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  Hong Kong Architecture, Buildings, Skyscrapers, Photos
Hong Kong was once owned by the British but is now controlled by China.
This skyscraper became the tallest building in Hong Kong: the previous tower was I M Pei's Bank of China.
historic centre of Hong Kong by the harbour this 50-storey skyscraper was the
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 Wikinfo | Hong Kong
Hong Kong, (known as 香港 pinyin xiang1 gang3 (Cantonese: heung1 gong2), meaning Fragrant Harbour) is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China, consisting of several islands (in the South China Sea) and a peninsula.
The name "Hong Kong" is derived from Hong Kong Island in the South China Sea, at the mouth of the Xi Jiang or Pearl River.
Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometre.
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 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.
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 Hopewell Centre, Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hopewell Centre with the ruins of an old mansion in the foreground.
It kept its title in Hong Kong until 1989, when the Bank of China Tower was completed.
Hopewell Center stands on the slope of a hill so steep that the building has its back entrance on the 17th floor towards Kennedy Road.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hopewell_Centre,_Hong_Kong   (419 words)

  
 Hong Kong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The Right of abode issue sparked debates in 1999 while the controversy over Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 was the focus of politics in Kong between 2002 - 2003 and the focus of controversies have to the issue of universal suffrage towards the end of 2003 and 2004.
Hong Kong is by population the fourth metropolitan area of the PRC (see List of cities in China).
Despite the population density Hong Kong was to be one of the greenest cities Asia.
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 ipedia.com: Hong Kong Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Although it was occupied since at least as long ago as the Neolithic Age, the territory of today's Hong Kong remained distant from the major events unfolding in imperial China for most of its history.
The Right of abode issue sparked debates in 1999, while the controversy over Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 was the focus of politics in Hong Kong between 2002-2003, and the focus of controversies have shifted to the issue of universal suffrage towards the end of 2003 and in 2004.
Cantonese, the Chinese dialect used in Hong Kong government matters, is spoken by most of the population at home and in the office.
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 The Hong Kong Practitioner
In Hong Kong, the suicide rate among those aged 60 or above was 29.6 per 100,000 as compared to the all ages suicide rate of 11.9 per 100,000.
Breast cancer is responsible for 3.5% of all cancer deaths in Hong Kong in 2000.
The Hong Kong Continence Society reported 18.1% of male and 36.6% of female aged 60-74 and 29.5% of male and 39.5% of female aged 75 or above suffered from urinary incontinence including stress incontinence.
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 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Hong Kong is on the east side of the Zhu Jiang Delta, while Macau is on the west side.
Hong Kong is by population the fourth largest metropolitan area of the PRC.
Chinese language used in Hong Kong government matters, is spoken by most of the local Chinese population at home and in the office.
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 Hopewell Centre, Hong Kong
Hopewell Centre is a skyscraper in Hong Kong.
It was built in 1981 and is located in Wan Chai district on Hong Kong island.
The building uses a circular floor plan and stands on the slope of a hill, where it has a second entrance on the 17/F towards Kenedy Road.
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 Text 100 Public Relations a PR Consultancy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Hong Kong is home to smart, savvy--and sometimes cynical--business decision makers who rely on a fast-moving local and international media and influencer environment.
In Hong Kong, where perception and image are key to an organization's success, capturing mindshare is central to driving market share.
Text 100 Hong Kong's team of seasoned B2B and B2C public relations specialists include a combination of trilingual Chinese nationals and expatriates from other Text 100 offices.
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 Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
However, in Hong Kong certain members of the business community suggest that if there were any more democracy in Hong Kong, people would vote for a welfare state where the rich had to support the parasitic poor.
A democratic Hong Kong might be a small price to pay, especially if it is hemmed in by various limitations restricting its local government to dealing with zoning regulations and traffic control.
Hong Kong politicians are having a difficult time wrestling with the peculiarity of being only able to express their opposition by creating a completely ineffective government without their having any means of replacing it.
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 What to see in Hong Kong at Easy Tour China
On one of the southern tips of Hong Kong Island, Aberdeen is the largest satellite town with a population of about sixty thousand.
Situated on the southern side of Hong Kong island, it is one of the world¡¯s acclaimed educational theme parks covering more than 870,000 square metres of land.
It is the most famous monastery in Hong Kong where monks from all quarters are welcomed to stay and practice.
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 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.
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 Pictures Skyscrapers Hong Kong page #2
Hong Kong's tallest from 1980 until 1989, when the Bank of China Tower was completed.
One of the tallest residential complexes in Hong Kong.
It remained Hong Kong's tallest for seven years, until 1980, when Hopewell Centre was completed.
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 NationMaster - Statistics on Hong Kong. 1381 facts and figures, stats and information on Hong Kong economy, crime, ...
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.
Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997.
In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.
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 Hong Kong Information
Located in Hong Kong Park, Flagstaff House was built in 1846 and until 1932 was used as the residence of the Commander of the British Forces in Hong Kong.
Although this was one of the first buildings constructed of durable materials in Hong Kong in 1841, within 20 years the prison space was so inadequate that prisoners had to be moved to an island in the harbour and also to a prison ship.
The cathedral is the oldest surviving Western ecclesiastical building in Hong Kong, and is believed to be the oldest Anglican church in the Far East.
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 Thehighrisepages - F - Hong Kong
In Städten wie Hong Kong oder Shanghai werden beinahe wöchentlich standardisierte Wohnblöcke, meist in Randlagen, bis zu Höhen von 130m in industrieller Manier hochgezogen.
Hong Kong, situated at the subtropical south coast of China, strictly is not a city, but in fact the area of a former British colony.
In cities such as Hong Kong or Shanghai almost weekly standardized blocks of flats, in peripheral locations, are pulled up in industrial manners to heights of 130m and more.
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 Hopewell
Hopewell is the name of several places in the United States of America:
as well as the name of an ancient Native American civilization, the Hopewell culture.
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
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 Comments on Hong Kong
One photo under "Hong Kong in the 1980s" labelled "Kowloon skyline" was definitely taken on Hong Kong Island.
Both of my parents are Chinese from Hong Kong and I was born in California USA in the mid 70s.
I'd flown to UK by Cathay Pacific and as Hong Kong was their homebase, I suggested as he was at a loose end why don't we both fly out to HongKong for a holiday, say for one day for every year we had lived there.
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 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   (142 words)

  
 Hopewell Holdings Limited
Hopewell Centre, the flagship of the Group, is situated in Wanchai with two main entrances on Queen's Road East and Kennedy Road.
It is a 66-storey building, gross floor area of approximately 840,000 sq.
The main features of Hopewell Centre include single office floor plate up to approximately 16,000 sq.
www.hopewellholdings.com /hhl_hopewell_centre.htm   (91 words)

  
 The Hong Kong Practitioner
Subjects: All subjects aged 65 and above attending a primary care health centre for the elderly for health assessment during the study period were screened for systolic murmur.
Therefore, in our study, we have looked into this subject by evaluating the murmurs echocardiographically, delineating the underlying pathology and identifying any possible associations with cardiovascular risk factors for a subset of systolic murmur.
In Hong Kong, there has been no related study on the Chinese elderly.
www.hkcfp.org.hk /article/2003/03/page114_121oa.html   (2712 words)

  
 Hong Kong Hopewell Centre Photo Gallery
Once Hong Kong's tallest building until the late 1980s, Hopewell Centre has a revolving restaurant on its top floor, with a panoramic view of Hong Kong Island and beyond.
Since it backs a very steep slope, the rear entrance is on the 17th floor.
Hopewell Holdings is currently planning to redevelop the surrounding areas with more skyscrapers.
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 Hopewell Centre, Hong Kong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Located on a slope so steep that the rear entrance is on the 17th floor.
Replaced Jardine House as the tallest building in Hong Kong when completed.
Was the tallest building in Hong Kong and second tallest in Asia from 1980 to the completion of Bank of China Tower in 1989.
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 Travel in Hong Kong island > Wan Chai - page 1/4
Central Plaza was the tallest building in Hong Kong (1992 - 2003) and is the 10
At present it is the second tallest in Hong Kong.
In year 1975, there were some 2000 Sikhs in Hong Kong.
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 Hong Kong
Hong Kong is very hot and humid, but everywhere had air conditioning.
Hong Kong: Most restaurants have only Chinese characters but they have tourist menus inside.
Depart Hong Kong International Airport, 22/10/01 at 1335.
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 Central Plaza, Hong Kong - China-related Topics CE-CH - China-Related Topics
Central Plaza is the second tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong (tallest as of 2001) after IFC, Hong Kong Phase 2.
It used to be the tallest building in Asia for some time, until the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, were built.
It is located on Hong Kong Island, in Wan Chai district.
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 Hopewell Centre, Hong Kong - China-related Topics HM-HP - China-Related Topics
Hopewell Centre, Hong Kong - China-related Topics HM-HP - China-Related Topics
The 62nd floor is a revolving restaurant with the name Revolving 66 (originally Revolving 62, but had to change its name because the locals kept calling it Revolving 66), that overlooks other tall buildings below and the harbor.
It serves a buffet lunch for Hong Kong dollarHKD 168 (2000) and rotates once per hour.
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 Shop in Hong Kong - About the Book
Chock full of great tips and information, Shop in Hong Kong has it all.
Take a shopping tour through 12 Hong Kong neighbourhoods as Ellen McNally points out the best places to shop.
Shop in Hong Kong - An Insider's Guide can be purchased at any of the following fine retail establishments.
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 Hong Kong Sky Bars - Gridskipper, the Urban Travel Guide
Of course, I love me some Aqua Spirit (here's a description and pics from my first, overawed trip there when I was new to HK last summer), but I just wanted to point out a few options for drinks-with-a-view that don't have to cost upwards of HK$120.
It also shares quite a view of Victoria Harbor (although that nasty Science Museum dome cuts into it quite a bit from this lower vantage point), but more importantly, there is happy hour.
Maybe I'm just a sucker for feats of unnecessary engineering, but chilling in one of the booths sipping cheap Singapore Slings and Mai Tais while watching all of Hong Kong slowly pan by is pretty amazing.
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