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  Hong Kong - MSN Encarta
Hong Kong is bordered on the north by Guangdong Province and on the east, west, and south by the South China Sea.
Hong Kong’s mainland portion consists of the urban area of Kowloon and a portion of the New Territories, a large area that became part of Hong Kong in 1898.
Hong Kong is among the leading trading centers in the world, and shipping and trade continue to be important aspects of its economy.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561507/Hong_Kong.html   (2134 words)

  
 Hong Kong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Hong Kong religious leaders also have noted that the Basic Law provision that calls for ties between local religious organizations and their mainland counterparts to be based on "nonsubordination, noninterference and mutual respect" could be used to limit such ties.
Hong Kong's NPC delegates also are members of the Election Committee that chose 10 of the Legislature's 60 members in 1998 and 6 of the legislatures members during the year.
Hong Kong's Society for Community Organisation estimated that tens of thousands of women in Hong Kong, largely single women and widows from the mainland, are regularly subjected to the threat of violence, abuse, robbery, and sexual harassment by cohabitors.
www.freeserbia.net /Documents/HongKong.html   (14956 words)

  
 Hong Kong
Television broadcasting licenses are subject to periodic renewal from the government of Hong Kong through its Broadcasting Authority (BA), established in 1987.
With the transition to Chinese rule in 1997, television in Hong Kong must balance a tension between needing to adapt to the ideology of new political leadership with attempting to maintain the economic success of the industry.
Hong Kong: The Press of the Hong Kong Institute of Asian-Pacific Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/H/htmlH/hongkong/hongkong.htm   (2170 words)

  
 TVB Pearl - Wikicompany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
TVB Pearl (無線電視明珠台) is one of the two free television services in Hong Kong that mainly broadcast in the English language, the other being ATV World.
This follows the Hong Kong education syllabus, serving as a reference for primary and secondary school students of mathematics, the English language, Putonghua, and other school subjects.
Television Broadcast Limited cooperates with ABC Asia Pacific (ABC AP), whose service is managed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), to have a broadcast of ABC AP Australian National news every morning after midnight on TVB Pearl.
wikicompany.org /wiki/TVB_Pearl   (1071 words)

  
 Human Rights Practices for Hong Kong in 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
Some Hong Kong publishing houses owned by mainland Chinese interests stopped publishing Falun Gong materials after the movement was banned on the mainland in July 1999, and some bookstores operated by mainland enterprises removed Falun Gong books from their shelves (see Section 2.a.).
Hong Kong's NPC delegates also are members of the selection committee that chose 10 of the Legislature's 60 members in 1998 and 6 of the legislators in 2000.
Hong Kong is a transit point for some persons trafficked from China and other nations to third countries, despite active efforts by the Government to stop such trafficking.
www.freeserbia.net /Documents/HongKong2002.html   (14013 words)

  
 Serviced Apartments Hong Kong
To prepare for the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force (RHKAAF), a unit of RAF, was disbanded on April 1, 1993, with all operations taken over by this civilian unit.
The unit was raised in the 1950s/60s with Hong Kong citizens of Chinese descent who have served in the various artillery and coastal defence units during the Battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War.
The unit was disbanded in the early 1990s due to the handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty from Britain to China (1997).
www.artistbooking.com /trips/185/serviced-apartments-hong-kong.html   (744 words)

  
 Free Plasma Television
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 Indiantelevision.com's Breaking News : Hong Kong likely to get a free digital television by 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
MUMBAI: Hong Kong viewers may be able to enjoy free digital television as soon as 2006.
The government, in its second consultation on digital terrestrial television (DTT) broadcasting said the implementation of DTT should not be delayed further, even though the Central Government had not yet decided on a national DTT standard.
Though the deadline is set for 2006, both TVB and ATV have pressed for the government to defer pushing DTT in Hong Kong in their submissions, as the mainland has not yet promulgated its own standard.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k3/dec/dec102.htm   (372 words)

  
 FT.com / Asia-Pacific / China - Hong Kong’s growth hit by rising rates
Economic growth in Hong Kong slowed unexpectedly in the second quarter as rising global interest rates and oil prices curbed demand for exports, official figures showed on Tuesday.
Annual gross domestic product growth was 5.2 per cent in the 12 months to end June, compared with a rise of 8 per cent in the first quarter, with the government citing a slowdown in US demand for exports as a key reason for the fall.
Hong Kong exports Chinese-made goods through its ports, which serve as a trading hub for the mainland.
www.ft.com /cms/s/2135deea-3235-11db-ab06-0000779e2340.html   (352 words)

  
 Cable Hong Kong Tv
Owned and operated by Cable TV Hong Kong, the station is the first 24-hour television news service in Hong Kong.
Cable News Hong Kong - Cable News is responsible for the newsgathering operation of Cable Television in Hong Kong.
Free television services (Hong Kong) - There are two free-to-air television services in Hong Kong: Shared services - Shared services is a business term referring to the consolidation and sharing of services by different units within an...
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 Threats to Hong Kong's Free Press
The dwindling number who truly believe — as opposed to those who say they believe — that nothing much is going to change in Hong Kong after July 1997 should read recent remarks by the head of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, Lu Ping, on the subject of freedom of the press.
Lu, Hong Kong's own laws might not suffice: "There are also certain national laws that Hong Kong should abide by." These include, he said, prohibitions on suggesting that Taiwan or Hong Kong should be independent.
Hong Kong is a media center, the regional headquarters for all manner of wire services, newspapers, magazines and television stations, not to mention a thriving (and often irreverent) domestic media.
www.iht.com /articles/1996/06/06/edbow.t.php   (628 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: HONG KONG: TV on handsets by middle of next year
Television Broadcasts is talking to global mobile-phone giant Nokia about piloting a handset television service in Hong Kong by the middle of next year.
However, TVB is still studying the business model for a mobile television service and there are no firm plans to launch the service to the public.
Mobile operators worldwide are banking on mobile television services to develop new revenue streams due to cut-throat competition driving down traditional voice and data tariffs.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=31400   (399 words)

  
 rec.travel guide to Hong Kong
Hong Kong proper is on an island (the second-largest of the islands) just south of the southern tip of the peninsula.
Hong Kong is a British colony, so as you may expect, cars travel on the _left_ side of the road.
Hong Kong residents and tourists are required to have valid identification on hand at all times.
www.math.toronto.edu /joel/hongkong.html   (11629 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: HONG KONG: Impatient government acts on digital TV plan
Digital television is a progression from the traditional analogue transmission signal and takes up less frequency spectrum while offering higher picture quality.
Therefore, Hong Kong's plan to migrate to digital television in 2006 would still match the mainland if it did not face further delays.
However, Hong Kong's two terrestrial television broadcasters - Television Broadcasts and Asia Television - reiterated it was crucial to wait for China's decision before Hong Kong went ahead with its plan.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=5440   (527 words)

  
 Hong Kong clubs under Casbaa piracy scrutiny - Indiantelevision.com's Breaking News
The cease and desist letters were issued in parallel with the launch of a "pay-TV piracy awareness" campaign, under which Casbaa will issue letters to 300 bars and clubs in Hong Kong putting them on notice of what constitutes the legal and illegal screening of pay-TV services.
In Hong Kong, besides Hong Kong Cable Television (i-Cable), the licensed pay TV operators are PCCW (NOW), Yes TV and Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting (ExTV), all of whom are members of Casbaa.
Simon Twiston Davies, the CEO of CASBAA, applauded Tsang's comments and said the pay-TV piracy awareness letters and cease and desist letters to the bars and clubs are part of a wider campaign to raise awareness of pay-TV piracy in Hong Kong and across the region.
www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k4/may/may172.htm   (456 words)

  
 Free Sms Services
Asia Television Ltd (ATV): operates one English-language (World) and one Chinese-language (Home) channel.
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The book is divided into fourteen chapters and three appendices which include one for the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
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 CalTrade Report - DREAMWORKS TO PARTNER WITH HONG KONG STUDIO
The work from the Hong Kong animators was so highly rated that word spread fast: a cartoon series called Zentrix was shown in France and Japan and ultimately caught the eye of the DreamWorks team.
Tse said he thought Imagi's distinctive style was a result of the wide cultural influences animators in Hong Kong were exposed to daily.
"Hong Kong is unique because people here have a lot of chances to watch animation from all different parts of the world with different styles - from the United States, Europe and Japan," he said.
www.caltradereport.com /eWebPages/page-two-1073607565.html   (666 words)

  
 The Complete Rod Taylor Site: Hong Kong
ABC and 20th-Century Fox TV thought "Hong Kong" might be a blockbuster, but it couldn't compete against "Wagon Train" on NBC.
Taylor experienced some real-life drama when trying to shoot a scene at the border between Hong Kong and communist China: "We set up the camera as if we were going to shoot the Hong Kong side," he told a magazine in 1961.
She visits Hong Kong to investigate the disappearance of one of her journalists.
www.fanfromfla.net /rodtaylor/hongkong.shtml   (2525 words)

  
 Renaissance Harbourview Hotel, Hotel in Hong Kong on HK Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09)
The hotel has 860 rooms and suites, the majority of which overlook Hong Kong‘s famous Victoria Harbour.
There is the largest outdoor hotel swimming pool in Hong Kong (closed for annual maintenance from December to March), 3 Jacuzzis, a children’s splash pool and playground, a jogging track, 2 tennis courts, a golf driving range, and a well equipped gym.
Available are experienced bilingual secretaries, world-wide and local courier, professional translations and interpretations, printing and binding service, and the latest electronic equipment, such as computers, pagers, dictaphones etc. Internet and email access is also available.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/hongkong/hotels/hki_renaissancehv.htm   (538 words)

  
 Hong Kong startup plans free PC program in India | InfoWorld | News | 2005-11-11 | By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service
The free computers will not be offered to the very poor, but only to the middle and lower middle-class people who have sufficient purchasing power, Chen said.
The first free computers from Asiatotal.net are also likely to be rolled out first in the cities and towns that already have Internet access.
The company does not provide the Internet access free, but only the device, and a minimum requirement is that the user have a telephone connection and an Internet account, according to Chen.
www.infoworld.com /article/05/11/11/HNfreepcindia_1.html   (1411 words)

  
 The Chronicle: Daily news: 11/13/2001 -- 01
Two Hong Kong-based foundations are proving instrumental in China's efforts to provide better training for teachers in China's remote western provinces.
Li Ka-shing is chairman of Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Holdings and widely regarded as one of the Asia's wealthiest men.
Chau in an interview in her office in Hong Kong.
chronicle.com /free/2001/11/2001111301u.htm   (787 words)

  
 Hong Kong
Current issues: Pursuant to the agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became a special administrative region of China on 1 July 1997.
Under the terms of this agreement, China has promised that Hong Kong shall enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs.
Even before Hong Kong reverted to Chinese administration on 1 July 1997 it had extensive trade and investment ties with China.
www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/wofact98/113.htm   (1023 words)

  
 Pay television services (Hong Kong) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TVB Pay Vision Ltd (TVB Pay Vision): provides over thirty pay channels, included 8 TVB channels, and Celestial Movies, a movie channel which screen movies produced by Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd., the parent company of TVB.
This page was last modified 10:20, 18 July 2006.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pay_television_services_(Hong_Kong)   (139 words)

  
 Free television services (Hong Kong) - China-related Topics FQ-FT - China-Related Topics
Free television services (Hong Kong) - China-related Topics FQ-FT - China-Related Topics
Asia Television Ltd (ATV): operates one English-language (ATV WorldWorld) and one Chinese-language (ATV HomeHome) channel.
Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB): operates one English-language TVB PearlPearl and one Chinese-language TVB JadeJade channel.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Free_television_services_(Hong_Kong)   (141 words)

  
 Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong Wedding - Fitness facilities
It offers the latest in cardiovascular equipment, each with individual LCD touch-screen television and headphone, as well as an extensive selection of weight-training machines and free weights.
An oxygenated yoga studio, and a separate Pilates and stretch studio, are available to provide dedicated environments for these healthy disciplines.
All cardiovascular equipment features individual LCD touch-screen televisions with headphones.
www.fourseasons.com /hongkong/weddings/fitness_facilities.html   (140 words)

  
 Pay television services (Hong Kong) - China-related Topics PA-PD - China-Related Topics
Hong Kong Cable Television Ltd (CableTV): controlled by Wharf Holdings, operates over eighty channels with programmes broadcast in English language, Cantonese (linguistics)Cantonese, Mandarin (linguistics)Putonghua and other languages.
PCCW-HKT Interactive Multimedia Services Ltd (NOW Broadband TV): provides twelve free channels and over sixty pay channels with programmes broadcast in English language, Cantonese (linguistics)Cantonese and Mandarin (linguistics)Putonghua.
Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Ltd (exTV): controlled by TVB, channels: tvbN, tvbE, tvbQ, TVB Xing He, TVB8, and Celestial Movies, a movie channel which screen movies produced by Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd., the parent company of TVB.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Pay_television_services_(Hong_Kong)   (204 words)

  
 Hong Kong, China news media - Hong Kong newspapers, magazines and TV stations, Hong Kong media at Mondo Times
Hong Kong, China news media - Hong Kong newspapers, magazines and TV stations, Hong Kong media at Mondo Times
Hong Kong newspapers, magazines, radio and TV stations.
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www.mondotimes.com /1/world/cn/192/4538   (69 words)

  
 Welcome To eBroadcast - Australia's Premier Internet Publisher
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I am so mad that Treasure Hunters wasn't on tonight like it said in my TV Guide and what makes it even worse is that they replaced it with some Wiggles crap!
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