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Religious Freedom in HKSAR Upheld: Priests The Buddhist community, which had been hoping for the public holiday for a long time to celebrate the birth of the Buddha, finally had their wish realized after the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, when a statutory holiday was introduced. He said the original 63 parishes in Hong Kong have been merged down to 54 due to population changes, while at least one new church was and is being built in the New Territories area of the HKSAR. The Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui or the Hong Kong Anglican Church here said since the handover, all religious activities have been operating in a normal manner and without interference. english.peopledaily.com.cn /200206/17/eng20020617_97990.shtml

Hong Kong Travel Guide Fodor's Online It was the expiration of this 99-year lease that necessitated Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997. 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. The rest of the world was always more apprehensive about Chinese rule than were most Hong Kongers, for whom business takes precedence over all other issues. www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=hong_kong@74   (323 words)

AsiaSource: AsiaVIEWS - A resource of the Asia Society Michael C. Davis warns of the dangers to Hong Kong's constitutional order after the handover, and asserts that Hong Kong's political rights are only superficially intact. Christine Kung-Wai Loh, Hong Kong Legislative Councilor and Chair of the Citizens Party, describes democratic politics in Hong Kong as a "growing industry." Loh refutes the notions that Hong Kong politicians are irresponsible by emphasizing their dedication to the needs of their constituents. The main issues in Hong Kong, according to Loh, are promoting more economic liberalization, breakup of "monopolies," cleaning up the environment, and cultivating Hong Kong's cultural heritage. www.asiasource.org /views/av_mp_04.cfm?IssueID=14   (323 words)

SCMP.com - Hong Kong's leading English news channel - Macau Handover - Macau Handover An activist involved in a high-profile court case for burning the national flag in Hong Kong was arrested in Macau yesterday for allegedly conspiring to burn the Portuguese flag. Thirteen Hong Kong and Macau artists were arrested and detained for four hours by Macau police yesterday after performing a street show ridiculing President Jiang Zemin. I was knocked to the ground as a plain-clothes police offi cer elbowed his way through to escort a commander away from scores of journalists asking him to comment on the arrests. special.scmp.com /macauhandover/main.html   (811 words)

Hong Kong Travel Guide Fodor's Online It was the expiration of this 99-year lease that necessitated Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997. 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. 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. fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=hong_kong@74&...   (341 words)

Hong Kong Travel Guide Fodor's Online It was the expiration of this 99-year lease that necessitated Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997. 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. 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. fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=hong_kong@74&...   (333 words)

Hong Kong Countdown Raising Pride for China People in Hong Kong may be awaiting their return to Chinese rule with anxiety, but in mainland China, the imminent handover is uniformly seen as one of the most glorious events in modern history. Hong Kong businessmen who travel in China are aware of the prejudice they face, and those involved in Hong Kong's handover say they must try to bridge the gap. To recover Hong Kong, in the Chinese view, is to right one of the worst wrongs left over from an era of foreign domination in the 19th century. partners.nytimes.com /library/world/060197china-hong-kong.html   (1356 words)

U.S.-Hong Kong Policy Act Report Also in June, the Hong Kong government denied entry to over 90 foreign Falungong adherents who intended to stage protests during the fifth anniversary of the handover celebration. Although the Hong Kong government has respected freedom of movement, freedom of immigration, and freedom to enter and leave the territory since the handover, there have been exceptions involving overseas dissidents. Hong Kong, one of the world's most open and dynamic economies, actively participated as a full member -- and in some cases as a leader -- of international organizations in which membership is not based on statehood. www.state.gov /p/eap/rls/rpt/19562.htm   (1356 words)

Hong Kong Media Dateline Hong Kong charts the views of local and foreign journalists in Hong Kong, on media, the handover and freedom of speech. Hong Kong-centric interactive Webzine with news, multi-user Java chat, 1997 handover info, books, games and music. Daily Information Bulletin - Information Service Department of Hong Kong SAR www.asiawind.com /hkwwwvl/media.htm   (1356 words)

Hong Kong Symphony Bullfrog Films HONG KONG SYMPHONY documents the dramatic premiere of Tan Dun's Symphony 1997: Heaven-Earth-Mankind at the historic ceremonies marking the handover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule on June 30, 1997. The film captures the frantic energy of the handover through on-the-street interviews and backstage verité news coverage from Hong Kong, China, Britain and the US, and historical footage. Featured are Tan Dun, the dynamic young Chinese composer/conductor, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and the 2,400-year-old Bianzhong, a magnificent set of 64 bells that was recently unearthed from a royal tomb in Hubei, China. www.bullfrogfilms.com /catalog/hong.html   (379 words)

Hong Kong Travel Guide Fodor's Online It was the expiration of this 99-year lease that necessitated Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997. 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. The rest of the world was always more apprehensive about Chinese rule than were most Hong Kongers, for whom business takes precedence over all other issues. www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=hong_kong@74   (341 words)

Hong Kong Media Dateline Hong Kong charts the views of local and foreign journalists in Hong Kong, on media, the handover and freedom of speech. HKInChiP (Index to Chinese Periodicals of Hong Kong) Hong Kong-centric interactive Webzine with news, multi-user Java chat, 1997 handover info, books, games and music. www.asiawind.com /hkwwwvl/media.htm   (77 words)

Hong Kong Media Dateline Hong Kong charts the views of local and foreign journalists in Hong Kong, on media, the handover and freedom of speech. HKInChiP (Index to Chinese Periodicals of Hong Kong) Hong Kong-centric interactive Webzine with news, multi-user Java chat, 1997 handover info, books, games and music. www.asiawind.com /hkwwwvl/media.htm   (77 words)

Hong Kong under media spotlight On July 1, Hong Kong marked two milestones: the fifth anniversary of the handover to the People's Republic of China and the swearing in of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa for his second term in office. In the lead-up to the handover in 1997, Hong Kong's economy was prosperous, enjoying an annual growth rate of 7 percent. Hong Kong has about as much chance of preserving civilization from the predations of Peking as Rhodesian Whites have against the criminal Mugabe clique. www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/728696/posts   (77 words)

Hong Kong - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Hong Kong Hong Kong's incoming government of April 1997 confirmed its critics' worst fears by clearly stating that draconian curbs would be imposed on the operations of political organizations and the right to protest after the handover of the colony to China at the end of June. Hong Kong's economy expanded rapidly during the corresponding period and the colony became one of Asia's major commercial, financial, and industrial centres, boasting the world's busiest container port from 1987. Hong Kong lies in China near the mouth of the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) southeast of Guangzhou. encyclopedia.farlex.com /Hong+Kong   (1603 words)

index In this interview conducted on Handover Day, Dr Lian argues that Hong Kong journalists should engage in brinkmanship with the governments of the Special Administrative Region and Greater China. In the first major media move since the handover, the British based Reuter news agency is shifting its Asian base of operations from the former colony of Hong Kong to the Republic of Singapore. Joseph Lian, the Editor of the Hong Kong Economic Journal. www.geocities.com /Athens/Forum/2365   (409 words)

BBC ON THIS DAY 1 1997: Hong Kong fireworks The handover of Hong Kong from its rulers of 150 years to the Chinese took place at midnight on 1 July 1997. I was in Hong Kong during the handover. Hong Kong people don't want to be under control of the China government. news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/witness/july/1/newsid_3020000/3020860.stm   (1493 words)

The Hong Kong Database Dedicated to the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China. Has clips of the most important events during the handover of Hong Kong. The Future is Now: Hong Kong and China in 1997 www.angelfire.com /tx/redhot/hk.html   (1493 words)

Officers of the Law [Free Republic] As was the case with Hong Kong and its mainland-migrants problem, however, the situation has changed radically between the signing of the handover agreement and the impending handover itself. Once, China's highest priority in handling the return of both Hong Kong and Macau to Chinese sovereignty was to burnish its international image as a responsible power, especially in the eyes of Taiwan. Macau's police force is sorely in need of radical internal reforms to stamp out corruption--possibly through an independent watchdog body such as Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption--and to improve training. www.freerepublic.com /forum/a378c48df635b.htm   (1147 words)

Hong Kong Media Dateline Hong Kong charts the views of local and foreign journalists in Hong Kong, on media, the handover and freedom of speech. Hong Kong-centric interactive Webzine with news, multi-user Java chat, 1997 handover info, books, games and music. HKInChiP (Index to Chinese Periodicals of Hong Kong) www.asiawind.com /hkwwwvl/media.htm   (1147 words)

The Hong Kong Database Dedicated to the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China. Has clips of the most important events during the handover of Hong Kong. Site maintained by Information Services Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. www.angelfire.com /tx/redhot/hk.html   (1147 words)

LAWSO 160 Keywords: Hong Kong Legal Status after 1997 (49) Hong Kong, a colony of Great Britain for 156 years, ended with an official handover to China at midnight on June 30/ July 31 1997. A declaration that laid a path for the handover of Hong Kong to China. Having been a British colony for over 150 years, Hong Kong legal system is entirely based on British common law with all legal proceeding conducted in English instead of Chinese. home.earthlink.net /~garrickl/KEY_49.htm   (566 words)

Fruit Chan By illustrating the stark contrast between the privileged, insular life of Little Cheung and the meager existence of Fan (who is often shown in exterior shots), Fruit Chan illustrates the inherent social dichotomy between Hong Kong residents and mainland Chinese immigrants during the transitional period prior to the handover of Hong Kong. It is a difficult life of prolonged separation, and Fan waits in eager anticipation for the return of Hong Kong to China, when the family can freely immigrate to Hong Kong to start a new life under better economic conditions. Faced with a disreputable and tenuous future as a mobster's hired thug, Ga Suen joins his former comrades in hatching a plan to rob a British-owned bank under the chaotic cover of the sporadic, ongoing celebrations in the days leading to the official handover. www.filmref.com /directors/dirpages/chan.html   (566 words)

Former colonial official named Hong Kong chief executive Given the current economic difficulties in Hong Kong, there is a certain hankering for the past—the handover of Hong Kong coincided with the 1997-98 Asian economic crisis and a marked decline in living standards for many people. Tsang earned the gratitude of the Hong Kong business elite when in the midst of the Asian economic crisis he authorised the spending of $US3.2 billion in 1998 to prop up the island’s stockmarket. Donald Tsang, 61, was automatically selected as Hong Kong’s new chief executive on June 16 after Beijing’s hand-picked electoral committee declared him to be the only valid candidate. www.asiantribune.com /show_article.php?id=2517   (566 words)

UVa Library: Subject Guides: AMELC: Hong Kong Diary The tripod had been a present from mainland China to Hong Kong in celebration of the handover. While major government buildings of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) had been flying PRC flag since the day of the handover, on July 1st, National Day was the occasion when the flag was raised for the first time over many other publicly-funded structures, such as schools and hospitals. Hong Kong cannot completely sink as a financial center, it is believed, when the huge endeavor of state enterprise reform in China, requires the mainland to raise foreign capital in Hong Kong. www.lib.virginia.edu /subjects/amlc/hkdiary.htm   (15737 words)

The Epoch Times Tung Chee-Hwa’s Resignation and Hong Kong’s Future On December 20, 2004, while attending the anniversary of Macau’s handover to China, Chinese President Hu Jintao publicly reprimanded Tung Chee-Hwa for the Hong Kong administration’s poor performance in the eyes of officials from Beijing and Macau, saying that the problems emerging in Hong Kong after its handover to China must be examined. Officials of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council said that they have not heard of Tung Chee-Hwa’s resignation, and didn’t know the source of the news. Cai Ziqingng, a political analyst at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, pointed out that Donald Tsang showed his allegiance to the central government on the critical issue of constitutional reform, which gave Beijing confidence in him. english.epochtimes.com /news/5-3-9/26888.html   (15737 words)

Erskine College With Great Britain's handover of Hong Kong to China occuring on Midnight, June 30th, (12:00 Noon, Eastern Savings Time, Monday), the Erskine public relations department thought it would be appropriate to re-run this article on Cliff Wallace from a couple of month ago. With its distinctively curved roof, a design inspired by the image of a soaring bird, the 1.67 million square-foot Extension is seen as a symbol of Hong Kong's future as Asia's international business hub in the coming century. DUE WEST, S.C. - The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) Extension (right), a new landmark building on Hong Kong's harborfront, has been chosen as the venue for the Hong Kong Change of Sovreignty Ceremony. www.erskine.edu /news/hongkong.html   (362 words)

The Court of Final Appeal (CFA), the highest court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) handed down its latest verdict on right of abode cases on 10 January 2002. Among the 5,114 abode seekers, only about 500 claimants will benefit from Many families separated by previous immigration policies received hope of reunion when the Basic Law came into effect on 1 July 1997 (the handover of Hong Kong to the PRC). Many PRC-born children of HKSAR parents rushed to the HKSAR Immigration Department on the first business day after the handover, demanding that their right of abode in Hong Kong as stated in the Basic Law be realised. The Court of Final Appeal (CFA), the highest court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) handed down its latest verdict on right of abode cases on 10 January 2002. www.democracy.org.hk /EN/2002/jan/news_09.htm   (362 words)

Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hong Kong has extensive trade and investment ties with the People's Republic of China which existed even before the handover on 1 July 1997. Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC at the stroke of midnight on 1 July 1997, with the last governor, Chris Patten leaving on the royal yacht. The liberation of Hong Kong in 1945 was celebrated at the Cenotaph in Victoria with the raising of the Union Flag and the Flag of the Republic of China. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong   (5858 words)

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