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	Hong Kong Island travel guide
		Hong Kong Island is the glitzy big brother of Kowloon - a tightly packed, towering paean to market capitalism that hasn't been dented one jot by Chinese rule.
		The bustle of people living and working is the biggest attraction on the island, although many visitors head around to Aberdeen, on the southern side of the island, where 6000 people live or work on junks anchored in the harbour.
		Hong Kong Island is steep, so if your'e heading away from the harbour, do as the locals do and ride the 800m outdoor escalator.
	www.world66.com /asia/northeastasia/china/hongkong/hongkongisland (391 words)

	Hong Kong Island - RecipeFacts (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Central on the island is the historical, political and economic centre of Hong Kong.
		Hong Kong Island is the second-largest island of the territory, the largest being Lantau Island.
		Hong Kong Island is connected to the Kowloon Peninsula on the mainland by three road-only tunnels (the Cross-Harbour Tunnel and the Western Harbour Tunnel), two MTR metro tunnels (Tsuen Wan Line and Tung Chung Line) and one combined road and MTR rail link tunnel, the Eastern Harbour Tunnel (in separate conduits running side by side).
	www.recipeland.com:8080 /facts/Hong_Kong_island (575 words)

	Hong Kong Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Central on the island is the historical, political and economic centre of Hong Kong.
		Hong Kong Island is connected to the Kowloon Peninsula on the mainland by three road-only tunnels (the Cross-Harbour_Tunnel, the Western Harbour Tunnel and the Eastern Harbour Tunnel), two MTR metro tunnels and one combined road and MTR rail link tunnel, the Western Harbour Crossing (in separate conduits running side by side).
		Soko Islands (Tai A Chau, Siu A Chau)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong_Island (483 words)

	Hong Kong (01/06)
		The Hong Kong Government and the Legislative Council are currently engaged in a public consultation process intended to lead to changes in the mechanism for choosing the Chief Executive and forming the Legislative Council and move toward the "ultimate aim" of universal suffrage as prescribed by the Basic Law.
		While Hong Kong remains a free and open society where human rights are respected, courts are independent, and there is well-established respect for the rule of law, Hong Kong groups have alleged manipulation or pressure in connection with the September 12, 2004 Legislative Council election.
		Hong Kong is an independent customs territory and economic entity separate from the rest of China and is able to enter into international agreements on its own behalf in commercial and economic matters.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2747.htm (2810 words)

	Hong Kong Hotels by SmartStays - Lowest room rates and hotel reservations for Hong Kong
		The Harbour Plaza Hong Kong is on the waterfront towards...
		It is on the reclaimed land in the north-east of Hong Kong’s largest island, Lantau Island, within the area of Penny’s Bay.
		Although twice the size of Hong Kong Island and the largest island in the bay, Lantau Island with a population around 20,000, is still undeveloped.
	www.asia-hotel.net /hong-kong (0 words)

	Hong Kong Island travel guide - Wikitravel
		Hong Kong Island is the heart of the city.
		Developments on the south of the island, exposed to typhoons and historically on the wrong side of the hills, are more limited but growing thanks to better connections including a cross-island tunnel, although the MTR is still notably lacking.
		Operated by Hong Kong Tramways, the narrow double-decker city trams trundling on the north coast of Hong Kong Island are a Hong Kong icon.
	www.wikitravel.org /en/Hong_Kong_Island (0 words)

	Hong Kong Island Paddle Club
		Hong Kong’s race is modeled on the 3 peaks Race in UK in which the racers sail between the designated mountains and send runners to climb each.
		The Hong Kong mountains involved Ma On Shan, Violet Hill, Mt. Stenhouse, and Lantau Peak.
		They flew to Hong Kong with the sole purpose of racing in the ATIR 2005.
	www.hkipc.com (0 words)

	Escape From Hong Kong Island (2004)
		Still, Escape From Hong Kong Island possesses a minor wit and a worthy enough message to make it passable stuff.
		Jordan Chan attempts to cross Victoria Harbour in the satirical comedy Escape From Hong Kong Island, directed and written by triple-terror writer/director/actor Simon Lui Yu-Yeung.
		Raymond's humbling by Hong Kong Island—and whatever gods control the region's good or bad fortune—is all-inclusive and accounts for a good 80% of the film's comedy.
	www.lovehkfilm.com /reviews_2/escape_from_hk_island.htm (635 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As one of the most senior politicians in Hong Kong, Dunn had considerable influence in the Government of Hong Kong before her retirement in 1992, after Chris Patten was made Governor.
		Paul's Convent School in Hong Kong, and at the College of the Holy Names in California, as well as at the University of California, Berkeley, she joined the Swire Group in 1964 and now she is an Executive Director of John Swire and Sons Limited and a Director of Swire Pacific Limited.
		She was created a DBE in 1989, and in 1990 made a life peer as Baroness Dunn, of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong and of Knightsbridge in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lydia-Dunn%2C-Baroness-Dunn (1360 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tai Koo (MTR) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The territory of Hong Kong is divided in 18 administrative districts (Population as of 2000) Hong Kong Island Central and Western (274,400) Eastern (620,800) Southern (282,400) Wan Chai (190,300) Kowloon (New Kowloon included) Kowloon City (406,000) Kwun Tong (564,700) Sham Shui Po (372,200...
		The Eastern district (東區;) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong.
		Nam Cheong is the southern terminus of the Hong Kong KCRC West Rail.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tai-Koo-%28MTR%29 (2645 words)

	Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
		Not surprisingly, Hong Kong headed the list of 166 countries as the world's freest economy as it has almost every year since the index was first published.
		In Hong Kong, "collusion" has suddenly become the buzzword for 2005 much as "democracy" was the political issue for most of 2004.
		Twenty years on, Hong Kong is the one that seems to be stuck in the past and it is China that has moved ahead in many ways.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/GB19Ad05.html (1227 words)

	Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hong Kong is a very modern, wealthy, ultra-dense city, with nonstop buildings, but it still has some great natural areas, as well as 100's of less crowded nearby islands.
		Hong Kong Island is the main, and most densely populated island, although there are hundreds of other islands.
		Since the next ferry to our part of Hong Kong Island was not for two more hours, and we did not have the energy to walk back to the first port (where the ferry ran more frequently), we caught another ferry to the far side of Hong Kong Island and taxied back from there.
	www.danciprari.com /worldtrip/hong_kong.htm (1540 words)

	Lantau Island, Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shek Pik is one of Hong Kong's most important archaeological sites — excavations have yielded Stone Age and Bronze Age relics from an era when a regional culture was emerging, and the waves of northern immigrants were yet to arrive.
		The higher of them, 934-metre Lantau Peak, is the second highest mountain in Hong Kong; its upper reaches form a distinctive, sharp cone, in contrast to the more rounded outline of neighbouring Sunset Peak.
		Hong Kong Outdoors (includes info on parts of Lantau, such as Cheung Sha, southwest Lantau, and Pui O; also my response to the government's Concept Plan for Lantau).
	martinwilliams.tripod.com /lantau/lantau.html (2298 words)

	Hong Kong Island
		Hong Kong is truly a magical city for the tourists with much to see and do.
		Hong Kong Island is the centerpiece of Hong Kong and contains some of the world's most valuable property.
		From the walk you will have various views of Hong Kong Island and the harbor, and there are numerous playgrounds throughout the park where you can watch the children running and playing.
	www.anniebees.com /Asia/Asia10.htm (1235 words)

	Hong Kong China Tourism: Getting Around - SideStep
		Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is modern, efficient, clean, and easy to use, and it's also much faster than the older modes of transportation (and sometimes even taxis).
		Businesspeople who live in Hong Kong are easy to spot -- they're usually buried behind their newspapers; visitors, on the other hand, tend to crowd around the railing, cameras in hand.
		The most useful ones on Hong Kong Island are probably those that depart from the Star Ferry concourse for Bowen Road and Ocean Park, as well as those that travel from Central's Lung Wui Road to Victoria Peak or from Causeway Bay to Stanley.
	www.sidestep.com /travel-info-t0078020015-getting_around_hong_kong_china (4211 words)

	Dispute Resolution Boards. A New and Exciting Role for Commercial Dispute Resolution: A Quintessential Example of ADR ...
		The suspension bridge carrying railway and highway lines from Hong Kong Island to Chek Lap Kok is the longest of its kind anywhere in the world.
		Asia Air Freight, in turn, is investing 1.75 billion Hong Kong dollars in the construction of its own air freight terminal, capable of handling some 910,000 tons of air freight per year.
		Hong Kong Disneyland, which opened last year, is also adjacent to the airport.
	www.mediate.com /articles/wredeR2.cfm (550 words)

	postgraduate prospectus 2007-2008
		The University of Hong Kong is Hong Kong's first and foremost tertiary institution.
		Dr Sun, who studied at the Hong Kong College of Medicine between 1887 and 1892 and graduated with a Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery, revisited Hong Kong in February 1923.
		The rapid economic development of Hong Kong in the postwar years created a huge demand for qualified professionals in a range of disciplines, and the University multiplied its intake and increased its staff to cope with this challenge.
	www.hku.hk /rss/pp2007/uni_hk.html (579 words)

	Green Island, Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Green Island (青洲) is an island off the coast of the northwest coast of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, separated by the Sulphur Channel.
		A smaller island nearby, also uninhabited, is called Little Green Island (小青洲).
		Administratively, the two islands are part of Central and Western District.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Island,_Hong_Kong (110 words)

	Hong Kong Island - Definition, explanation
		Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded.
		Victoria Harbour is the harbour in Hong Kong where the ships used to come in for trade.
		Hong Kong Island is connected to the Kowloon Peninsula on the mainland by two road-only tunnels (the Cross-Harbour_Tunnel and Eastern Harbour Tunnel, two MTR metro tunnels and one combined road and MTR rail link tunnel, the Western Harbour Crossing (in separate conduits running side by side).
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/h/ho/hong_kong_island.php (670 words)

	HK's Star Ferry surrenders to urbanization - Boston.com
		The fabled green and white Star ferry service is one of few relics from Hong Kong's past to have survived the territory's modernization.
		HONG KONG (Reuters) - The fabled green and white Star ferry service is one of few relics from Hong Kong's past to have survived the territory's modernization.
		But soon, the ferries will leave their downtown terminal and move to new premises on Hong Kong island, making way for land reclamation and construction of a road bypass.
	www.boston.com /news/world/asia/articles/2006/07/17/hks_star_ferry_surrenders_to_urbanization?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News (857 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 officially uses the metric system, however the English system is also used and once in a while you might even see Chinese units.
	www.math.toronto.edu /~joel/hongkong.html (11629 words)

	Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong - Destination highlights
		Hong Kong consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, New Territories and over 200 outlying islands, with a total population of 6.8 million people, mainly ethnic Chinese.
		The city is a fusion of eastern and western influences – old and new meet at every turn, creating unique experiences shaped by Hong Kong's distinctive past and its dreams for the future.
		As one of the most important financial centres in Asia, Hong Kong is headquarters to the Asia-Pacific operations of many of the world’s leading companies in banking, finance, consulting and the media.
	www.fourseasons.com /hongkong/destination_highlights.html (437 words)

	Hong Kong China Tourism: Orientation - SideStep
		The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) is located at the southeastern tip of the People's Republic of China, some 1,996km (1,237 miles) south of Beijing; it lies just south of the Tropic of Cancer at about the same latitude as Mexico City, the Bahamas, and Hawaii.
		On Hong Kong Island are the Central District (Hong Kong's main financial and business district and usually referred to simply as Central), the Western District, Wan Chai, and Causeway Bay, all on the island's north side.
		Hong Kong Island is the home to such major attractions as Hong Kong Park, Victoria Peak, Stanley Market, Ocean Park, and the Zoological and Botanical Gardens.
	www.sidestep.com /travel-info-t0078020014-orientation_hong_kong_china (1608 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)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
		Hong Kong is the major gateway to China and much of East Asia.
		Hong Kong is small and crowded, which makes public transport the only practical way to get around.
		Hong Kong's ferries are usually faster and cheaper than buses and trams.
	www.traveldocs.com /hk/tips.htm (278 words)

	10 Must - Know Travelers Tips To Hong Kong -- iSnare.com Articles
		Hong Kong is an international city and it has vast number of tourists come from all over the world in all year round.
		Hong Kong is a very safe city according to the low crime rate.
		Due to the convenience of MTR and the compact area of Hong Kong, most tourists find it is not necessary to rent car during their stay.
	www.isnare.com /?aid=69773&ca=Travel (1548 words)

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