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	Hong Kong
		Hong Kong religious leaders also have noted that the Basic Law provision that calls for ties between local religious organizations and their mainland counterparts to be based on "nonsubordination, noninterference and mutual respect" could be used to limit such ties.
		Hong Kong's NPC delegates also are members of the Election Committee that chose 10 of the Legislature's 60 members in 1998 and 6 of the legislatures members during the year.
		Hong Kong's Society for Community Organisation estimated that tens of thousands of women in Hong Kong, largely single women and widows from the mainland, are regularly subjected to the threat of violence, abuse, robbery, and sexual harassment by cohabitors.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eap/686.htm (15073 words)

	Qwika - similar:Television
		Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance.
		Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA or broadcast television) was the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery prior to the advent of cable and satellite television.
		Artist's impression of a Boeing 601 satellite, as configured for digital television transmission by SES Astra Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television.
	www.qwika.com /rels/Television (1277 words)

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		As Wharf seems to be on line for obtaining the Hong Kong pay TV franchise, a few words seem to be in order with regard to their somewhat rosy penetration predictions.
		Therefore, initial impressions of the value of pay TV are likely to be based on consumer experiences with existing television services, and their perceived value among Hong Kong consumers.
		While the Hong Kong market is perhaps more anxious for expanded channel choice than the U.S. was at the advent of cable, given the long delays in obtaining pay/cable services and the relative success of the STAR TV satellite system, it must also be remembered that Hong Kong has little recent experience with pay services.
	excellent.com.utk.edu /~bates/papers/hkej10.htm (1398 words)

	Disneyland Hong Kong
		Disneyland Hong Kong is one of the most exciting opportunities that the Walt Disney Co. has pursued in recent years.
		The Hong Kong legislature therefore continues to be restive, and seeks opportunities to criticize the Administration.
		Hong Kong hotels would be an additional channel for promotion, because they have the incentive to encourage tourists to stay an extra night in Hong Kong.
	www.pilar-bhavin.com /article_disneyland_hong_kong.htm (3648 words)

	Hong Kong & China
		Hong Kong's economy, which is heavily reliant on exports and the service jobs they create, would suffer greatly in the event of a stronger mainland currency, says a veteran analyst.
		Hong Kong's financial secretary is opposed to the idea of issuing bonds to ease the budget deficit, saying such a concept was like living on a credit card.
		Hong Kong is on high alert to guard against a possible new outbreak of Sars following the discovery of a new case in Singapore, the health chief said yesterday.
	www.hkchcc.org /hongkong-china05.htm (13766 words)

	Democracy Movement Is Stalled in Hong Kong (washingtonpost.com)
		HONG KONG -- One month before a crucial vote, the hard realities of Hong Kong's complicated electoral system have forced democracy activists to scale back their hopes of translating broad public support into political power strong enough to defy the Chinese government.
		That decision, which provoked loud complaints in Hong Kong and muted criticism in Washington, has come to be seen by voters as a settled issue, robbing pro-democracy politicians of their main rallying cry.
		Within Hong Kong's five geographical constituencies, where representatives are selected by direct elections, many voters have yet to pay attention to the campaign and decide on whom to vote for, the survey showed.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A61490-2004Aug12.html (1057 words)

	Serviced Apartments Hong Kong
		To prepare for the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, The Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force (RHKAAF), a unit of RAF, was disbanded on April 1, 1993, with all operations taken over by this civilian unit.
		The unit was raised in the 1950s/60s with Hong Kong citizens of Chinese descent who have served in the various artillery and coastal defence units during the Battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War.
		The unit was disbanded in the early 1990s due to the handover of Hong Kong's sovereignty from Britain to China (1997).
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/185/serviced-apartments-hong-kong.html (744 words)

	Hong Kong Pay-TV Solution: No Win?
		James So, Hong Kong's secretary for recreation and culture, said the government's aim was to provide the public with the widest choice possible while creating a fair and equitable environment for all broadcasters.
		The Hong Kong government has been loath to grant STAR's wishes for fear of alienating prospective bidders for a colony-wide multichannel pay-television service, even though Hong Kong's 1.7 million affluent and densely packed households are one of the world's most attractive pay-TV markets.
		So said the new plan only concerned pay television but that preference would be given to bidders who proposed a hard-wired cable system that had the potential also to be used as a telecommunications network.
	www.iht.com /articles/1992/07/03/hktv.php (593 words)

	\|\| Offshore Manual - We walk the walk, and talk the talk! \|\|
		Hong Kong (HK) is the third largest financial center in the world behind Tokyo and New York.
		Hong Kong is known for its political stability despite the fact that Communist China is right at its doorstep.
		Hong Kong is really not a tax haven in the conventional sense, as HK does tax local business corporations at a rate of 17% and individuals at 15,5%.
	www.offshore-manual.com /taxhavens/HongKong.html (1162 words)

	The City of Life, Hong Kong
		One being the Hong Kong island itself and the other being the Kowloon peninsula which is on the mainland across the harbor.
		A must do in Hong Kong is to go to the top of the mountain of Victoria Peak on the island either by bus, auto or a special tram they have there to see spectacular views of the entire region.
		Hong Kong is famous for its custom tailors who can make up a new suit within a day or two.
	www.shareyourstate.com /worldtravel/hongkong.htm (3595 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).
		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).
		The Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company provides other regular and inexpensive services which connect Hong Kong Island to other parts of the Kowloon Peninsula and to the outlying islands.
	asiatravel.com /hkinfo.html (1811 words)

	AsiaMedia :: HONG KONG: Impatient government acts on digital TV plan
		Therefore, Hong Kong's plan to migrate to digital television in 2006 would still match the mainland if it did not face further delays.
		However, Hong Kong's two terrestrial television broadcasters - Television Broadcasts and Asia Television - reiterated it was crucial to wait for China's decision before Hong Kong went ahead with its plan.
		Although countries such as Britain and Sweden launched digital television services in the late 1990s, they had only recorded single digit penetration rates because of the high cost of an HDTV set.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=5440 (527 words)

	APEC: E-com Legal Guide to Hong Kong
		Hong Kong’s rules for determining whether a contract has been formed are essentially the same as those in Australia and other jurisdictions whose legal systems are derived from that of the United Kingdom.
		In Hong Kong, over 90 per cent of advertising expenditure is in Chinese language media, and an even higher proportion of trade mark usage is in Chinese.
		In Hong Kong, we would highlight liability for content as an issue that should receive special consideration, especially where the content is held on a server in Hong Kong or the web site owner has a presence in Hong Kong.
	www.bakerinfo.com /apec/hongkong_main.htm (5215 words)

	One Billion Couch Potatoes - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com
		Against a backdrop of break—neck economic and social change, television has emerged as a key driver of both; it is at once a case study in successful market reform and a tool that's reshaping the nation's self identity.
		Television is "the source of cultural aspiration today," says Joseph Chen, a media scholar at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
		Taking cues from neighboring Hong Kong and Taiwan, leaders in Beijing crafted a strategy to shore up what had become a vast and costly propaganda apparatus of provincial and city-level TV stations, which before the reforms often provided little more than reruns of the same programs broadcast on national TV.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8018605/site/newsweek (1722 words)

	Hong Kong News.Net
		Hong — Hong Kong surged past New York this year and became the world's second most popular place — after London — for companies to float new stock listings.The city's...
		Hong Kong News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
		Links to Hong Kong sports sites, and a regional map are also features of our site, and we regularly provide polls of general interest.
	www.hongkongnews.net (1035 words)

	Indiantelevision dot com's Breaking News : Intelsat and TVB announce Hong Kong Pay-TV Service
		Hong Kong: Intelsat and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) have struct an agreement to provide a new pay-television service for Hong Kong.
		The high-quality Cantonese programming is targeted to the more than 90 per cent of the Hong Kong population, which speaks the language.
		The Galaxy service will be uplinked from Galaxy's teleport in Hong Kong over an Intelsat VII series satellite and downlinked at roof-top receiving dishes.
	www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k3/feb/feb125.htm (261 words)

	LancasterOnline.com: Hong Kong Pushes Tax on Goods, Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Hong Kong was allowed to stick to its low-tax, radical capitalist ways even after it returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
		But Stephen Cheung, an economics and finance professor at City University of Hong Kong, said retailers are upset about the government's proposal because it would make it harder to evade taxes.
		Cheung said Hong Kong's top 800 companies — or 1 percent of the registered businesses — pay 60 percent of the profit taxes collected.
	ap.lancasteronline.com /4/hong_kong_tax_tiff (876 words)

	HRW Report -- Hong Kong: Prison Conditions in 1997 (Work and Other Activities)
		The emphasis on work, education, and training in the Hong Kong correctional system evidences the happy fact that rehabilitation is still regarded as one of the goals of imprisonment.
		All convicted prisoners in Hong Kong are obliged to work unless they are excused for medical or other good reasons.(125) Unconvicted prisoners do not work.
		Prison labor is employed through the Correctional Services Industries (CSI), which, according to the CSD, produced HK $431 million worth of goods and services in 1996, an increase of HK $33 million over the previous year.(127) CSI operates nearly 150 industrial workshops in the prisons.
	www.hrw.org /research/hongkong/hk-work.htm (693 words)

	Pay Per View
		Pay-per-view 1: an call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their h 3: ActionNWA:TNA, which initially offered weekly pay -per-view in lieu of a national cable television s 7: Pay -per-view has also been introduced in Europe a 12: pt:Pay -per-view
		Pay Day 1: an informal term for the date in which one gets a pay check from his employer.
		Pay television services (Hong Kong) 1: ==Pay Television Services in Hong Kong== 5:)'': provides twelve free channels and over sixty pay channels with programmes broadcast in English l 7: and Network Ltd (HKBN-TV)'': provides over thirty pay channels.
	www.lottery-news.net /dust13149-pay_per_view.html (691 words)

	Hong Kong Hotels - Royal Plaza Hotel Hong Kong
		Also available are club floors designed for business travellers, health and beauty services, as well as a state of the art gymnasium and a large heated swimming pool for guests who just want to relax.
		One-bedroom suite rooms are also available with a complete range of amenities and services to make it ideal for a home away from home.
		The Royal Plaza Hotel is centrally located in Hong Kong, within easy reach of international transport facilities.
	www.southtravels.com /asia/hongkong/royalplaza/index.html (601 words)

	AsiaMedia :: HONG KONG: Cable TV in final drive against fee dodgers
		Hong Kong Cable Television is making one final effort to get criminal penalties introduced for people who use unauthorised decoders to view pay-TV programming, ahead of a review of the Broadcasting Bill on Friday.
		Cable TV, the city's leading pay-TV provider, said there were more than 100,000 illegal decoders in use in Hong Kong, far higher than the 60,000 estimated by the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia.
		Supporting his position are free-to-air operators Television Broadcasts and Asia Television; pay-TV providers Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting, Cable TV, TV Plus and Yes Television; the Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong; and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=9634 (440 words)

	Free Sms Services
		Asia Television Ltd (ATV): operates one English-language (World) and one Chinese-language (Home) channel.
		Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB): operates one English-language Pearl and one Chinese-language Jade channel.
		Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin is the founder of the Naza Group of Malaysia.
	www.breadlike.com /pages7/33/free-sms-services.html (804 words)

	Hong Kong Regulator
		Heís changed the landscape from one dominated by the incumbent Cable and Wireless Hong Kong Telecom (CandW HKT) to one where new facilities-based licences are being issued with reassuring regularity.
		Unlike the Chinese market on the mainland, Hong Kongís more developed regulatory environment has led to a focus on more advanced services, and not just infrastructure.
		If you want to do ISR here in Hong Kong, you can just walk into this office and take out a licence.î This approach is one which Wong thinks will fit into a broader licensing structure he is pioneering at the moment.
	www.businessweek.com /adsections/itu/hong_kong.htm (1029 words)

	Television News and Media Hong Kong Asia Regional
		Television News and Media Hong Kong Asia Regional
		Channels are broadcasted via other cable television network.
		Regional- Asia- Hong Kong- News and Media- Television
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Asia/Hong_Kong/News_and_Media/Television (101 words)

	Hong Kong Hotels - Hotel Concourse Hong Kong
		The convenient location, impeccable service and good value for money, ensure travellers an enjoyable stay in Hong Kong.
		The Hong Kong International Airport is 1-hour away.
		Shuttle bus service to and from the airport is available so that guests may enjoy a hassle-free holiday here.
	www.southtravels.com /asia/hongkong/hotelconcourse/index.html (541 words)

	New Network Services
		Approximately 800,000 households, out of a total of 2.2 million households in Hong Kong, are wired to receive the service.
		HKBN noted that its 1 Gbps service is up to 166x faster downstream and 1,950x faster upstream than the advertised bandwidth of the incumbent's ADSL service.
		HKBN Premium bb1000 service is being offered on the same metro Ethernet infrastructure that delivers the company's Mass Market bb100 (symmetric 100 Mbps for US$34/month) and Entry Point bb10 (symmetric 10 Mbps for US$16/month) services.
	www.convergedigest.com /Bandwidth/newnetworksarticle.asp?ID=14545 (457 words)

	Wharney Hotel, Hotel in Hong Kong on HK Island
		An extensive range of service and facilities have been specially designed for your comfort and convenience.
		Situated n Wanchai, the Wharney Hotel is within easy walking distance of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Hong Kong Arts Centre and all major public transportation systems including the MTR underground railway and the Star Ferry to Kowloon.
		A convenient location for business travellers, 45 minutes from The Hong Kong International Airport and just 5 minutes from the Central business district, Wanchai offers visitors a captivating cross section of life in Hong Kong.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/hongkong/hotels/hki_wharney.htm (458 words)

	Hotel Miramar Hong Kong : Hong Kong Hotel
		Namely, Hotel Miramar Hong Kong's half century of first name hospitality and a sense of being 'at home'.
		Hotel Miramar Hong Kong is centrally located in heart of Hong Kong's tourist and shopping centre, Tsim Sha Tsui.
		Hotel Miramar Hong Kong is just a step away from the Star Ferry and the underground Mas..
	www.holidaycity.com /miramar-hong-kong/index.htm (254 words)

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