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	Government House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Government House, Melbourne is the residence of the Governor of Victoria.
		Government House, Queensland is the residence of the Governor of Queensland.
		Government House, Hobart, is the residence of the Governor of Tasmania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_House (842 words)

	Government House, Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Government House (Traditional Chinese: 香港禮賓府;formerly, 香港總督府 or 港督府 in short) was the residence of the Governor of Hong Kong from 1855 to 1997 and since 2006 has served as the residence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
		It nestles at the Government Hill, Central, Hong Kong Island.
		Government House was previously the official residence and office of 25 of Hong Kong's 28 Governors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_House,_Hong_Kong (942 words)

	Map 4 Kids - Hong Kong Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hong Kong has 422 square miles (1,092 square kilometres) of land area, including land reclaimed from the sea, and the area continues to grow as more land is reclaimed.
		Hong Kong is bordered on the north by Guangdong Province and on the east, west, and south by the South China Sea.
		Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with an overall density of some 6,250 people per square kilometer.
	www.map4kids.com /world/asia/hong_kong/index.php (2065 words)

	Association for Asia Research- Freedom House: Proposed Hong Kong law severely threatens free expression (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is currently preparing national security legislation required by Article 23 of the territory's Basic Law, which assigns penalties for acts of treason, sedition, and subversion, among other offenses.
		Hong Kong democracy activistsincluding students, journalists, human rights activists, religious groupsand business organizations have denounced the law, calling it a direct threat to fundamental civil liberties guaranteed for Hong Kong residents after the territory's handover from the United Kingdom five years ago.
		The report also calls for the government of Hong Kong to release to the public a complete legislative draft in the form of a "white bill" and to allow ample time for thoughtful and comprehensive public analysis.
	www.asianresearch.org /articles/1103.html (563 words)

	Government House, Attractions of Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Government House was the residence of the Governor of Hong Kong from 1855 to 1997.
		Government Hill is the hill in Hong Kong, bounded by Upper Albert Road on the south, Queen's Road Central on the north, Garden Road on the east, and Glenealy on the west, on Hong Kong Island.
		The Government House, the residence of the colonial governor and the chief executive, the Central Government Offices (Government Headquarters), the Court of Final Appeal and St.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /HongKong/hongkong-interest-governmenthouse.html (807 words)

	CNN.com - First high-level meeting between Taipei and Hong Kong - February 13, 2001
		HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- In another sign of thawing cross-Strait relations, the mayor of Taipei met with the Beijing-backed Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
		It is the first high-level meeting between Taipei and Hong Kong since the handover of the former British colony to China in July 1997.
		He is in the territory on the invitation of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute, which is led by Tung's special advisor Paul Yip.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/east/02/13/hongkong.taiwan (399 words)

	CNN - British flag lowered for last time at Hong Kong Government House - June 28, 1997
		HONG KONG (CNN) -- The British flag was lowered Saturday from the Government House in Hong Kong during a tearful and emotional ceremony that marked the official birthday of the queen and bid an early farewell to the territory.
		Prince Charles arrived in Hong Kong Saturday to formally hand the 156-year-old colony back to China on July 1.
		Earlier in the day, the most outspoken legislature in Hong Kong's history lived up to its reputation by debating and orating around the clock before disbanding for the last time in history.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9706/28/hong.kong.wrap (533 words)

	Hong Kong Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hong Kong Jobs With access to the largest on-line database for job openings in the territory, Hong Kong Jobs is capturing an increasingly larger share of the growing web audience.
		Hong Kong Government Counsellor in Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs Office in Washington 1985-95, Deputy Director of Home Affairs 1995-96, Representative of the Special Autonomous Region of Hong Kong in London 1999-2000.
		Hong Kong Government Withdraws Proposed Security Law The legislation, drafted under Article 23 of Hong Kong’sconstitution or Basic Law, amounts to a fundamental assault onthe democratic rights of the Hong Kong population.
	resourcereference.com /directory/government/hong-kong-government.html (277 words)

	Hong Kong Government's ESD + HP - HTML
		In 1998, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) launched an initiative to make the city the digital hub of Asia.
		Hong Kong's millions of citizens can now access more than 130 types of public services from more than 40 government departments.
		Within two years, from conception to reality, the joint venture in which HP is a technology provider has supplied the Hong Kong SAR Government with a highly available, scalable and manageable bilingual public – and commercial – services portal.
	www.hp.com /country/us/en/msg/corp/htmlhongkong.html (358 words)

	IFEX :: Proposed Hong Kong law severely threatens free expression, says Freedom House report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is currently preparing national security legislation required by Article 23 of the territory's Basic Law, which assigns penalties for acts of treason, sedition, and subversion, among other offenses.
		Hong Kong democracy activists, including students, journalists, human rights activists, religious groups and business organizations, have denounced the law, calling it a direct threat to fundamental civil liberties guaranteed for Hong Kong residents after the territory's handover from the United Kingdom five years ago.
		Freedom House's report is based on a fact-finding mission to Hong Kong conducted in November 2002.
	www.ifex.org /en/content/view/full/18157 (693 words)

	02/16/01 -- Canadian PM's trade mission faces green protesters in Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hong Kong - Green campaigners on Friday dumped four tonnes of timber on the doorstep of Government House in Hong Kong while inside Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien held trade talks with the territory's leaders.
		Chretien is in Hong Kong heading a high-powered mission aimed at promoting trade and cultural links between the two nations.
		His visit to Hong Kong follows talks in China with President Jiang Zemin where he raised the issue of human rights, including the crackdown on the Falun Gong movement.
	forests.org /archive/canada/capmtrad.htm (305 words)

	Hong Kong SAR
		U.S. citizens who arrive in Hong Kong with an expired or damaged passport are detained, sometimes fined and are refused entry and returned to the United States at their own expense.
		A Hong Kong driver's license may be issued without a test to individuals who hold a valid U.S. driver's license, provided they have resided in the United States for not less than six months.
		However, under an agreement between the United States and the PRC, all U.S. citizens entering Hong Kong on their U.S. passports, including such persons as may be considered PRC nationals by the PRC authorities, are considered U.S. citizens by the Hong Kong SAR authorities for purposes of ensuring consular access and protection.
	travel.state.gov /travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1136.html (3049 words)

	Hong Kong Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online
		Among the non-Chinese living in Hong Kong, some 150,000 Filipinos make up the largest foreign community; most are women working as maids and nannies (amahs in local parlance), and can be seen socializing in Statue Square on their day off, usually Sunday.
		It was the expiration of this 99-year lease that necessitated Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997.
		Perhaps the greatest sign that Hong Kong is operating comfortably under Chinese rule is the fact that political debate has, for the most part, centered on such issues as chickens and pollution rather than the much-feared crackdown on individual liberty.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=hong_kong@74 (341 words)

	GREENPEACE DEMANDS HONG KONG AND CHINA TO STOP BUYING RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In recent years, Hong Kong and China have become significant trading partners with Canada with a growing demand for pulp, paper, newsprint and lumber.
		Hong Kong and China combined now represent Canada's third largest trading partner with bilateral trade exceeding HK$65 billion in 1998.
		The Japanese government recently made a historic announcement by stating that they are going to eliminate illegal logging by setting rules at the importing side.
	archive.greenpeace.org /pressreleases/forests/2001feb16.html (910 words)

	Archive \| July 1997 \| Editorial
		On June 28 the British flag was lowered for the last time from the Government House in Hong Kong, ending 156 years of colonial rule.
		On July 1 the people of Hong Kong move from what is generally acknowledged to be the freest economy on the planet and relatively free democracy to being under the control of a Communist state with a long past of silencing its critics with force.
		While I'm not going to predict the future of Hong Kong, it is safe to say that the people of Hong Kong will enjoy fewer freedoms, and may one day be the recipients of Chinese reaction like that seen at Tiananmen Square.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0797editorial.htm (956 words)

	Feng-shui
		At the "topping off" ceremony celebrated during construction of the opulent Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, a Taoist priest/geomancer, armed with magical demon-defying implements and ancient incantations, led construction personnel in propitiating rituals.
		In the brief span of two centuries, a remote corner of the Manchu empire has been transformed into one of the great cities of the world; but despite its futuristic veneer, Hong Kong retains a way of life practiced by an ancient people in a continuous tradition since remote antiquity.
		After toiling in orchards of tangerine and mango, fields of sweet potato, and terraced rice fields fed by water channels, at sunset the clan sought refuge behind thick granite walls in houses interconnected by interior courtyards and arranged symmetrically along narrow stone-paved streets.
	www2.kenyon.edu /Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln270/fengshui.htm (1539 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 has a variety of plug outlets -- most are standardized on UK three-pin square sockets (13 amps), but you'll find all types of 2 and 3 pin sockets.
	www.math.toronto.edu /~joel/hongkong.html (11629 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Hong Kong’s historic Government House gets first tenant in 9 years
		HONG KONG - Hong Kong’s Government House, home of the territory’s British governors and symbol of its colonial past, had its first tenants on Friday after standing empty for nearly nine years.
		Government House in Hong Kong has been home to 25 British governors in the past century and a half.
		A government spokesman said Tsang and his wife completed their move into the mansion on Thursday evening and that the office would begin operations on Monday.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/January/theworld_January293.xml§ion=theworld&col= (328 words)

	Hong Kong
		Government House was the official residence of the governor of Hong Kong under British rule.
		Hong Kong merchants are not obligated by law to return or exchange items once purchased; after you've bought something, you may be able to talk a merchant into an exchange, but you'll never see your money again.
		Hong Kong hosts many international sporting events during the course of the year -- golf, soccer, rugby and tennis.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /interactive/specials/9910/millennium.events.guide/citysights/content/hongkong.html (5152 words)

	Hong Kong Attractions, Culture and More (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It houses the headquarters for the Bank of China (Hong Kong).
		- The Government House was the residence of the Governor of Hong Kong from 1855 to 1997.
		This is partly due to the spectacular views of the city and bay: one can see Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula from the Peak Tower at Victoria Gap...
	www.magicaljourneys.com /HongKong/hongkong-interest.html (342 words)

	ASIANOW \| Asia's Best Cities: HONG KONG
		From the nightmare slaughter of 1.4 million chickens due to a virus scare at the new year to the chaotic opening of the new international airport in July, the government looked uncoordinated and inept.
		But policy is drawn up and executed by the bureaucracy, and unelected officials act as government ministers.
		Whether their demise will lead to a better, cleaner Hong Kong remains to be seen.
	www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/asiacities/hongkong.html (478 words)

	02/17/01 -- ACTION ALERT! Stop Industrial Clearcut Logging of Canada's Temperate Rainforests
		While the Chinese government is taking substantial steps to protect the country's last remaining ancient forests, the market for Canadian wood products has increased in Hong Kong and China.
		In 1999, Hong Kong and China were the world's third largest purchasers of Canadian pulp, paper, newsprint and lumber, with sales totaling $690 million.
		Chretien is not expected to raise with Hong Kong leaders the politically sensitive issue of human rights as he did with Chinese leaders in Beijing.
	forests.org /archive/canada/stcanold.htm (2652 words)

	Health Industries: Medical Device Regulations: Hong Kong
		In accordance with Hong Kong's status as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, under terms of its 1997 return to China, Hong Kong has not adopted the new, more stringent regulatory regime for medical devices that took effect on the mainland in April 2000.
		As of this update, Hong Kong does not require general registration of imported medical devices.
		An "irradiating apparatus" is defined by the Radiation Health Unit as one intended to produce or emit ionizing radiation, or capable of producing or emitting ionizing radiation at a dose rate exceeding 5 microsievert per hour at a distance of 5 cm from any accessible point of the surface of the apparatus.
	www.ita.doc.gov /td/health/hongkongregs.html (356 words)

	Federation of American Scientists - China Tropical Lands Research
		Grant, C.J., 1960, The soils and agriculture of Hong Kong, Government Printer, Government House, Hong Kong, 154 p.
		Kong, G., Liang, C., Wu, H., and Huang, Z., 1993, Dinghushan Biosphere Reserve: ecological research history and perspective; Science Press, Beijing and New York, 38 p.
		Parham, W.E., 1997, From Hong Kong geology to Chinese agroecology; Tropical Geography, v.
	www.fas.org /china_lands/reference.htm (635 words)

	The ... of Government - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Government, political organization comprising the individuals and institutions authorized to formulate public policies and conduct affairs of state....
		United States (Government), the combination of federal, state, and local laws, bodies, and agencies that is responsible for carrying out the...
		national, public, government, municipal, state-run, state-owned, formal, official, stately, imperial, royal, majestic, ceremonial
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=The+...+of+Government (144 words)

	Consulate General of Israel - Hong Kong SAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A piano recital and presentation by Israeli composer and pianist Gil Shohat ended amid applause in the Recital Hall of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts on 13 February. The event was jointly presented by the Consulate General of Israel and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
		Special thanks were given to the School of Music of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts for the joint presentation and to Mr.
		Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR, and discussed the growing economic relations between Israel and Hong Kong in various domains, reflected by the fact that Israeli companies are establishing their regional bases in Hong Kong and enjoying Hong Kong’s special advantages and agreements with Mainland China.
	hongkong.mfa.gov.il (1138 words)

	Hong Kong - US Department of State
		U.S. policy toward Hong Kong is grounded in a determination to help preserve Hong Kong's prosperity and way of life.
		While recognizing that Hong Kong has become a part of China, the U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 establishes domestic legal authority to treat Hong Kong as an entity distinct from the People's Republic of China after reversion.
		The breadth of these activities and interests are maintained in Hong Kong by one of the largest U.S. missions in Asia.
	usinfo.state.gov /eap/east_asia_pacific/china/china_hong_kong.html (710 words)

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