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Topic: January 2005 in Hong Kong and Macao

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	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/j/january_1994-january_4_in_rail_transport.html (1771 words)

	AllRefer.com - Macao : History, China (Chinese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Macao was the oldest permanent European settlement in East Asia.
		In 1974, Macao was established as a Chinese territory under Portuguese administration; the Chinese refused to accept the return of the territory at the time.
		Macao has been promised 50 years of noninterference in its economic and social systems.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Macao-history.html (337 words)

	Japanese occupation of Hong Kong Information
		British, Canadian and Indian forces, supported by the Hong Kong Volunteer Defense Forces, resisted the Japanese invasion, commanded by Lieutenant General Sakai Takashi, to the best of their abilities, but were outnumbered.
		Throughout the Japanese occupation, Hong Kong was ruled as a detained terrain and was subjected to martial law.
		As a result, the unemployed were deported to the Mainland, and the population of Hong Kong had dwindled from two million to seven hundred thousand in 1945.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong (3143 words)

	Hong Kong - Economic & Trade Information on Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During the period, Hong Kong's total exports to the Chinese mainland surged by 13.8%, while the growth rates for the US, the EU and Japan were slower at 2.5%, 4.6% and 2.0%, respectively.
		Hong Kong's trade performance is in part fuelled by outward processing activities in Guangdong where the majority of Hong Kong companies have extended their manufacturing base.
		Hong Kong is a popular venue for hosting regional headquarters or representative offices for multinational companies to manage their businesses in the Asia Pacific, particularly the Chinese mainland.
	hongkong.tdctrade.com /content.aspx?data=HK_content_en&SRC=HK_MaPrFaSh&contentid=173873 (3137 words)

	The Law Society of Hong Kong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		To allow a Hong Kong law firm (office) that has set up a representative office in the Mainland to operate in association with one Mainland law firm situated in the province, autonomous region or municipality where its representative office is situated (with effect from 1 January 2006).
		Hong Kong law firms are therefore not required to apply to the Trade and Industry Department of HKSAR for Certificates of Hong Kong Service Suppliers in relation to such preferential treatment in residency requirement.
		To allow Hong Kong barristers to act as agents in civil litigation cases in the Mainland in the capacity of citizens (with effect from 1 January 2007, regulations not yet amended).
	www.hklawsoc.org.hk /pub_e/resource/cepa.asp (783 words)

	China Travel News :: Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao join hands to attract tourists
		Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai are closer to each other in the tourist industry.
		In Hong Kong, some measures are taken in the hotel industry to provide more convenience for tourists from the three cities.
		In addition, Macao Tourism Bureau made more advertisements in Hong Kong newspaper and television, in order to present a "historical and cultural" trip to Macao.
	www.chinatravel.com /china-travel-guides/china-travel-news/china-travel-news-2005/china-travel-news-2005-8/hong-kong-zhuhai-and-maca.shtml (268 words)

	CANOE Travel - My Travels - Hong Kong for the weekend
		Yesterday afternoon, Stan and I left Hong Kong to go to Macao for a brief stay, but the border lines out of Macao and another into ZhuHai were much busier and slower to get through than we planned.
		The main island, Hong Kong Island, is loaded with tall skyscrapers -- one part, I was told, has the highest population density in the world.
		The biggest differences I found between Hong Kong and mainland China are that Hong Kong is much cleaner with stricter littering policies, much more organized and modern, and it has a better public transit infrastructure (buses, subway, tram).
	www.canoe.ca /Travel/MyTravels/2005/11/30/1330827.html (1202 words)

	Hong Kong Internet and Telecommunications Reports
		Hong Kong, however, had been largely unsuccessful to bring competition to its pay TV market, which had been dominated by i-Cable Communications.
		Hong Kong has six mobile operators in a crowded market, which has continued to remain competitive by a willingness amongst the operators to restructure.
		Hong Kong is naturally a key regional telecommunications hub and as such is the landing point for a significant number of strategically important submarine cables.
	www.internetworldstats.com /asia/hk.htm (1017 words)

	Salt tide 'may affect' HK, Macao
		GUANGZHOU: Fresh water supplies to Hong Kong and Macao could be affected if the present severe salt tide in South China's Guangdong Province continues to flow, it was claimed yesterday.
		Supplies to the eastern Pearl River Delta region, such as Guangzhou, Dongguan, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, is currently guaranteed as water levels in the Dongjiang River, the cities' water source, remains high due to water diversion, according to Huang Qiangliang, vice-director of Guangdong Department of Water Resources.
		Macao's water supply could be greatly affected if the salt tide continues in Zhuhai of Guangdong, which draws most of its water in Xijiang River.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-12/30/content_507933.htm (441 words)

	Newsletters - Hong Kong Review 2005 - NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		Mr Tsang was concerned that Hong Kong residents and the international community "might cast doubts on the determination and the ability of the SAR to implement the Basic Law", which would also have "a negative impact on the operation of the financial market and the confidence of investors".
		Welcoming the interpretation, a Hong Kong Government spokesperson said that the interpretation was lawful and constitutional and would not damage the rule of law, adding that it also provided a firm constitutional basis for the amendment to the Chief Executive Election Ordinance currently under consideration.
		A recent Hong Kong Government study, which assessed the economic impact of the first phase of the Hong Kong-China Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (Cepa) for its first year of implementation, found that 90% of the companies surveyed thought that Cepa was beneficial to Hong Kong's economy.
	www.mfat.govt.nz /Media-and-publications/Publications/Newsletters/North-Asia/2005/hkMar-April05.php (2930 words)

	AllRefer.com - Macao : Economy, China (Chinese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		A free port, Macao is a leading trade, tourist, and fishing center, with gambling casinos that account for some 40% of GDP.
		Most of Macao's transit trade with China is by way of its shallow harbor on the west side of the peninsula.
		Taipa is connected to Macao city by bridges; Taipa and ColOane islands are connected by a causeway.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Macao-economy.html (213 words)

	Hong Kong Ballet Brought Archer's Story Live - Hong Kong's Unique Entertainment and Tourist Guide - HKEntertainment.com
		The Hong Kong Ballet celebrated the New Year in Beijing by dancing Legend of the Great Archer at Beijing 's Poly Theatre from 3 to 5 January for 3,000 audiences.
		Hong Kong Ballet is the star of this charity event purposed to support Chinese children's cultural nourishment.
		It premiered in Hong Kong in March 2004, and toured North America in May 2004.
	www.hkentertainment.com /content/view/491/2 (327 words)

	Hong Kong Museum of History - Exhibition - Special Exhibition
		Hong Kong and Macao, situated strategically near the Pearl River Estuary, guarded the waterway to Guangzhou and prospered in different periods.
		With the permission to stay in Macao since the mid-16th century, the Portuguese turned Macao into an entrepot by establishing a worldwide network of sea transportation that straddled the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia.
		The British occupation of Hong Kong Island in 1841 was followed by the implementation of a free-trade policy, which attracted a roomful of foreign hongs to shift their headquarters to Hong Kong.
	www.lcsd.gov.hk /CE/Museum/History/en/ex_special_emw.php (411 words)

	The Consulate General of Switzerland in Hong Kong - Press review - March 2005
		Meanwhile, the Democratic Party, Liberal Party and Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong have thrown their weight behind proposed legislation to grant privileges and immunities to WTO delegates during the ministerial meeting.
		Bird flu may spur Vietnamese ban: Vietnamese travellers could be banned form entering Hong Kong and other travellers returning to the SAR form Vietnam may face compulsory screening should a human-transmittable strain of bird flu found in that country, the government said.
		Live chicken numbers to be cut in half: The government plans to cut the population of chickens in Hong Kong in half as part of its contingency plan to deal with an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu.
	www.sinoptic.ch /hongkong/archives/2005/200503.htm (2963 words)

	Hong Kong eyes big benefits from CEPA
		Hong Kong industries, particularly, are asking the central government to extend zero-tariff treatment to the food-processing sector, which is the region's fourth largest sector.
		From January to May, a total of US$42.3 million worth of Hong Kong goods entered the mainland without duties, said Chen Xing, deputy director of the department of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs of the MOFCOM.
		A number of Hong Kong and Macao investors have increased their presence on the mainland markets thanks to the investment facilitation measures included in the agreement, which lowered thresholds and lifted market restrictions for Hong Kong and Macao investors ahead of China's World Trade Organization commitments.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-06/28/content_343306.htm (702 words)

	Hong Kong Travel Guide - Hotels, Restaurants, Sightseeing in Hong Kong - The New York Times Travel Section
		In Hong Kong, where shopping is more of a pursuit than a pastime, the Frugal Traveler looks for bargains and a decent meal in a big-ticket city.
		Well-known as a financial center, Hong Kong is also a haven of natural beauty, with dozens of peaks beckoning anyone who cares to walk or climb.
		Hong Kong is utterly obsessed with dim sum, and no place else comes close to offering it of equal excellence and variety.
	www.nytimes.com /top/features/travel/destinations/asia/china/hongkong/guide.html (474 words)

	Blogging... Walk The Talk: A Lovely Map of Hong Kong, Circa 1866
		I thought I would share with you this fantastic map that I found on the wonderful Hong Kong University website - it is taken from a book entitled, "The Treaty Ports of China and Japan", penned by one Nicholas Belfield Dennys.
		There are also many other chapters on Canton, Macao and a host of other ports, not to mention other maps.
		It is a great resource for those exploring the China Coast populations of the 19th century and many thanks must go to HKU's efforts to digitize their collection and share it with the rest of the world.
	www.blogthetalk.com /2006/10/lovely-map-of-hong-kong-circa-1866.html (349 words)

	China Digital Times (CDT) 中国数字时代 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A small Macao bank at the centre of a stand-off between North Korea and the US has said it played a bigger role in sustaining the secretive communist regime than previously admitted.
		In February, Macao's banking regulators froze $25 million worth of North Korean accounts in the Banco Delta Asia, a bank the U.S. Treasury Department had accused in September of helping the North Korean government launder money and distribute counterfeit U.S. currency.
		Although Macao was the first and last piece of China under European rule, most people predicted that the Portuguese language would disappear here in a blink of an eye...
	chinadigitaltimes.net /tag/macao (1039 words)

	Taolu.de \| nothing but Wushu..
		Macao: Hong Kong's little sister, till 1999 last Portuguese outpost at the South China Sea, famous for its pictorial mediterranean flair and glamorous casinos.
		The place where on january 24th, 2003 the medals of honor of the "special administrative region of the PR China" were bestowed by its governor Dr. Ho Hau Wah.
		I heard Han Jing is going to compete for Macao for the last time in such a huge competition.
	www.taolu.de (1026 words)

	hong kong 2005 directory - China-Lifestyles.com
		the method we've chosen, as is used on this hong kong 2005 topic area, is to present lists of links at the top of the page in handy "title only" form, while providing additional commentary for those who desire it, as footnotes.
		This 2005 population estimate is based on a number of factors and sources.
		PARLIAMENT ON HONG KONG 19 07 2005 : In...
	www.china-lifestyles.com /hong-kong-china/hong-kong-2005.php (1369 words)

	Hong Kong and Macao sign Arrangement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Secretary for Security, Mr Ambrose S K Lee, on behalf of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government and the Secretary for Security, Mr Cheong Kuoc Va, on behalf of the Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) Government, today (May 20) signed the Arrangement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons (TSP) between the two SARs.
		"In January, 2005, the Government introduced into the Legislative Council the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (Amendment) (Macau) Bill to extend the application of the TSP Ordinance to the transfer of sentenced persons between the two SARs.
		"After enactment of the bill, Hong Kong residents imprisoned in Macao may apply to serve the remainder of their sentences in Hong Kong, and vice versa," the spokesman added.
	www.info.gov.hk /gia/general/200505/20/05200149.htm (267 words)

	University of Florida Hong Kong - China Summer Program
		View of Hong Kong financial district from the botanical gardens adjacent to the YWCA Garden View International House (left); UF students and faculty enjoy historically and architecturally significant accommodations at a renovated Qing Dynasty courtyard house in Beijing (right).
		The work of the 2004 Hong Kong – China Program design studio began with an examination of Hong Kong extremes: the very small and the very large as manifest in the traditional little red street-shrine and the urban phenomenon of the podium - a big-box, multi-level housing base that incorporates every urban amenity imaginable.
		While aiming to amplify the promise of the podium as a dynamic and functional response to changing lifestyles, the work questions the disparities between a life conducted indoors in one developer’s hyper-mall and a life conducted in the organic and free space of street and square.
	uf-china.dcp.ufl.edu (3460 words)

	LCQ19: Hong Kong people working in Macao
		An employer who intends to import non-resident workers has to seek approval from the Labour Affairs Bureau (LAB) of Macao and prove that resident workers are not available to fill the vacancies and that importation of workers will not jeopardise the interests of resident workers.
		However, in view of Macao's rapid development in building and construction works in recent years, the demand for construction workers is expected to be substantial over the next few years.
		Under the Macao legislation on labour litigation, the Public Prosecutions Office may represent the worker to lodge a claim against his employer in court through civil proceedings.
	www.info.gov.hk /gia/general/200501/26/0126195.htm (518 words)

	Amazon.com: Education and Society in Hong Kong and Macao: Comparative Perspectives on Continuity and Change (CERC ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hong Kong and Macao have much in common.
		Ramses Koo is a Senior Lecturer at the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
		Both have long experience of research on education in Hong Kong and Macao; and both are active in professional societies concerned with comparative education.
	www.amazon.com /Education-Society-Hong-Kong-Macao/dp/1402034059 (698 words)

	Hong Kong Cultural Information Net
		Staged at the Hong Kong Museum of History, the exhibition runs from 30 September 2005 to 2 January 2006.
		The foreign trade of Guangdong developed in the Qin and Han Dynasties, grew in importance during the Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties period, and reached the peak of its development from the Tang to Qing Dynasties.
		Through some 160 cultural relics from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, this exhibition attempts to unfold the commercial and cultural contact between China and the West over the past two thousand years.
	www.lcsd.gov.hk /gprd/en/highlight_15.php (219 words)

	The New York Times > International > Asia Pacific > Hong Kong's Embattled Leader Steps Down
		ONG KONG, March 10 - Tung Chee-hwa submitted his resignation late this afternoon to China's leaders after nearly eight years as Hong Kong's chief executive, beginning the first transfer of power since Britain returned the territory to Chinese rule in 1997.
		The resignation, which mainland officials are expected to accept in the next several days, brings to an end a difficult tenure during which Hong Kong weathered the Asian financial crisis, a collapse in property prices, a SARS epidemic and sharply rising unemployment.
		A new committee must be elected after that by 160,000 of Hong Kong's 6.9 million people, with mainly business leaders, neighborhood politicians and professionals allowed to vote.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/03/10/international/asia/10cnd-hong.html?ex=1268197200&en=1d160828be2aa3aa&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (727 words)

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