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Hong Kong - History It was believed that during the earliest prehistoric periods, from the close of the fourth millennium BC, Hong Kong experienced a change in the environment, in which the sea levels rose from as much as 100 meters below the present level. As a result of the war and the Chinese' fear of British military threats, Hong Kong was rewarded to the British under the Convention of Chuen Pi in January 1841. With the involvement of the British, Hong Kong prospered. www.marimari.com /content/hong_kong/general_info/history/main.html   (1112 words)

Hong Kong - History It was believed that during the earliest prehistoric periods, from the close of the fourth millennium BC, Hong Kong experienced a change in the environment, in which the sea levels rose from as much as 100 meters below the present level. As a result of the war and the Chinese' fear of British military threats, Hong Kong was rewarded to the British under the Convention of Chuen Pi in January 1841. With that, Hong Kong carried on to progress as a port and under British influences, it became one of the greatest port cities the world has ever seen. www.marimari.com /content/hong_kong/general_info/history/main.html   (1112 words)

Hong Kong sightseeing - Hong Kong TravelPuppy Opened in late 2000, the new museum building, situated next to the Hong Kong Science Museum in Kowloon, houses exhibits covering the region’s history from prehistoric times, including some spectacular period sets. Situated in the beautiful Hong Kong Park and overlooking the ultramodern mania of Central, Flagstaff House, dating from 1846, is the former residence of the colonial Commander-in-Chief and the oldest surviving colonial building in Hong Kong. The view of Hong Kong’s glittering lights from the Peak by night is unforgettable – almost as dazzling are the towers of Central seen from the lovers’ walk of Kowloon’s Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade or the famous glass-walled ladies’ toilet of Felix in the Peninsula Hotel. travelpuppy.com /china/hong-kong/sightseeing.htm   (1112 words)

Hong Kong sightseeing - Hong Kong TravelPuppy Opened in late 2000, the new museum building, situated next to the Hong Kong Science Museum in Kowloon, houses exhibits covering the region’s history from prehistoric times, including some spectacular period sets. Situated in the beautiful Hong Kong Park and overlooking the ultramodern mania of Central, Flagstaff House, dating from 1846, is the former residence of the colonial Commander-in-Chief and the oldest surviving colonial building in Hong Kong. The view of Hong Kong’s glittering lights from the Peak by night is unforgettable – almost as dazzling are the towers of Central seen from the lovers’ walk of Kowloon’s Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade or the famous glass-walled ladies’ toilet of Felix in the Peninsula Hotel. travelpuppy.com /china/hong-kong/sightseeing.htm   (1112 words)

school-community Throughout the territories, Hong Kong abounds with relics of human activities spanning some 6,000 years, ranging from archaeological sites containing stone and pottery implements of the prehistoric era to the splendid classical buildings of both Chinese and Western styles of more recent times. The Hong Kong Space Museum is situated at the waterfront of Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon. Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence is a military museum opened in July 2000. www2.micro2000.com.hk /cps/2001_html/eng/school_com/museum_details2.html   (3014 words)

MSN Encarta - Further Reading - China Hong Kong's last governor discusses his five years in Hong Kong before revealing his views on economic policies, governance, and political freedoms in China. China's history from prehistoric times to the 1990s. Provides a survey for the non-specialist seeking an introduction to recent China history and culture. encarta.msn.com /readings_761573055/China.html   (3014 words)

Kau Sai Chau - Art History Online Reference and Guide The large island is the location for the Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course (賽馬會滘西洲公眾高爾夫球場), developed and run by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Kau Sai Chau (滘西洲) is an island located off the coast of Sai Kung, Hong Kong. A prehistoric stone carving can also be found. www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Kau_Sai_Chau   (3014 words)

Hong Kong - Travelling to Hong Kong - Holidays in Hongkong - www.reiswijs.co.uk All over Hong Kong, there are relics of human activities spanning some 6,000 years, ranging from archaeological sites containing pottery and stone implements of the prehistoric era to the splendid traditional buildings of Chinese and Western styles of more recent times Synopsis : Hong Kong is an incredible blend of ancient Eastern and modern Western cultures, from Taoist temples to designer boutiques. The 70 storey building was built in 1989 and is located between Admiralty, Hong Kong and Central, Hong Kong. www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/asia/hongkong/hongkong.html   (3014 words)

Encyclopedia: Kau Sai Chau Kau Sai Chau (滘西洲) is an island located off the coast of Sai Kung, Hong Kong. The large island is the location for the Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course (賽馬會滘西洲公眾高爾夫球場), developed and run by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. A prehistoric stone carving can also be found. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kau-Sai-Chau   (140 words)

Articles - Kau Sai Chau The large island is the location for the Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course (賽馬會滘西洲公眾高爾夫球場), developed and run by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Kau Sai Chau (滘西洲) is an island located off the coast of Sai Kung, Hong Kong. A prehistoric stone carving can also be found. www.xclimbing.net /articles/Kau_Sai_Chau?mySession=5c50f45449f8eea58666634c9f89637c   (140 words)

Korean History:: A Bibliography :::::: [ARCHAEOLOGY] Pearson, Richard J. "Lolang and the Rise of Korean States and Chiefdoms." Journal of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society 7 (1976-1978): 77-90. "Prehistoric Art." Korea Journal 17:4 (April 1977): 7-13. Pearson, Richard J. "The Archeological Background to Korean Prehistoric Art." Korean Culture 3:4 (December 1982): 18-29. www.hawaii.edu /korea/bibliography/archaeology.htm   (5453 words)

Once Upon a Time in Hong Kong In the South-west corner of the Island is the cave hideaway of Cheung Po Tsai, the infamous pirate who has been preying on shipping in the waters around Hong Kong for several years, and has so far managed to avoid capture. Many of these are little more than uninhabited rocks, seen only at low tide: others have been inhabited since prehistoric times. It was the presence of entire army brigades secreted on the island that prompted his series of coded messages, which the characters may have found in his trunk at Victoria Apartments, to Sir Jeffrey Manders in London. www.lange.demon.co.uk /Castle_Falkenstein/Scenarios/OutHK/OutHK_Chapter_7.html   (2727 words)

ART HISTORY RESOURCES: Part 16 Asian Art Heavens' Embroidered Cloths: One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles (exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art) Prehistoric Art (Rock and cave paintings from Bhimabetaka in Central India) Buddha statue on the upper terrace of Borobudur Stupa witcombe.sbc.edu /ARTHLinks3.html   (2727 words)

FILMS CLIPS / Also opening today Kids old enough to get the drift of the subtitles and handle fantasy violence and a little clownish sexuality will be OK. This is one Hong Kong movie that might have benefited from dubbing, but the Cantonese adds to its authenticity. Later, his daughter has a series of fantasies, nicely rendered, in which she imagines herself in a variety of historical and prehistoric locations. In this rambunctious period tale from the mid-19th century, there are reminders of "Robin Hood" and "The Scarlet Pimpernel." The Iron Monkey is the moniker of a disguised mystery man -- his name is based on the monkey god and there's a statue of it. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/10/12/DD95568.DTL&type=movies   (1584 words)

China Tourism A figure of a pregnant woman carved into a cliff, known as a prehistoric oriental "Venus", the Goddess of love, has been discovered by Chinese archaeologists in Zhongwei county, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Hong Kong's Department of Health reminded the public to be on guard against cholera and food-borne infection Wednesday following the confirmation of an imported cholera case. She was just one small young woman in an enormous crowd a dozen years ago when she, a foreign student pursuing an MBA degree in the US, first experienced the excitement of an "Apple Countdown" as the New Year began in New York's Times Square. www.chinainfotravel.com /China_Tourism.htm   (15054 words)

Australian Museum - Chinese Dinosaurs Negotiations began to bring the prehistoric giants to Australia and, in April 2000, Australian Museum Director Professor Mike Archer travelled to Hong Kong and mainland China to continue negotiations with his counterparts across China. An exhibit, demonstrating the evolutionary transition from dinosaur to bird, is sponsored by The Australian Skeptics. The Chinese Dinosaurs exhibits were shipped to Australia in four shipping containers and seven technicians from China spent a month assembling the skeletons. www.amonline.net.au /archive.cfm?id=843   (744 words)

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ClariNet News HONG KONG, Feb 13 (AFP) - Asian stocks should rise by between 20 to 30 percent once a clear resolution has emerged over the crisis in Iraq, a major European-based brokerage said Thursday. FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Bones, teeth and tusks of prehistoric animals unearthed in southwest Florida were sent to the Florida Museum of Natural History for study and display. HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Police raided a meeting of opposition and reform groups at a church in Zimbabwe's capital on Thursday, arresting a bishop and four human rights activists, witnesses said. quickstart.clari.net /qs_se/webnews/list/blxw/24.html   (2068 words)

Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Artificial island Hong Kong is one of the urban cities which often used artificial land for new constructions of skyscrapers or other buildings. Despite a popular image of modernity, artificial islands actually have a long history in many parts of the world, dating back to the crannogs of prehistoric Scotland and Ireland, the ceremonial centers of Nan Madol in Micronesia and the still extant floating islands of Lake Titicaca. A less distinctive type of artificial island is formed by the incidental isolation of an existing piece of mainland by canal construction. www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Artificial_island   (300 words)

Bibliography of Works on East Asian Archaeology Bard, Solomon (1995) "Archaeology in Hong Kong: a review of achievement." In Archaeology in Southeast Asia, pp. Aikens, C. Melvin, Ames, Kenneth M. and Sanger, David (1986) "Affluent collectors at the edges of Eurasia and North America: some comparisons and observations on the evolution of society among north-temperate coastal hunter-gatherers." In Akazawa, Takeru and Aikens, C. Melvin (eds.) Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in Japan, p. Archaeology, Institute of (1984) "The origin and development of microliths, The traces of ape-man." In An, Zhimin (ed.) Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the People's Republic of China, pp. www.ancienteastasia.org /bibliography/eastasiaarchbib.htm   (300 words)

Bibliography of Works on East Asian Archaeology Bard, Solomon (1995) "Archaeology in Hong Kong: a review of achievement." In Archaeology in Southeast Asia, pp. Aikens, C. Melvin, Ames, Kenneth M. and Sanger, David (1986) "Affluent collectors at the edges of Eurasia and North America: some comparisons and observations on the evolution of society among north-temperate coastal hunter-gatherers." In Akazawa, Takeru and Aikens, C. Melvin (eds.) Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in Japan, p. Archaeology, Institute of (1984) "The origin and development of microliths, The traces of ape-man." In An, Zhimin (ed.) Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the People's Republic of China, pp. www.ancienteastasia.org /bibliography/eastasiaarchbib.htm   (300 words)

India (Various issues of the following publications were also used in the preparation of this chapter: Economic and Political Weekly [Bombay], 1984-86, 1994; Economist [London], 1988; Far Eastern Economic Review [Hong Kong], 1984-93; Frontline [Madras], 1994-95; Panchayati Raj Update [New Delhi], 1994-95; Seminar [Delhi], 1992; and Times of India [New Delhi], 1995.) History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar. The Bhagavad-Gita: Krishna's Counsel in Time of War. www.country-data.com /frd/cs/india/in_bibl.html   (9246 words)

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