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	Hong Kong Land Boundary Problems — A Synthesis
		In short, the function of land use control by a lease is challenged and the impetus of change is from the landowners.
		In Hong Kong, when a piece of vacant land is developed into blocks of multi-storey real properties, it is the developer who has the thorough power to assign covenants to subsequent small flat buyers.
		Although not officially implemented in Hong Kong, the British General Boundaries concept has been applied to a large extent such that the exact boundary is left undetermined and the physical occupation features are deemed important.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /application/lis/overview/ma06_249.htm (668 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Hong Kong
		Hong Kong's fiscal burden of government score is 0.2 point better this year, and its government intervention score is 0.5 point better.
		According to the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, Hong Kong maintains a dual income tax system under which individuals are taxed either progressively, between 2 percent and 20 percent, on income adjusted for deductions and allowances or at a flat rate of 16 percent on their gross income, depending on which liability is lower.
		Hong Kong has passed legislation making it easier for foreign banks to enter the market by removing restrictions on the number of branches foreign banks can operate in Hong Kong (November 2001) and by lowering asset and deposit criteria for new foreign bank branches (May 2002).
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=HongKong (1127 words)

	Hong Kong - Geography
		Deep waters surround Hong Kong, and with its wide harbors protected by mountains in the north and south, the region is favorable as a passing point for ships.
		Three percent of Hong Kong's total land area is agriculturally cultivated and this is mostly at the New Territories large alluvial plains.
		A narrow piece of flat land between the mountains and the sea along the north shore in Hong Kong is vacated by most of the country's population, whereas the south shore has luxury residential buildings and some nice beaches, such as Stanley and Repulse Bays.
	www.marimari.com /content/hong_kong/general_info/geography/main.html (884 words)

	Hong Kong Travel Guide - China Hong Kong Highlights
		Hong Kong, the Pearl of East and jewel of The Orient is famous for its gold and foreign exchange market, natural deep water harbour, commercial trade, toy manufacturing industry and film and service industries.
		Hong Kong is located in south China, 32km (20 miles) east of the mouth of the Pearl River and 135km (84 miles) southeast of Guangdong province.
		Hong Kong consists of four parts, Hong Kong island, Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories and 260 surrounding smaller islands and overall covers an area of 1095 square kilometres.
	www.myhongkongtravel.com (132 words)

	Hong Kong's Future Uncertain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hong Kong Island and the tip of the Kowloon Peninsula on the mainland of China were ceded in perpetuity by China to Britain by the Treaty of Nanking in 1842.
		Hong Kong residents have grown to appreciate that the fast-paced laissez-faire business environment that exists in the colony has allowed them to enjoy one of the highest standards of living in Asia.
		Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the nearby Portuguese colony of Macau whose population is also predominately Chinese could fall into this category.
	www.libertyhaven.com /countriesandregions/hongkong/hongfuture.html (1390 words)

	Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hong Kong is on the eastern side of the Pearl River Delta on the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, facing the South China Sea in the south, and bordering Guangdong Province in the north.
		Hong Kong is 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Macau, on the opposite side of the Pearl River Delta and borders the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province.
		Hong Kong's climate is subtropical and prone to monsoons.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Hong_Kong (7222 words)

	Hong Kong: Land, People, and Government
		Hong Kong has many natural harbors, that of Victoria (c.17 sq mi/44 sq km) being one of the finest in the world.
		The Univ. of Hong Kong is a coeducational institution under government control, organized on the model of British universities.
		Hong Kong is governed under the Basic Law as approved in 1990 by the National People's Congress of China.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0858663.html (220 words)

	Hong Kong hotels and accommodation, Hongkong travel and hotel reservation
		Hong Kong adjoins the Chinese province of Guangdong and has a land area of 1,078 square kilometres.
		Hong Kong is divided into 4 areas; Kowloon, which is the major commercial centre, Hong Kong Island, the New Territories, and the Outlying Islands.
		Hong Kong's climate is sub-tropical with a more temperate climate for half of the year.
	www.resorthotel.net /hong_kong/index.htm (266 words)

	Hong Kong 1999: Country Commercial Guide - (FY-1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hong Kong's legal system is firmly based on the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.
		All of Hong Kong is a duty-free zone, as it is a free port.
		Hong Kong's existing trademark law is not dependent on that of the UK, and so does not need to be "localized." The law is already TRIPS-compatible, and is in the process of being modern- ized.
	www.hongkong.usconsulate.gov /ushk/economic/1998/99ccg07.htm (5653 words)

	Hong Kong travel guide - Wikitravel
		Hong Kong International Airport is the third busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in Asia and the second busiest airport in terms of cargo traffic in the world.
		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.
		Hong Kong is not all skyscrapers, and it's worthwhile to go to the countryside, including the country parks and marine parks.
	wikitravel.org /en/Hong_Kong (9770 words)

	Hong Kong - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hong Kong Island has a sharply indented coastline consisting of rugged ridges of granite that are intersected by water which separates the mainland from the island.
		Hong Kong will also be allowed to keep its capitalistic economy within the socialist system of China.
		Beijing demanded that it required their approval while Hong Kong and British officials insisted that it did not, however, after one month of negotiations a solution was agreed and China gave its approval.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/hongkong.htm (804 words)

	Hong Kong - the land of the rising people \| Samizdata.net
		Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people (march organisers say 50,000) have taken part in one of the territory's biggest marches in years, denouncing the plans they fear will erode freedom and civil liberties.
		However, whenever the people of Hong Kong are given the opportunity to show some democratic spirit, they always do so in huge numbers.
		However, in the short term, having Beijing assert its power over Hong Kong is not at all good, although it was sadly predictable.
	www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/002662.html (745 words)

	Lincoln Institute of Land Policy - Publications
		Hong Kong's land-leasing system empowers the government to exercise two important land policy measures-regulating land supply and capturing development windfalls.
		An average of 39 percent of the increased land value occurring between 1970 and 1991 was captured through leasing public land.
		The dual role of the government in regulating land use and negotiating land premiums may have created an institutional setting that has generated imperfect competition in the real estate market and encouraged property speculation.
	www.lincolninst.edu /pubs/pub-detail.asp?id=65 (264 words)

	Hong Kong: The Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A look at the history of Hong Kong as reported in the pages of The New York Times, with a focus on the years leading up to the handover to China.
		Fast-growing Hong Kong, one of Britain's most prized colonial outposts, falls to the Japanese in 1941.
		Residents of Hong Kong learn that not all of them will have the right to move to Britain.
	www.nytimes.com /specials/hongkong/archive (226 words)

	Hong Kong Travel Guide: Hong Kong Hotel, Tour, Attractions, Map, Pictures and Town Bus.
		Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of PRC, has grown from what was a simple fishing village into the world's fourth largest banking and financial center and eighth largest trading economy.
		Hong Kong is made up of four parts: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, the New Territories and the Outlying Islands.
		Northern Hong Kong Island is the main commercial, shopping and entertainment area; the residential area is located in Eastern Hong Kong Island; and Southern Hong Kong Island known for its sea shores and bays.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /cityguides/hongkong/index.htm (973 words)

	Hong Kong and Singapore Yankee bonds
		More important only Hong Kong and Singapore issues have A rating, or investment grade status, and with slowing economic growth posing a threat to debt restructuring in other economies in the region, investors are likely to stick to top quality issues.
		Demand for Hong Kong Land's 10-year bond issue, launched in New York on Wednesday, was so strong that the Singapore-listed company doubled the size of its first ever dollar bond to $600 million.
		About sixty percent of demand was from institutions in Asia, predominantly Hong Kong, 25 percent was from Europe and the rest came from the United States, sources close to the deal said.
	www.bradynet.com /bbs/asia/100053-0.html (1004 words)

	Hong Kong Trail Tales
		The area is a good example of the degradation of the land and community there in the New Territories, with construction company depots, bus garages, container storage, and other unsightly developments mingled in with rather expensive tiled homes that families have built on their ancestral lands.
		Hong Kong is full of butterflies and some species are visible all year round.
		Because the level land is set between hills, on the valley floors, the fields are small and fitted to the contours of the land.
	www.parish-without-borders.net /cditt/hiking/hiktrail.htm (16715 words)

	BBC News \| South Asia \| Hong Kong land sale fuels optimism
		Land and property prices are seen as a key indicator of Hong Kong's economic health.
		The final prices, higher than expected, could boost the market by fuelling optimism in Hong Kong that the end of the recession is finally in sight.
		Now the government is trying to do a delicate balancing act, making sure enough land is available to meet growing long term housing needs without destabilising the property sector which stands at the centre of Hong Kong's overall economy.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/324116.stm (294 words)

	Hong Kong Restaurants, Food and Dining, where to eat, what to eat by location!
		Possibly nowhere else in the world is dining out more celebrated than in Hong Kong, where foodies can revel in the broad scope of international cuisines within a compact area.
		Tonics and soups are prepared using carefully combined and measured ingredients to achieve the balance that is so important to the Chinese — the balance of yin (female or cool energy) and yan (male or warm energy), said to determine a person's overall well-being.
		Hong Kong may well be considered the lap of luxury for the gourmet and the gourmand alike.
	www.hong-kong-hotels.ws /dining/index.htm (465 words)

	Land Registry (Hong Kong) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Hong Kong, the Land Registry (土地註冊處) administers the Land Registration Ordinance governing the system of land registration and provides facilities for search of the Land Register and related records by the public and government departments.
		It has responsibility for the registration of owners' corporations under the Building Management Ordinance.
		This Hong Kong Government-related article is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Land_Registry_(Hong_Kong) (99 words)

	Hong Kong Land & Island Tours -- China Highlights Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		After praying for good luck the tour returns via the urban area after making a stop at the largest jewelry factory in Hong Kong which show case the finest of its art which made HK the best in Asia.
		The first stop is at the Yuen Yuen Institute, which houses the 3 main religious practices of the Hong Kong Chinese population – Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism.
		The village’s stilt houses on the waterfront, home to Hong Kong’s indigenous fishermen, offer a glimpse into Hong Kong’s past and provide a striking contrast with the modern city.
	www.chinahighlights.com /hongkong/land_island_tours.htm (1158 words)

	Hong Kong: Land, People, and Government
		The future of Hong Kong: not what it used to be.(Hong Kong's Reintegration into the People's Republic of China: Constitutional Issues,......
		Countdown to 1997: the people of Hong Kong worry about what lies in store for them as China takes over the British colony.
		The lesson of the triple twisted pine: plum blossoms on mountain peaks and the future of the rule of law in Hong Kong.(Symposium:......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0858663.html (389 words)

	hong kong disneyland
		The theme park is likely to prove a huge attraction to the area and provides a great attraction for kids and parents alike.
		There are 6.8 million people living on 1102 square kilometres of land and many billions living over the border 20 km away in China.
		So there is sure to be no shortage of eager visitors to Hong Kong Disney Land when it opens.
	www.starferry.com /hongkongdisneyland.htm (205 words)

	The Land Registry -Home
		Land Registration serves Hong Kong's social and economic development.
		All of us at the Land Registry strive daily to improve the services that we offer so that interests in land and property can be handled swiftly, simply, affordably and with security.
		This website explains the services that the Land Registry offers, outlines our history and sets out our plans for service improvement.
	www.landreg.gov.hk /index-en.htm (88 words)

	Hong Kong land auction fetches 30.5 mln hkd, exceeding expectations - UPDATE - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - The government today sold a 24,111 square-foot site on Lantau Island for 30.5 mln hkd, far higher than what analysts had expected, in Hong Kong's first land auction in the current fiscal year to March.
		The plot of land, located at Cheung Sha on Lantau Island, could produce a minimum gross floor area of 9,645 square feet.
		The last time the government sold developable plots of land was in September when it auctioned of three plots in Kowloon which generated a combined 10.15 bln hkd for the government.
	www.forbes.com /markets/feeds/afx/2006/07/18/afx2885430.html (443 words)

	Hong Kong
		Lying at the southeastern tip of China, Hong Kong adjoins the province of Guangdong (Canton), and is just south of the tropic of Cancer.
		The total land area of Hong Kong is 1,078 square kilometres, comprising
		Today Hong Kong has become a great international trading post, a powerful manufacturing base and one of the world's largest financial centres.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/hongkong/introduction.html (193 words)

	Hong Kong Island Land Reclamation Plans Map - SkyscraperCity
		Right now what they're promising is NO no more skyscrapers on the new land, strictly a harborfront walk.
		As of 2004, it's 5.4% (~6,000 hectare) of total land area is from reclaimation.
		About 1% of Hong Kong was added through reclamation of the Airport alone.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=340435 (611 words)

	Hong Kong Land & Marine Contractors Ltd
		Hong Kong Land & Marine Contractors Ltd provides services for the international subsea oil and gas industry.
		Hong Kong Land & Marine Contractors Ltd is a prominent member of the subsea oil and gas directory.
		Please contact us or visit Hong Kong Land & Marine Contractors Ltd homepage web site on the Internet for more info on press and news release, annual report, article, job and career, locations, contact, email, employees, stock quote, tender, contract award and products and services details.
	www.subsea.org /company/listdetails.asp?companyid=578 (195 words)

	Hong Kong Land's bid for Singapore's MCL Land becomes unconditional - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SINGAPORE (AFX) - Hong Kong Land Holdings said the voluntary conditional cash offer made by its wholly-owned subsidiary HKL (Morpheus) Pte Ltd for Singapore-listed residential property developer MCL Land Ltd has become unconditional.
		In a statement, Hong Kong Land said HKL Morpheus has received acceptances of the offer that have increased its holding to 50.2 pct.
		In December, Hong Kong Land, through its HKL Morpheus, proposed a voluntary conditional cash offer for all the shares in residential property developer MCL Land Ltd of 1.75 sgd a share.
	www.forbes.com /business/feeds/afx/2006/01/10/afx2442022.html (361 words)

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