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	HK English tutor and English teacher in Hong Kong : private English tuition, company training, editing & English ...
		Within the Business English, for example, you may want to concentrate on improving your business writing to improve your grammar and sentence structure or perhaps focus on presentation skills.
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	www.hkenglish.com (510 words)

	WTO \| Ministerial conferences - Hong Kong 6th Ministerial
		The Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference was held in Hong Kong, China, 13—18 December 2005.
		Hong Kong, China’s Chief Executive Donald Tsang formally opened the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference on 13 December 2005, and ministers started consultations on market access for non-agricultural products.
		The Ministerial Conference is the topmost body of the WTO under the governance structure set up by the “Agreement Establishing the WTO”.
	www.wto.org /english/thewto_e/minist_e/min05_e/min05_e.htm (551 words)

	Hong Kong English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hong Kong English is sometimes used to refer to the accent and characteristics of English spoken by some of the ethnic Chinese residents of Hong Kong.
		English is an official language in Hong Kong but for most of the population who are ethnic Chinese, it is a second language acquired from school education.
		English is the medium of instruction for only a handful of primary schools, some secondary schools (termed EMI (English as Medium of Instruction) schools) and most courses in the local universities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong_English (2322 words)

	Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hong Kong is on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta on the southeastern coast of China, facing the South China Sea in the south, and bordering Guangdong Province in the north.
		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.
		Hong Kong's climate is subtropical and prone to monsoons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong (6670 words)

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		Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of religious belief and freedom to preach and to conduct and participate in religious activities in public.
		Hong Kong residents shall have the right to institute legal proceedings in the courts against the acts of the executive authorities and their personnel.
		Hong Kong's previous system of recruitment, employment, assessment, discipline, training and management for the public service, including special bodies for their appointment, pay and conditions of service, shall be maintained, except for any provisions for privileged treatment of foreign nationals.
	www.constitution.org /cons/hongkong.txt (9348 words)

	Services in Hong Kong English
		There are some 980,000 companies registered in Hong Kong and, although public records reveal little to that effect, it is fair to guess that at least tens of thousands thereof do not belong to our 7 million local residents but to people who hardly ever set foot here.
		Hong Kong is one of the world's leading centres for finance and trade.
		VAT is unknown, and Hong Kong is a duty-free port (cars, petrol, diesel, alcohol and cigarettes being the main exceptions) with no restrictions on the import and export of our local or any other currency.
	www.deutsche-consult.com /cserv_eng.html (447 words)

	Hong Kong - Simple English Wikipedia
		),Hong Kong) is one of two Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (the other is Macau).
		Hong Kong is in a sub-tropical area, and has monsoon winds.
		One American dollar is equal to $7.80 in Hong Kong dollars, at the official bank exchange rate.
	simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong (272 words)

	Hong Kong English definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		Hong Kong English is the variety of English used in Hong Kong, ranging from forms close to British, U.S., and Australian usage to those influenced by and mixed with Cantonese, the language of some 98 percent of the population.
		In Hong Kong English pronunciation "r" is not pronounced in such words as art, door, and worker.
		Hong Kong English has three sources of distinctive vocabulary.
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861739416/Hong_Kong_English.html (330 words)

	Hong Kong in a Nutshell by Asia Travel
		The British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong consists of Victoria (commonly known as Hong Kong Island), the Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories, and 235 outlying islands, totalling 1,078 sq km.
		Hong Kong Island is 77.5 sq km; urban areas are concentrated along the northern shore, its centre and south coast being dominated by mountains.
		While Hong Kong's sub-tropical climate does not offer the extremes endured by regions to north and south, there is a definite seasonal variation that should be taken into account.
	www.asiatravel.com /hknut.html (938 words)

	Hong kong Travel Information Provided by Asia Travel
		The total land area of Hong Kong is 1,078 square kilometers, comprising Hong Kong Island (77.5 square kilometers); Kowloon (45.5 square kilometer); and the New Territories, including 235 outlying islands (955 square kilometers).
		The voltage in Hong Kong is 200/220 volts, 50 cycles.
		Hong Kong International Airport is approximately 40 minutes' drive by car from all major hotels in Kowloon and about 50 minutes' drive via the Cross-Harbour Tunnel from all major hotels on Hong Kong Island (under normal traffic conditions).
	www.asiatravel.com /hkinfo.html (1811 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.
		English and Cantonese are the official languages in Hong Kong but English is the language of the law.
		Hong Kong is a British colony, so as you may expect, cars travel on the _left_ side of the road.
	www.math.toronto.edu /~joel/hongkong.html (11629 words)

	Teaching English in Hong Kong
		When I first moved to Hong Kong I heard that it would be nearly impossible to find work because I had no formal experience as a teacher.
		English is an official language in the territory and is dominant in the business sphere of this busy financial capital.
		Most of all, Hong Kong is an exciting and fascinating place, with many of the comforts of home.
	www.transitionsabroad.com /publications/magazine/0401/teach_english_hong_kong.shtml (537 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century.
		Hong Kong's reexport business to and from China is a major driver of growth.
		GDP growth averaged a strong 5% from 1989 to 2005, but Hong Kong suffered two recessions in the past eight years because of the Asian financial crisis in 1997-1998 and the global downturn in 2001-2002.
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/hk.html (1137 words)

	Hong Kong English \| Antimoon Forum
		I'd like to know from any Cantonese speakers from Hong Kong if they consider Hong Kong English to be a legitimate form of English in its own right, or if they think Hong Kong speakers should follow the norms of English as followed in L1 countries such as the UKandIreland/USandCanada/Aust.andNZ.
		Singapore English is a much better example of an acceptable alternate form of English.
		I wouldn't classify versions of English as spoken by non-native speakers as variants of the standard language, and I'm not sure what point there is in studying them.
	www.antimoon.com /forum/2004/6084.htm (531 words)

	Hong Kong University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The anthology is important in that it epitomizes the increasing interconnectedness of previously segregated facets of Hong Kong culture, indicating the very welcome tendency towards more open dialogue between Chinese and non-Chinese practitioners and audiences.
		Previously he worked for the Hong Kong Education Department at the Institute of Language in Education and subsequently the Hong Kong Institute of Education, as well as teaching on the first MA in East-West theatre studies in Hong Kong.
		She is the author of six books: three novels, The Unwalled City (2001), Hong Kong Rose (1997) and Chinese Walls (1994), and three short fiction/essay collections, Overleaf Hong Kong (2004), History's Fiction (2001) and Daughters of Hui (1996); she is also Hong Kong regional editor of Routledge's Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literature (second edition, 2005).
	www.hkupress.org /asp/bookinfo.asp?PD_NUM=9622097480 (571 words)

	50 Places @ nationalgeographic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hong Kong is one of the greatest maritime cities there has ever been—noisy, boisterous, cluttered, and vibrant.
		I left Hong Kong in the royal yacht Britannia in the early hours of the morning on July 1, 1997.
		Explore Hong Kong with Jan Morris, renowned author of Among the Cities, in the October 1999 issue of TRAVELER.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /traveler/hongkong.html (299 words)

	Mask of China: Hong Kong Edition: English in Hong Kong Just Ain't That Hot
		In HK, English is supposedly one of the official languages.
		Hong Kong definitely doesn't have the gross slaughter of the English language on the signage AKA Chinglish that plagues mainland China though.
		Unmasking Chinese culture and society from the (relative) safety of Hong Kong.
	www.maskofchina.com /hk/2005/09/english-in-hong-kong-just-aint-that.html (587 words)

	English tutors & teachers Hong Kong : ESL teaching jobs HK SAR China
		A Bachelors degree or higher, preferably in English or Education.
		Ability to work in Hong Kong preferred (sponsorship may be available for qualified candidates with proven teaching experience).
		Contact Us HK English.com provides quality private English tuition and editing / proofreading services to both individuals and companies in Hong Kong HK SAR.
	www.hkenglish.com /teaching.html (241 words)

	Hong Kong Expat :: Forums, Resources and Classifieds For Expats in Hong Kong
		Ah, if only it were so simple to learn Cantonese, the Chinese “dialect” (really a distinct language) spoken in Hong Kong, and in nearby parts of the mainland.
		Heavily dependent on tones – there are reckoned to be seven in all – and with a grammar quite different to English, though far simpler once you’re used to it, it’s not something you’ll learn in five minutes.
		Pete Spurrier, a sunburnt writer, presents a brief rundown of the varied seaside destinations Hong Kong has to offer, for city folk, surfers and those who just want to get away from it all.
	www.geoexpat.com (368 words)

	Hongkong Post <Linking people Delivering business>
		China - Hong Kong Joint Issue on the 10th Anniversary of the Reunification of Hong Kong with China
		China Post and Hongkong Post will jointly issue the first ever China-Hong Kong special stamps and philatelic products, to be released on 1 July 2007.
		Our comprehensive range of value-for-money services will definitely be a good source of support to strengthen the competitiveness of the SMEs in Hong Kong.
	www.hongkongpost.com /eng/index.htm (238 words)

	"Digital Broadcast \| Vendor News Asia " (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As such the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing are dictating a lot of coordination decisions between the Hong Kong SAR and the capital.
		Hong Kong is also hosting the Equestrian Olympic Events.
		So the question of Hong Kong's switch over from analog to digital TV takes on an added significance as Beijing has stated that the country will convert to digital and high definition by time the Games start.
	e-broadcastnewsasia.blogspot.com /2006/04/hong-kong-hdtv-countdown-to-2007.html (778 words)

	Vacancy: English Teacher, ., Hong Kong - TEFL.com
		The successful teacher will be required to work in one of three British owned and managed extra-curricular English Schools located on Hong Kong Island.
		The map is exactly what I was after, the guide book gives a broad overview of Hong Kong: History, Culture, Top Places to see and so on.
		Practical and succinct Teaching English as a Foreign Language by David Riddell is intended for THREE types of reader : 1) teachers teaching without having had any training 2) teachers who have recently trained and who lack experience 3) trainee teachers doing a training course.
	www.tefl.com /jobs/job.html?jo_id=21894 (1247 words)

	Hong Kong Law: Internet Law Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fundamental documents on the status of Hong Kong (in English)
		Basic Law of Hong Kong, Laws of Hong Kong, and related material (compiled by the Hong Kong Justice Department)
		Hong Kong (Overseas Public Servants) Act 1996 (U.K.)
	www.lawmoose.com /internetlawlib/64.htm (334 words)

	Vacancy: English Teacher, ., Hong Kong - TEFL.com
		Brighton English Language and Linguistics Academy, UK is seeking agents in your country
		One of over 400 titles in the Insight series, Compact Guide Hong Kong.
		This 96-page book includes a chapter detailing Hong Kong's history and culture, 11 tours and excursions taking in sights ranging from the eclectic mix of shops in Hollywood Road to rural Lantau island, leisure-time suggestions, and a comprehensive information section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers.
	www.tefl.com /jobs/job.html?jo_id=21894&from=rss (1036 words)

	Hong Kong Disneyland
		Discover the ease of getting to Hong Kong Disneyland.
		Double the Magic second visit period has been extended to 28 September 2006.
		Hong Kong residents now have more time to pay another visit to Hong Kong Disneyland!
	park.hongkongdisneyland.com /hkdl/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage (113 words)

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		Previously these extra low rates were available only to travel agents and corporations.
	www.asiarooms.com /hong_kong (210 words)

	Top Hotel Deals in Hong Kong
		The Prudential Hotel is directly accessible to the Jordan Mass Transit Railway station, approximately 21 miles from Hong Kong International Airport...
		Overlooking the famous Victoria Harbor, Novotel Century Harbourview is located in the Western District of Hong Kong Island, close to the University of Hong Kong, and approximately 16 miles from Hong Kong International Airport....
		The Charterhouse is centrally located between Wanchai and Causeway Bay, walking distance from Time Square and approximately 40 minutes driving distance from Hong Kong International Airport....
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	ENGLISH TEACHER JOB WANTED in Hong Kong @ Adpost.com Classifieds > Hong Kong > ENGLISH TEACHER JOB WANTED in Hong ...
		ENGLISH TEACHER JOB WANTED in Hong Kong @ Adpost.com Classifieds
		25 years old with more than enough experience in teaching English to all levels of students.
		I speak english, cantonese, tagalog and ilocano (both Philippine language) fluently.
	www.adpost.com /hk/employment/728 (168 words)

	English Tutor Teacher JOB WANTED in Hong Kong @ Adpost.com Classifieds > Hong Kong > English Tutor Teacher JOB WANTED ...
		English Tutor Teacher JOB WANTED in Hong Kong @ Adpost.com Classifieds
		Eager to bring the fun back in the learning experience for students of all ages.
		Dedicated in providing a hands on approach in the practical application of the English language as a tool for higher learning.
	www.adpost.com /hk/employment/1244 (102 words)

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