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	Hong Kong Architecture
		The architecture of Hong Kong is extremely varied and diverse.
		These buildings comprise the skyline along the coast of the Victoria Harbour, which is a famous tourist attraction in Hong Kong.
		Hong Kong's best-known building is probably Ieoh Ming Pei's Bank of China Tower.
	www.myhongkongtravel.com /explore-hongkong/Architecture.html (182 words)

	Hong Kong Images
		At the time of writing, this is the tallest building in the city, measuring 415.8 metres in height, 90 floors and no less than 62 elevators This building is very rare in that it uses double-deck elevators.
		Hong Kong is famous for it's busy streets and the old tram system on the Island.
		Old and new Hong Kong with the old Star Ferry Pier in the foreground and the clean lines of the International Finance Centre in the background across the Harbour.
	www.orientexpat.com /hong-kong-expat/images.html (353 words)

	HSBC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		HSBC is one of the three banks which issues banknotes for Hong Kong (the other two being the Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Standard Chartered Bank).
		The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited building on The Bund (with the round dome) HSBC established its Shanghai branch office on the 3rd of April, 1865.
		HSBC was historically housed in one of the largest and most impressive buildings on The Bund, Shanghai's boulevard formerly known as the Wall Street of the Orient.
	hsbc.iqnaut.net (1382 words)

	HSBC Resources & Information - hsbc mortgage backed securities
		HSBC logoThe HSBC logo is derived from the Scottish flag which is the angular cross St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, was crucified upon.
		The Hong Kong headquarters of the HSBC are in Central, Hong Kong, in the HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building.
		HSBC is banking one for of the three banks plc which issues banknotes for Hong Kong (the other two hsbc being the Bank hsbc of banks China (Hong Kong) hsbc and Standard industry Chartered Bank).
	www.bizhisto.com /hsbc.htm (3086 words)

	HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building (officially HSBC Main Building) is located along the southern side of Statue Square, in Central, at the location of the old City Hall, Hong Kong (built 1869, demolished 1933).
		Bullet impacts from the Battle of Hong Kong in WWII are still visible on the statues.
		A third pair is kept in HSBC Headquarters in London, and a fourth pair is located at its branch in Shanghai.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HSBC_Hong_Kong_headquarters_building (1375 words)

	HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		HSBC Hong Kong Headquarters The HSBC Hong Kong headquarter building is located along the southern side of Statue Square, in Central, at the location of the old City Hall (built 1869, demolished 1933).
		HSBC Hong Kong Headquarters The main characteristic of HSBC Hong Kong headquarter is its absence of internal supporting structure.
		A thid pair is kept in HSBC Headquarters in London, and a forth pair is located at its branch in Shanghai.
	hsbc-hong-kong-headquarters-building.iqnaut.net (965 words)

	HSBC Resource Center - hsbc bank
		It is headquartered in London, with its head office based in the HSBC Tower, London, a part hsbc fixed income derivatives of the Canary Wharf development in the London Docklands.
		HSBC was historically housed in hsbc arena buffalo one of the largest and most impressive buildings on The Bund, Shanghai's boulevard formerly known as the Wall Street of the Orient.
		At hsbc currency derivatives the time of the announcement, Bank of Communications was China's fifth-largest bank and the investment by HSBC was hsbc energy trading eight times bigger than any previous foreign investment in a Chinese bank.
	www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Banks_H_-_K-/HSBC.html (1929 words)

	HSBC Brazil Resource Center - HSBC Brazil
		It is the largest bank in Hong Kong, and at the end of 2004 it was the third largest banking group in the world by Tier 1 capital [3].
		The HSBC logo is derived from the Scottish flag which is the angular cross St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, was crucified upon.
		HSBC s largest presence in Brazil and in South America was established in March 1997, when Banco HSBC Bamerindus S.A. was set up to take over the assets, liabilities and subsidiaries of Banco Bamerindus do Brasil S.A., which had been established in 1952.
	www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Banks_H_-_K-/HSBC_Brazil.html (1793 words)

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		Cheung Kong Centre is a skyscraper in Central Hong Kong that stands between the HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building and the Bank of China Tower.
		As is common in Hong Kong, colored lights on the sides of the building illuminate at night in intricate light shows.
		The building sits on the site of the former Hilton Hotel (Hong Kong), which was demolished in the early 1990s.
	skyscrapermodels.us /models/Cheung_Kong_HKC.html (76 words)

	Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Structurally, Hong Kong's court system consists of the Court of Final Appeal, which replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the High Court, which is made up of the Court of Appeal and the Court of First Instance, and the District Court, which includes the Family Court.
		Between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula is the Victoria Harbour, one of the finest deep water ports in Southern China.
		The GDP of Hong Kong is valued at $213 billion (2003 estimate), and is ranked 39th in top economies in terms of purchasing power parity.
	hong-kong.iqnaut.net (2845 words)

	Hong Kong Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online
		When the 78-square-km (30-square-mi) island of Hong Kong was ceded to the British after the Opium War of 1841, it consisted, in the infamous words of the British minister at the time, of "barren rock" whose only redeeming feature was the adjacent deep-water harbor.
		For the British, though, it served another purpose: Hong Kong guarded the eastern edge of the Pearl River delta, and with it access to Guangzhou (Canton), which in the mid-19th century was China's main trading port.
		Hong Kong has always lived and breathed commerce, and it is the territory's shrines to Mammon that will make the strongest impression when you first arrive.
	fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=hong_kong@74&... (1020 words)

	Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Building \| Hong Kong Travel Guide
		The Hong Kong Shanghai Bank headquarter building (officially HSBC Main Building) is located along the southern side of Statue Square, in Central, at the location of the old City Hall, Hong Kong (built 1869, demolished 1933).
		By the 1970s the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank had outgrown its headquarters; departments were scattered into offices all over Central Hong Kong, and it was obvious that such a "solution" to the space limitations could not continue indefinitely.
		The HSBC building has a wide open area (the Statue Square) in front of it, with no other buildings blocking its view of Victoria Harbour; thus, it is considered to have "good feng shui".
	www.china-hongkong-travelguide.com /hongkong-shanghai-bank.html (1265 words)

	Skyscrapers - Hong Kong - A Wikia wiki
		Skyscrapers - Hong Kong - A Wikia wiki
		Hong Kong has one of the world's most wealthiest economies.
		Hong Kong has many skyscrapers which serve as popular places to visit and has the highest ranked skyline in the world.
	hongkong.wikia.com /wiki/Skyscrapers (101 words)

	HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The initial HSBC building was built in 1935.
		The left lion statue of HSBC Hong Kong Headquarters Like the other statues of Statue Square, the two bronze lion statues in front of the building were displaced to Japan for melting by the then Japanese administration during World War II.
		In 2003, the Hong Kong Tourism Board has developed a harbour lighting plan called "A Symphony of Lights" http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/showtime/lighting/index.jhtml, a large-scale multimedia show featuring lighting, laser, music, and occasionally special pyrotechnics effects during festivals, in order to promote tourism in Hong Kong.
	hsbc-hong-kong-headquarters-building.kiwiki.homeip.net (849 words)

	Casestory - HSBC Headquarters Building, Hong Kong
		HSBC has recently illuminated their Hong Kong headquarters, one of the world’s most internationally significant architectural buildings, in a colorful dress of dynamic light.
		Launched in January 2004, the HSBC illumination is part of the Victoria Harbour Lighting Plan, a permanent lighting and special effects son et lumiere consisting of the illumination of 18 of Hong Kong’s most prominent buildings.
		The Lighting Plan is the key component in Hong Kong’s desire to draw attention to Victoria Harbour and has become an important element in rejuvenating tourism to Hong Kong after the SARS scare in 2003.
	www.martin-architectural.com /casestory/casestory.asp?id=812 (1822 words)

	Hong Kong : Walking Tours : Walking Tour 1 \| Frommers.com
		The birthplace of modern Hong Kong, the Central District used to be called "Victoria," after Queen Victoria; it boasted elegant colonial-style buildings with sweeping verandas and narrow streets filled with pigtailed men pulling rickshaws.
		In all my days in Hong Kong, I've never once seen a driver plying the streets of Central, and since no new licenses have been issued for years, the tradition will soon end when the last of the remaining ancient-looking men give up their trade.
		One Hong Kong resident I met joked that so much land was being reclaimed it wouldn't be long before you could walk across the harbor.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/hongkong/0078020033.html (2110 words)

	Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Hong Kong skyline, as seen from [[Tsim Sha Tsui]] Legislative Council elections were held in May 1998, September 2000, and again in September 2004.
		Hong Kong was on the east of the Zhu Jiang Delta, while Macau (another Special Administrative Region of China) is on the west.
		Besides that, Hong Kong is bordering the city of Shenzhen in the north.
	hong-kong.kiwiki.homeip.net (1867 words)

	Hong Kong HSBC \| Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
		The bank was later incorporated in Hong Kong by special dispensation from the British Treasury in 1866.
		The main office building or headquarters of HSBC in Hong Kong is in Central Hong Kong Island.
		Designed by British architect Lord Norman Foster, the Hong Kong HSBC headquarters building was the most expensive building in the world based on usable floor area at the time it was built.
	www.china-hongkong-travelguide.com /hong-kong-hsbc.html (744 words)

	HSBC Bank Headquarters, Hong Kong
		Built in 1985, the HSBC Bank headquarters sits on the site of the bank’s first offices, which were in use from 1865 to 1882.
		The architect of the HSBC headquarters was Sir Norman Foster, known for a number of innovative designs, including the Hearst Tower in New York City, London’s Millennium Bridge, and the Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt, Germany.
		The HSBC Bank headquarters is one of the few tall buildings where the elevators don’t stop on every floor.
	www.aviewoncities.com /hongkong/hsbcbank.htm (357 words)

	CNN.com - HSBC, embassies take precautions - Nov. 21, 2003
		At the glass and chrome tower designed by Norman Foster as the Hong Kong home of HSBC Bank, clients sign in as usual and the tightened security is discreet to the point of invisibility.
		A day after two suicide bombings in Istanbul killed 27 and wounded 400 when they devastated the HSBC Bank building and the British consulate, it was business as usual at the bank's Hong Kong headquarters.
		HSBC's main office in Jakarta was "running as usual," HSBC spokesman Agung Laksamana said.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/east/11/21/asia.security.reut/index.html (710 words)

	HSBC Hong Kong headquarters building - Hong Kong Travel - Travel to China
		The HSBC Hong Kong headquarter building is located along the southern side of Statue Square, in Central and WesternCentral, at the location of the old City Hall (built 1869, demolished 1933).
		By the 1970s the bank had outgrown its headquarters; departments were scattered into offices all over Central Hong Kong, and it was obvious that such a "solution" to the space limitations could not continue indefinitely.
		In 2003, the Hong Kong Tourism Board has developed a harbour lighting plan called "A Symphony of Lights" http://www.discoverhongkong.com/eng/showtime/lighting/index.jhtml, a large-scale multimedia show featuring lighting, laser, music, and occasionally special pyrotechnics effects during festivals, in order to promote tourism in Hong Kong.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/HSBC_Hong_Kong_headquarters_building (1014 words)

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