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	Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hong Kong is situated on the eastern banks 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 to the north.
		Hong Kong's climate is subtropical and prone to monsoons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong (7683 words)

	Maps of Hong Kong - JohoMaps
		Hong Kong (香港, in Cantonese Yale, Hèung Góng, also known as Hongkong, which was common in older English-language texts, or Xiānggǎng, in Pinyin) has one of the world's most liberal economies and is a major international centre of finance and trade.
		During the war, Hong Kong Island was first occupied by the British, and was formally ceded by the Qing Dynasty of China in 1842 under the Treaty of Nanking.
		Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC at the stroke of midnight on 1 July 1997, with the last governor, Chris Patten leaving on the royal yacht.
	www.johomaps.com /as/hongkong/main.html (1292 words)

	The C Channel - Weddings, Shopping and Travel in Hong Kong
		Hong Kong has one of the world's most liberal economies and is a major international centre of finance and trade.
		Hong Kong is 60 kilometres (37 mi) east of Macau, on the opposite side of the Pearl River Delta and borders the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong Province.
		After that, the attention of Hong Kong fell, and only began to attract the attention of China again and the rest of the world in the 19th century when it was ceded to Britain after the Opium Wars.
	www.the-c-channel.com /en/local/as/hongkong.html (1784 words)

	Hong Kong Travel Guide -
		Kowloon Canton Railway (KCR) (tel: 26 84 86 23) is the service provider for railways in Hong Kong.
		Hong Kong station (tel: 28 81 88 88) is located in the International Finance Center Mall, Exchange Square in Central.
		There are also services from Hong Kong to Foshan and Changping.
	www.explore-hongkong.com /491/By_Train.html (258 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 (10775 words)

	Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hong Kong Island is dominated by steep, hilly terrain, which required the development of unusual methods of transport up and down the slopes.
		Built in the 1970s, the Hong Kong MTR has changed the face of Hong Kong from transit sharply divided on social class and ethnic lines to the efficient movement of millions of people in the most densely populated regions on earth, a public service that undergirds Hong Kong's vibrant free-market economy.
		As of 2003, there are 18,138 taxis in Hong Kong, of which 15,250 are urban taxis, 2,838 are New Territories taxis, and 50 are Lantau taxis.
	www.brujula.net /english/wiki/Transportation_in_Hong_Kong.html.html (1709 words)

	Hong Kong Chic - shopping, hotels, dining, real estate , life style and more.
		Most importantly, the Hong Kong experience is one of hospitality, integrity and taste.
		As an additional benefit, Hong Kong is the world leader in research in traditional Chinese medicine and licenses trained practitioners.
		Hong Kong's dining, bar and clubbing scene offers the widest range of choice and variety in Asia, catering to all tastes and desires.
	hongkongchic.com (840 words)

	Railway Technology - Hong Kong East Rail Heavy Rail Network operated by Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, China
		Hong Kong's heavy rail network is primarily arranged on two axes.
		Expansion of Hong Kong's rail network is driven by a massive increase in population and business activity, not halted by the handing over of the province from British to Chinese control.
		The railway is built primarily on a viaduct with a small section in the middle running at grade along the central divider of Tate's Cairn Highway, so as to minimise land take and disruption to road traffic.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/east_rail (1159 words)

	Hong Kong Visits - Hong Kong Museums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Hong Kong has a variety of museums that are near all of the other sights to see in Hong Kong.
		Hong Kong features museums on a variety of different subjects and areas including medical technology, the railways of Hong Kong, and the Museum of Tea Ware.
		The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense focuses on the history of coastal defense through the Ming and Qing dynasties.
	www.hongkongvisits.com /article-hong-kong-museums.html (707 words)

	HONG KONG 2004 - Transport
		Hong Kong has 1 943 kilometres of roads and 1 087 road structures, three immersed-tube cross-harbour tunnels, nine road tunnels and three major bridges.
		Railways form a vital part of the transport network of Hong Kong and are essential for continuous economic, social and land development.
		The KCRC is conducting a further study of this alignment of the Hong Kong section of the ERL in the context of its Northern Link study.
	sc.info.gov.hk /gb/www.yearbook.gov.hk/2004/en/13_05.htm (2712 words)

	Hong Kong Photo Gallery - Updated Nov. 8, 2000
		Nicknamed the 'Pearl of the Orient', Hong Kong is famous for its harbour.
		Below is the Hong Kong Convention Centre extension, built in 1994-7 for the handover ceremonies.
		Hong Kong is currently undergoing a lot of change.
	www.geocities.com /asiaglobe/gallery/hongkong2.htm (1036 words)

	Hong Kong holiday tips
		Hong Kong is an international trade and finance hub built around one of Asia's major ports at the mouth of Zhu Jiang (Pearl River) and many Westerners are in the city for either a leisure or working holiday.
		The new Hong Kong International Airport is 32 kilometres from the central business district and is a state-of-the-art facility with rapid, convenient travel/accommodation booking services and transport links such as a shuttle train into the city of Hong Kong.
		The harbour's main route is between Central in the CBD of Hong Kong Island and Tsim Sha Tsui at the tip of the Kowloon Peninsula.
	www.travel-budget.com /hong_kong/hong_travel.html (1324 words)

	Railway Technology - Hong Kong West Rail Heavy Rail Line operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, China
		While Hong Kong's total population was projected to grow from 6.2 million in 1996 to more than eight million by 2011, that of the North-West Territories was expected to rise from about 800,000 to 1.35 million - about 70%.
		The northern and the northwestern parts of the New Territories are the most flood-prone areas in Hong Kong.
		The contract for the design, manufacture, installation, testing and commissioning of a central train control system, worth Hong Kong $383 million, was awarded to Alcatel Canada Inc. This is expected to allow trains to run at headways as small as 105s.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/west_rail (1259 words)

	Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong News and Business.
		Deals are being reached on mines, railways and leasing a North Korean port to a Chinese company, but North Korea is notoriously secretive and few details have been published outside China.
		Hong Kong businessman Qian Haomin is reported to have reached a US$3 billion deal with North Korea that also involves the Chinese Railways Ministry building a new rail link between the Chinese border city of Tumen and the North Korean port of Chongjin.
		The Hong Kong investor has signed a plastics, tire and battery recycling agreement with North Korea and has expressed interest in investing in the country's largest anthracite coal mine, which now produces only 1 million tons a year, compared with 3 million tons at its peak.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China_Business/GK18Cb06.html (1404 words)

	Transport in Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Peak Tram is a funicular railway in Hong Kong, which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island.
		The port of Hong Kong has always been a key factor in the development and prosperity of the special administrative region, which is strategically located on the Far East trade routes and is in the geographical centre of the fast-developing Asia-Pacific Basin.
		Hong Kong has one active international airport since the famous former Hong Kong International Airport at Kai Tak was retired in favour of the recently constructed Hong Kong International Airport, also known as Chek Lap Kok International Airport.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transport_in_Hong_Kong (3682 words)

	Hong Kong MTR Bids for UK Rail - Yellowworld Forums
		Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTR) has struck a deal with the inter-city firm GNER to table a joint bid for a new franchise covering all of Kent.
		In Hong Kong, there is little overcrowding because nearly everybody stands - there are 48 seats in carriages for 300 people.
		In Hong Kong, graffiti is unknown and the rail operator can only recall three instances of vandalism since its operations began in 1979.
	forums.yellowworld.org /showthread.php?t=20431 (1102 words)

	Peter Haworth's Australasian Railways Website, Hong Kong MTR System
		Hong Kong's MTR system is one of the most efficient displays of transportation I have seen.
		These signs are posted all over Hong Kong and Kowloon and represent an entrance to the MTR system.
		An older MTR train at Ngau Tau Kok station, Hong Kong May 2001.
	www.angelfire.com /pa2/pennsyrr/2_40.html (376 words)

	Rail transport in mainland China - China-related Topics RA-RD - China-Related Topics
		This railway will be the first railway that connects China proper and Tibet, which due to its altitude and terrain is the last province in China that has no railways.
		When the railway construction that started on 29 June 2001 is complete (expected in 2005; signalling and track testing require another 6 to 12 months), it will be possible to travel from Lhasa to Beijing in 50 hours.
		The construction of the railway is part of the China Western Development strategy, an attempt to develop the western provinces of China, which are much less developed than eastern China.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Rail_transport_in_mainland_China (648 words)

	.:: Townland Projects by Geography - Projects in Hong Kong ::.
		The proposed new railway routes in the New Territories will have a significant impact on the existing public transport systems, particularly buses.
		TCL were responsible for the generation of demographic data within the catchment areas of the new railways for the purposes of trip generation.
		For new development areas this information was required at a detailed level, requiring the disaggregation of zonal data using sources such as development programmes and plans.
	www.townland.com /NewRailways-detail-HKG.htm (109 words)

	Hong Kong Offer
		It is one of the few dedicated airport railways in the world, covering the 35.3 km between the Chek Lap Kok airport and Central in just 23 minutes.
		Hong Kong Station is situated in the heart of the central business and retail district and is easily accessed by the Airport Express Shuttle Bus and other public transport.
		This service is available at Kowloon and Hong Kong stations to help Airport Express passengers with their baggage.
	www.bluemoontravels.com /hongkongflights2.htm (225 words)

	Scotsman.com News - The railways - GNER gets Hong Kong metro on board for bid (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The MTR Corporation, which operates the Hong Kong metro service, has taken a 29 per cent stake in a partnership with GNER, which runs train services on the East Coast Main Line between London and the north of England and Scotland.
		Under the name of Great South Eastern Railway, the two companies will launch a bid for the new Integrated Kent franchise, which is expected to start next year and will take over services currently operated by SE Trains, as well as high-speed services on the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link from 2008-9.
		He said there had never been a fatality since MTR started running the Hong Kong metro in 1979, an achievement the company was extremely proud of.
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=168&id=1355242004 (822 words)

	Railways in Hong Kong
		The MTR (route map) is wonderful for getting around in the city, with lines serving much of north Hong Kong Island, as well as Kowloon and, via the Airport Express line, north Lantau.
		A Glimpse at Kowloon-Canton Railway's History briefly tells the story of the railway from its origins early last century till electrification in 1975.
		Because, sadly, the line mainly serves northwest Hong Kong - much of which has been trashed by container parks, scrapyards, and development that generally seems to have occurred with little or no sense of aesthetics.
	www.hkoutdoors.com /hk-public-transport/hk-railways.html (406 words)

	UrbanRail.Net > Asia > HONG KONG Mass Transit Railway
		The single-track, diesel-powered inter-city railway connects the city of Hong Kong and Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province in China some 100 km away from Hong Kong.
		Canton was a misnomer of Guangzhou, and Kowloon refers to the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong.
		The city of Hong Kong was handed over to China by the British government in 1997, but still it has a special status within the huge country.
	de.geocities.com /m_hong_kong/hong-kong.htm (1892 words)

	Hong Kong MTR KCR Map - JohoMaps
		There are two rail networks in Hong Kong, the MTR (Mass Transit Railway) and KCR (Kowloon Canton Railways) under separate fare systems.
		The famous tramway, a cheap and good way to see Hong Kong, runs more or less along the Island Line (the blue line) from Sau Kei Wan to Kennedy Town, west of Sheung Wan.
		The ferry terminal near Hong Kong Station is also the terminus for the helicopters to Macau.
	johomaps.com /as/hongkong/hkmetro_ch.html (578 words)

	Railways Transportation Albania Europe Regional
		to exist, were upgraded at least closer to the standards of railways in the...
		The railways have been without a regularly paid work force for years.
		These cargos are the most dangerous carried on British railways and if the bomb had...
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Europe/Albania/Transportation/Railways (326 words)

	Hong Kong 98 - Part I
		The KCR (Kowloon Canton Railway) is one of the oldest railways in Hong Kong.
		In Kowloon Park, one of the main attractions was the Story of Hong Kong in the Museum of History.
		Here was a look at the historic past of Hong Kong, how it was developed, past lifestyles, it's heritage from its colonial days to the handover to China.
	www.lestmak.com /hk3.html (692 words)

	Transport in Hong Kong - Hong Kong Travel - Travel to China
		The territory of Hong Kong has a highly developed and sophisticated transport network, encompassing both public transportpublic and private transport.
		All taxis are authorised to serve the Hong Kong International Airportairport.
		Hong Kong has one active international airport since the famous former Kai Tak International AirportHong Kong International Airport at Kai Tak was retired in favour of the recently constructed Hong Kong International Airport, also known as Chek Lap Kok International Airport.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Transport_in_Hong_Kong (1593 words)

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