also hugely popular and well catered for.
		Casinos: Hong Kong does not have any casionos; instead they are all a 50-minute jetfoil ride away in Macau, which is famous as a gambler's paradise.
		Live music: What passes for stadium rock in Hong Kong is usually found at HITEC or the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive.
	www.explore-hongkong.com /501/Hong_Kong_Nightlife.html (655 words)

	Swiss Consulate General - Hong Kong
		Whether you are a Swiss citizen registered at the Consulate or momentarily in Hong Kong, a Hong Kong resident planning to do business with Switzerland or just looking for your perfect holiday destination, we aim, through this web site, at providing you with a first set of virtual guidance.
		From January 14th to March 19th, 2006 the Consulate General organizes in collaboration with various partners an exhibition of Swiss and Chinese Paper-Cuts at the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong.
		Holidays observed by the Consulate General in Hong Kong please klick "contact".
	www.eda.admin.ch /hongkong_cg (358 words)

	ITIS Advisory - HONG KONG-Lookup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Visitors 18 years or older may bring into Hong Kong, free of duty: 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco, 1 litre of alcohol, 60 ml of perfume, 250 ml of toilet water and a reasonable quantity of other items for personal use.
		Hong Kong became a "Special Administrative Region" of the People's Republic of China on July 1, 1997.
		Hong Kong International airport is located at Chek Lap Kok off the north coast of Lantau Island.
	etraveladvisories.com /cde/lookup?sid=018778423803851984480806122950 (1900 words)

	Talk:April 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Redirected from Talk:Current events in Hong Kong and Macao)
		This is a discussion page for the article Current events in Hong Kong and Macao.
		The Chinese calendar data requires an update; the almanac is listed for February.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Current_events_in_Hong_Kong_and_Macao (93 words)

	WN's View on Hong Kong and Macao? - Page 2 - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The current jewels of Asia are Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore......
		Well, I think that Hong Kong was a shining example of British colonial rule and I think that most of our colonies and their peoples were better-off under our governance (the tragic and appaling case of Zimbabwe (the former Rhodesia) being the worst example of flrule in Africa).
		It was the expiration of this 99-year lease that necessitated Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997.
	www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?p=1663703 (1877 words)

	People power (Hong Kong and China)
		WHEN the former British colony of Hong Kong was handed back to China six years ago, the government in Beijing insisted that the territory would retain its traditional freedoms under the “one country, two systems” doctrine.
		The government in Beijing is trying to use Hong Kong as a role model to show the Taiwanese that they could retain their freedoms were Taiwan, seen by China as a breakaway province, to rejoin the “motherland”.
		The Chinese government's inability to fully control Hong Kong and the Chinese population in neighboring Taiwan is a blemish on its supposed perfect system that cannot be ignored in Chinese culture.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/944600/posts (3473 words)

	Event
		How can Hong Kong optimize this boom, how do we best prepare for this challenge, these and many other issues will be addressed by a man of vision, in what is expected to be an extremely interesting review.
		While he will be making his formal address at the Hong Kong-Guangdong Business Conference at the Hilton Hotel, San Francisco on October 14, 2005; he is also taking the opportunity to interface and mingle with HKANC members and guests to share some of his views on the economic prospects of Hong Kong as well.
		Hong Kong Schools Alumni Federation is pleased to be a co-sponsor of the above event**.
	www.hkchcc.org /Event.htm (11023 words)

	China (Includes Hong Kong and Macau) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to Hong Kong press reports, these executions have increased the demand for organs from executed prisoners.
		According to demographers in the country, currently there may be as many as 100 million more men than women.
		Foreigners legally are barred from conducting missionary activities, but foreign Christians currently teaching English and other subjects on college campuses openly profess their faith with minimum interference from authorities as long as their proselytizing is low key.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eap/8289.htm (18034 words)

	China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)
		Major political events and visits by high-ranking foreign officials routinely sparked round-ups of dissidents.
		On January 25, Jiang Weiping, formerly a reporter for the Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Bao newspaper and the official Xinhua news agency, was sentenced to 8 years in prison for "subverting state power." Jiang had written a series of articles exposing official corruption in Dalian, Shenyang, and Daqing.
		Hong Kong resident Li Guangqiang (Lai Kwong-keung), arrested in July 2001 for smuggling Bibles into the mainland, was sentenced on January 28 to 2 years in prison.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18239.htm (17759 words)

	TEFL Articles: China ESL - An Industry Run Amuck? (EnglishClub.com)
		As in a coffee shop, the topics should be current events that are relevant and interesting to the speakers.
		She is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Tong ji University, Shanghai, China, where she teaches Psycholinguistics, Second Language Acquisition (SLA), and Testing of English as a Second Language.
		He is currently a Foreign Expert at the School of Foreign Languages, the Shanghai Institute of International Exchange, as part of the Sino-Canadian Joint Program.
	www.englishclub.com /tefl-articles/china-esl.htm (8609 words)

	User talk:Wshun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hi, I didn't know where else to put this as you weren't listign a specific page, so therefore there was no specific page to move it to, so here it is for you to decide where it needs to go.
		I am currently working on tagging the endless numbers of un-tagged images and came across this one.
		Hi hello Wshun, would you be interested to contribute to Current events in Hong Kong and Macao?
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/User_talk:Wshun (3480 words)

	Jin ri Gang Ao [Hong Kong and Macao today] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ENGLISH: The current status of the industries in Macao and the issue of model transformation.
		ENGLISH: In commemoration of the quartercentenary of the University College of St Paul in Macao.
		ENGLISH: Hong Kong and Macao: major events in October 1994.
	www.anu.edu.au /Asia/Chin/txt/JRGA/1994/JRGA-12-94.htm (1131 words)

	News and Current Events Resources for DHS Students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This authoritative news site can be used for a variety of current events needs.
		Published twice weekly, the Times is a searchable source of information about current events in Russia.
		The site is currently not searchable, but the archives go back to 1997.
	www.open.org /~dallashs/news.htm (814 words)

	Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) (tdctrade.com)
		Hong Kong permanent residents can open individually owned stores in all Mainland cities under CEPA II
		Hong Kong fair organisers may host exhibitions in the mainland
		Impact on Financial Sectors in Hong Kong and Guangdong
	www.tdctrade.com /cepa (1000 words)

	Atlas: Hong Kong
		Hong Kong Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population …
		The History of the HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation: Volume 4, The Hongkong Bank in the Period of Development and Nationalism, 1941-1984: From...
		Group (History of Hong Kong and Shanghai) by Frank H. King, Catherine E. King and David …
	www.infoplease.com /atlas/country/hongkong.html (196 words)

	Internet Public Library: News & Current Events
		Updated regularly, the site is intended to provide material for teachers to use with students in discussion of current events.
		"The September Project is a grassroots effort to encourage public events on freedom, democracy, and citizenship in libraries on or around September 11.
		Libraries around the world are organizing public and campus events, such as: displays about human rights and historical documents; talks and performances about freedom and cultural difference; and film screenings about issues that matter." This site offers many ideas for planning events.
	www.ipl.org /div/subject/browse/ref55.00.00 (1651 words)

	World Weather Information Service - web site on World City Forecasts, Climatology and Weather Observations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The WWIS web site is developed and maintained by the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) of Hong Kong, China.
		China; Hong Kong, China; Macao, China; and Oman, would continue to maintain the Chinese, English, Portuguese and Arabic versions of the WWIS web site respectively.
		The Commission also designated Hong Kong, China to serve as the coordinator of WWIS operation in collaboration with other WMO Members.
	www.worldweather.org /pilot.htm (520 words)

	TEFLChina.org -- job > intro > China EFL: An Industry Run Amuck?
		Direct contact with EFL teachers currently employed in China would jeopardize their employment status.
		Contact with EFL teachers after they have departed from China is likewise impossible without a central registry to identify them and obtain their home contact information.
		She is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Foreign Languages, Tong ji University, Shanghai, China, where she teaches Psycholinguistics, Foreign Language Acquisition (FLA), and Testing of English as a Foreign Language.
	teflchina.org /jobs/intro/Niu_and_Wolff.htm (8838 words)

	ChinaSite.com: Current Events -- The Complete Reference to the Web Sites of Current Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Marching into a new century, an MSNBC special report, containing reports, pictures, and video clips.
		As the world's most populous nation stands poised to celebrate 50 years as the People's Republic of China, CNN Interactive, in collaboration with TIME Asia, Asiaweek and Fortune, plans extensive coverage of this major event.
		CNN.com/china, which launches September 5, will cover China's politics, people, culture and economy; focus on China's future; and explore the events that have shaped the world's seventh largest economy.
	www.chinasite.com /CurrentEvent.html (408 words)

	Hong Kong Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The heart of Hong Kong, has all the shopping, gourmet, entertainment and outdoor activities!
		The villages and natural environments are still preserved, it is the place to see another side of Hong Kong!
		As summer approaches and the temperature rises, Hong Kong’s home grown Ocean Park will offer you the best solution to cool off from the heat.
	www.hong-kong-travel.org (265 words)

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