Infobox Film name A CountessfromHongKong image A CountessfromHong Kong.jpg image size caption Movie Poster writer Charlie Chaplin starring Marlon Brando br Sophia Loren cinematography Arthur Ibbetson ... UK language English budget 3,500,000 estimated A CountessfromHongKong is a 1967 British comedy film ... those patronizing critics, the old man hasn t really lost his touch, and Countess is a glorious romance. ref http www.thecrimson.com article 1967 4 25 a countessfromhongkong palong The Harvard Crimson ... when there s a knock on the door gets tiresome. ref http www.filmcritic.com reviews 1967 a countessfromhongkong Review of the film by Christopher Null, founder of FilmCritic.com ref References references External links imdb title 0061523 A CountessfromHongKong tcmdb title id 71592 amg movie A87931 A CountessfromHongKong Charlie Chaplin DEFAULTSORT CountessfromHongKong, A Category ... Hongkong fr La Comtesse de HongKong hr Grofica iz Hong Konga it La contessa di HongKong he nl A CountessfromHongKong ja pl Hrabina z Hongkongu pt A Condessa de HongKong ... from a visit I made to Shanghai in 1931 where I came across a number of titled aristocrats who had escaped the Russian Revolution. ref http movies.tvguide.com countesshongkong review 111578 ref ... Natasha, a Russia n countess, Sophia Loren in HongKong after she sneaks aboard to escape being forced ... . ref http www.amazon.com s ref nb sb noss?url search alias 3Ddvd&field keywords A CountessfromHongKong Amazon.com s release dates for VHS and DVD formats ref Reception The New York Times review for March ... movie review?res 9401E0DA1539E53BBC4F52DFB566838C679EDE republishing of review for A CountessfromHongKong by Bosley Crowther, at NYTimes.com ref Leonard Maltin s Movie and Video Guide 1995 .... With the comment, a dismal, uninviting comedy. ref http movies.tvguide.com countesshongkong 111578 ... and grossed US 2,000,000 domestic from a US 3,000,500 budget. However, critics such as Tim Hunter and Andrew ... more details
Infobox Film name The Man fromHongKong image TheManFromHongKong.jpg caption film poster by Arnaldo Putzu writer Brian Trenchard Smith starring Jimmy Wang Yu br George Lazenby br Rosalind Speirs br Frank Thring br Hugh Keays Byrne br Roger Ward br Sammo Hung br Rebecca Gilling br Grant Page br Bill Hunter actor Bill Hunter director Brian Trenchard Smith photography Russell Boyd distributor Golden Harvest released 31 July 1975 flagicon HongKong colonial br August 1975 flagicon USA br 5 September 1975 Flagicon Australia runtime 111 minutes country Film HongKong br Film Australia language English music Noel Quinlan awards budget 550,000 ref name autogenerated600 Richard Brennan, Brian Trenchard Smith , Cinema Papers , Dec Jan 1979 80 p 600 ref The Man fromHongKong , known in the U.S.A. as The Dragon Flies is a 1975 in film 1975 action film that was the first Australian HongKong co production filmmaking co production being filmed in both nations. The film was also the first Australian martial arts film . It was produced by Raymond Chow and John Fraser, directed by Brian Trenchard Smith and starred Jimmy Wang Yu and George Lazenby . The film was restored by the Australian National ... fromHongKong & 124 Senses of Cinema publisher Archive.sensesofcinema.com date accessdate 2011 ... http aso.gov.au titles features man fromhongkong The Man fromHongKong at National Film and Sound Archive Jimmy Wang actor Brian Trenchard Smith DEFAULTSORT Man fromHongKong Category 1975 films Category HongKong films Category 1970s action films Category Australian action films Category Kung ... HongKong drug courier Win Chan Sammo Hung . The film switches to the Royal HongKong Police Police ... HongKong co production was made during the height of the kung fu film craze and the Australian New ... films no Mannen fra HongKong ... from Win Chan. Fang uses traditional but illegal police methods to elicit cooperation from Win Chan ... more details
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Infobox film name Four Girls FromHongKong image image size caption director Lee Sun Fubg producer writer narrator starring music cinematography editing distributor released HongKong films of 1972 1972 runtime country Image Flag of HongKong 1959.svg border 22x20px Flag of HongKong 1959 1997 HongKong language Standard Mandarin Mandarin budget Four Girls FromHongKong is a HongKong films of 1972 1972 HongKong drama film ref http www.hkcinemagic.com en movie.asp?id 8547 HKcinemamagic.com ref . References Reflist CinemaofHongKong Category 1972 films Category HongKong films Category 1970s drama films Category Mandarin language films HK film stub 1970s drama film stub ... more details
Transfer of the sovereignty of HongKong History of HongKong 1980s in HongKong 1990s in HongKongHongKong returnee British nationality law and HongKong Brain drain DEFAULTSORT Waves Of Mass Migrations FromHongKong Category History of HongKong zh ...Orphan date February 2009 Unreferenced date May 2007 History of HongKong The HongKong Mass Migration Wave was one of the waves of emigration of HongKong residents since the Second World War , accelerated by the HongKong 1967 Leftist Riots and extending into the 1980s and 1990s fuelled by Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 . By some estimates, the number of emigrants was in tens of thousands in this period. After 1945 Traditional ways of life in the Indigenous peoples Indigenous inhabitants villages ... economy of post war HongKong, many villagers exercised their right of abode in the UK and left for Europe . 1967 In 1967 , a series of large scale HongKong 1967 riots riots erupted in HongKong , causing social instability. These events led some of the richer HongKong residents to move abroad ... the 1997 transfer of the sovereignty of HongKong to China. The declaration prompted emigration of the Hong Kongers . The British government made it clear that HongKong citizens would not be granted ... visa from the destination country, which was issued by some countries with no conditions attached in the late 1980s, and then returned to HongKong. Informed estimates range from 250,000 to one million people, with the peak years of outflow between 1988 and 1994 of about 55,000 per year. From 1998, one year after the transfer of sovereignty, some HongKong born emmigrants returned to HongKong with foreign citizenship as a result of failure to succeed overseas and the positive outlook of HongKong s economy after the handover. The phenomenon is called HongKong returning tidal flow . Emigrant destinations Many people fromHongKong chose to migrate to Vancouver , Canada and an adjacent ... more details
Infobox Film name Escape fromHongKong Island image image size caption director Simon Lui producer writer Simon Lui narrator starring Jordan Chan br Chapman To music cinematography editing distributor released flagicon HongKong 2004 in film 2004 runtime country Cinema of HongKongHongKong language Yue Chinese Cantonese budget gross preceded by followed by Escape fromHongKong Island is a 2004 black comedy film made in Cinema of HongKongHongKong , directed by Simon Lui , and starring Jordan Chan . Plot Raymond Mak is a talented and brilliant investment consultant working on HongKong island, and this talent has provided Raymond with an abundant lifestyle. However, it cultivated an arrogant and heartless sociopath ic vain attitude in him he even spat in a blind beggar s money pot Tats Lau , and has neglected his family who were reduced to substandard impoverished living. He has ignored repeated phone calls from the head nurse caring for his ailing mother for nine months, as she descends into geriatric senile dementia dementia . He is accosted during one morning rush by a young businessman in dire distress. The young man had been robbed, and has no means to cross HongKong harbour, back to the mainland at Kowloon . He pleads for HK 20 dollars for MTR fair, as presumably his Octopus card was in his wallet. Raymond ignores the young man coldly, and continues on his way to the office, where he finds out to the glee of his manager and co workers that he had been fired, the previous night, for embezzlement and costing to much upkeep for the company. Raymond, in typical sociopathic manner, demands an explanation and cites his hard work, and even goes so far to claim that he was wronged, true to his warped sense of reasoning. The Boss, explodes in a tirade of buried trauma ...?v id 319742 nytimes.com imdb title 0441359 http www.lovehkfilm.com reviews 2 escape from hk island.htm lovehkfilm entry Category 2004 films Category HongKong films 2000s comedy film stub ... more details
Summary Information Description HongKong s lunar new year fireworks as viewed from a high rise in the Mid levels. Source self made Date 2004 01 23 Location Mid levels , HongKong Author User Kroot Kroot User talk Kroot talk other versions Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot priority true ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name The HongKong image caption image size Only for images narrower than 220 pixels background group or band alias origin New Orleans , Louisiana Brooklyn , New York instrument genre Indie rock occupation years active 2000 Present label associated acts The Big Sleep band The Big Sleep , The Rowboats , Soulo website http etherdrag.com thehongkong Official Website current members Catherine Culpepper br Shawn King musician Shawn King br Harold Wayne br Ted Casterline br Aaron Carroll past members Sonya Balchandani notable instruments The HongKong originally formed in New Orleans , but became more established after regrouping in Brooklyn . They are known for mixing a 1960s feel with modern indie rock sensibilities. They have also been compared to Blondie band Blondie . In 2000, the band released their first album, the instrumental Lights At Night , which included a post rock sound that would become much less evident in the group s future efforts. 2003 saw the release of Rock The Faces , which Allmusic said is junk shop pop at its finest. Built out of parts of various great bands and artists, it shines like a brand new artifact Allmusic class album id r667212 pure url yes link . In January 2005, The HongKong went into the studio to record with Ric Ocasek of The Cars producing. Soon after, they signed to his label, Inverse Records . That Ocasek took the band under his wing was evidenced by their backing him up at live shows, such as a September 2005 performance at CBGB . In 2006, the band released a video for a song called Tongue Tied. The video featured Culpepper with Dean Wareham Luna band Luna Galaxie 500 as Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow . Discography Lights At Night 2000 Rock The Faces 2003 Slow Motion Gets Around ... Ocasek The HongKong show at CBGB http www.myspace.com thehongkong MySpace profile http etherdrag.com thehongkong news.html The HongKong official website news page DEFAULTSORT HongKong Category American ... more details
HongKong may refer to HongKong , a self governing special administrative region of the People s Republic of China, formerly a British colony HongKong Island , an island of HongKongHongKong Station , a terminus on one of the lines of the HongKong Mass Transit Railway system. HongKong song , an East meets West song by Gorillaz HongKong album , an album by Jean Michel Jarre A card game also known as Stress game Stress HongKong TV series See also HongKong people Hongkongers or Hongkongese , people fromHongKong. For more information on HongKong people, see Demographics of HongKong and Culture of HongKong . For specific persons, see List of HongKong people . HongKong Flu , a Flu pandemic of 1968 and 1969 disambig fr HongKong homonymie zh ... more details
Events called the HongKong Open include HongKong Open badminton , a badminton tournament held in HongKong since 1982 HongKong Open golf , a golf tournament which is co sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour HongKong Open snooker , a professional snooker tournament only held in 1989. HongKong Open squash a squash tournament held annually. HongKong Open tennis , a defunct tennis tournament that was held in HongKong on the Grand Prix tour from 1973 1987 and the ATP Tour from 1990 2002 . HongKong Open darts , a darts tournament that began in 2005. disambig de HongKong Open id HongKong Terbuka nl HongKong Open ja sl HongKong Open zh ... more details
from 1981 until the transfer of the sovereignty of HongKong transfer of its sovereignty to the People s Republic of China in 1997. The Sino British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of HongKong stipulate that HongKong operate with a high degree of Autonomous entity autonomy until at least 2047 ... of HongKong Image HongKong boundary from space.png thumb An enlargeable false colour satellite ...double image right Flag of Hong Kong.svg 180 HongKong SAR Regional Emblem.svg 120 The Regional Flag of the HongKong Special Administrative Region The Regional Emblem of the HongKong Special Administrative Region Image LocationHongKong.png thumb The location of HongKong Image Map of HongKong 18Districts EN.svg thumb An enlargeable political map of the HongKong Special Administrative Region of the People s Republic of China See also Index of HongKong related articles The HongKongHongKong ... library publications the world factbook geos hk.html title HongKong work The World Factbook ... written as Hongkong in older English texts. The HongKong Government officially adopted the current ... pinyin , the official English name is HongKong rather than Xianggang . ref of the People s Republic ..., west and south. Beginning as a trading port in the 19th century, HongKong has developed into one of the world s leading Financial Centre financial centre s. HongKong was a Crown colony of the United ... Kong is responsible for its own Legal system of HongKong legal system , HongKong Police police force , HongKong Monetary Authority monetary system , Customs and Excise Department HongKong customs policy , Immigration Department HongKong immigration policy , and delegate s to international ... Kong TOC limit limit 2 General reference Image HongKong CIA WFB Map.png thumb An enlargeable basic map of HongKong Pronunciation IPA en h k Common English country name HongKong Official English country name The HongKong Special Administrative Region of the People s Republic of China Common ... more details
unreferenced date September 2008 Miss HongKong 2008 The 36th Miss HongKong Pageant which was televised live internationally from the HongKong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 19 July 2008. Twenty two year old Edelweiss Cheung became the new Miss HongKong. The Miss HongKong 2008 was televised live internationally over HongKong , Singapore , New Zealand and Australia and was broadcast by TVB . Category Miss HongKong Pageants Category 2008 beauty pageants Category 2008 in HongKong HongKong stub ZH 2008 ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 HongKong Guide is a HongKong atlas published by Survey and Mapping Office , Lands Department of HongKong Government . From 2005, HongKong Guide 2005 includes aerial photography photomap s in parallel to traditional map s. Category HongKong media Category Tourism in HongKong HK stub Nonfiction book stub zh ... more details
about Legal definition of HongKong residents people who originate fromHongKongHongKong people Demographics and culture of HongKongHongKong residents zh , also called Residents of the HongKong Special Administrative Region . According to HongKong Basic Law , Residents of the HongKong Special ... of religious belief. ref name HKBL3032 Citation title HongKong Basic Law, Chapter III, Article 30 32 url http www.basiclaw.gov.hk en basiclawtext chapter 3.html ref Permanent residents HongKong permanent residents have the right of abode in HongKong and the right to vote in elections for the Legislative Council of HongKong Legislative Council and the District Council of HongKong District ... citizen can also apply for HongKong Special Administrative Region passport and a Home Return Permit . Under the HongKong Basic Law, permanent residents are Chinese citizens born in HongKong before or after the establishment of the HongKong Special Administrative Region Chinese citizens who have ordinarily resided in HongKong for a continuous period of not less than seven years before or after the establishment of the HongKong Special Administrative Region Persons of Chinese nationality born outside HongKong of those residents listed in categories 1 and 2 Persons not of Chinese nationality who have entered HongKong with valid travel documents, have ordinarily resided in HongKong for a continuous period of not less than seven years and have taken HongKong as their place of permanent residence before or after the establishment of the HongKong Special Administrative Region Persons under 21 years of age born in HongKong of those residents listed in category 4 before or after the establishment of the HongKong Special Administrative Region and Persons other than those residents listed in categories 1 to 5 , who, before the establishment of the HongKong Special Administrative Region, had the right of abode in HongKong only. Non permanent residents The non permanent residents ... more details
Association football Football is the most popular sport in HongKong . History The first football competition of HongKong is the HongKong Challenge Shield Challenge Shield , which founded in 1898. Its format is similar to the FA Challenge Cup in England. The first football club of HongKong is HongKong Football Club , usually known as The Club, founded in 1886. The Club is one of the exisitng oldest football club in Asia. HongKong First Division League Hongkong Football League was founded in 1908. The governing body of HongKong football, The HongKong Football Association was founded in 1914. National team main HongKong national football team The HongKong national football team represents HongKong in international football events. The team competed their first international match in 1947 against South Korea during the colonial period. Even after 1997 the Transfer of sovereignty over HongKong transfer of sovereignty to China , it continues to represent HongKong separately from the People s Republic of China as its own national team in international competitions due to the One country, two systems principle. The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup , the closing time was during the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification , which is also marked as their most successful period between 1970s and 1980s. Domestic competitions HongKong First Division League HongKong Senior Challenge Shield HongKong FA Cup HongKong League Cup References http www.hkgfootball.com HongKong Football English Version Football in HongKong Football in Asia Footy stub Category Football in HongKong zh ... more details
The Guangdong HongKong Cup Chinese language Chinese is a association football football competition between two teams representing HongKong and Guangdong Province of China respectively. It was established ... ref History In April 1977, the Guangdong team visited HongKong for the first time and played two friendly matches. Within its staying period, the officials of Guangdong and HongKong .... In June 1978, the HongKong national football team visited China and finished its trip with a match with Guangdong team. HongKong Football Association HKFA chairman Mr. Hui Chun Fui and the official ... year. On 7 December 1978, the contract of establishing Guangdong HongKong Cup was signed. The first competition started on 21 January 1979. Milestones Guangdong HongKong Cup 1978 79 1978 79 1st The first Guangdong HongKong Cup concluded with the Guangdong team winning 4 1. Guangdong HongKong Cup 1981 82 1981 82 4th The first time HongKong team included foreign players. Extra time was the first used to decide the winner. Guangdong HongKong Cup 1982 83 1982 83 5th The first time the result was decided by Penalty shootout association football penalty shootout . Guangdong HongKong Cup 1988 89 1988 89 11th The HongKong team came back from a 3 goal deficit win 4 3 and ended the 6 consecutive wins of Guangdong. Guangdong HongKong Cup 1989 90 1989 90 12th The first HongKong consecutive victory. Guangdong HongKong Cup 1992 93 1992 93 15th Ross Greer s goal at 1 48 was the quickest goal in the competition history. Guangdong HongKong Cup 1993 94 1993 94 16th The Chinese Jia A League ... player to be sent off in the competitions history. Guangdong HongKong Cup 1994 95 1994 .... Guangdong HongKong Cup 1998 99 1998 99 21st No maximum limit of foreign players to be used in the competition was established. Guangdong HongKong Cup 2002 03 2002 03 25th Each team was allowed ... time. Guangdong HongKong Cup 2006 07 2006 07 29th The Guangdong match was played in Panyu Fo ... more details
route04 Short descriptions fromHongKong Tourism Board website http www.discoverhongkong.com eng touring hkiidistricts ta dist ytmk4.jhtml Details fromHongKong Tourism Board website http partnernet.hktb.com ... the Victoria Harbour waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui , HongKong . It honours as this is a HongKong article, use Commonwealth spellings and date formats celebrities of the Cinema of HongKongHongKong ... Kong Tourism Board , HongKong Tourism Commission Tourism Commission , the HongKong Leisure and Cultural Services Department Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the HongKong Government HongKong government and the HongKong Film Awards HongKong Film Awards Association . The avenue was open ... Ho Secretary of Home Affairs , Selina Chow Chair of HongKong Tourism Board , Manfred Wong Director ... over to the HongKong SAR government as public property. At opening, the avenue honours an initial 73 inductees elected by the HongKong Film Awards Association and the readers of City Entertainment ... Kong Museum of Art Museum of Art , HongKong Space Museum Space Museum , HongKong Cultural Centre ... metre tall replica of the statuette given to winners at the HongKong Film Awards greets visitors. Along the 440 metre promenade, the story of HongKong s one hundred years of cinematic history ... Lee statue in HongKong statue of Bruce Lee was erected along the Avenue of Stars in 2005. The promenade ... the end of the Chinese Civil War last civil war . Image Hongkong bruce lee statue.jpg thumb Martial ... Notes 1. Lai Man Wai Lai Man Wai 1893 1953 JPN Image Flag of HongKong 1959.svg 30px HongKong silent film actor later as producer and director 2. Florence Lim Vancouver , CAN Image Flag of HongKong 1959.svg 30px HongKong actress married to Lai Man Wai 3. Butterfly Hu ROC Image Flag of HongKong 1959.svg 30px HongKong actress star from 1924 to 1960s 4. Sir Run Run Shaw 1907 Ningbo , ROC Image Flag of HongKong 1959.svg 30px HongKongHongKong media mogul, founder of TVB 5. Wong Man Lei ROC ... more details
from a strategic perspective. Attractions and facilities Almost any of the districts of HongKong can ... such tours has also increased significantly. Nationals from some 170 countries can visit HongKong ... HongKong Live it, Love it campaign. Leveraging on the opening of several new attractions from ...More footnotes date January 2010 Economy of HongKong Image Tourists in front of Victoria Harbour.png thumb Several tourists looking at the night view of the Victoria Harbour at Tsim Sha Tsui , HongKong. Image AvenueofstarsHKnight.jpg thumb Avenue of Stars, HongKong Avenue of Stars at night Image Hk ... File HKDLR ENTRANCE SUMMER 07.jpg thumb HongKong Disneyland Resort Image HKinternationalairportFoodshop.jpg thumb HongKong International Airport Airport restaurants on the way Image Peaktower.JPG thumb The Peak Tower The tourism industry has been an important part of the economy of HongKong since ... Visit Scheme IVS in 2003. Background Image BrandHK.svg thumb left The Brand HongKongHongKong ... HKD 117.3 billion in 2006. According to the HongKong Tourism Board HKTB Overall visitor arrivals to HongKong in 2010 totalled just over 36 million, a 21.8 increase over the previous year. The numbers ... pnweb jsp doc listDoc.jsp?doc id 135789 Release of Provisional Visitor Arrivals for 2010 , HongKong Tourism Board, 7 January 2011 ref In July 2011 more than 3.8 million visitors arrived in HongKong, equivalent to more than half HongKong s population and setting an outright record for a single month ... in July Exceed 3.8 Million to Break Single Month Record , HongKong Tourism Board, 26 August 2011 ..., an 11.1 increase that made this HongKong s best performing market region in 2006. While facing increasing competition from Mainland cities and Macau , the HongKong Tourism Board works closely with authorities and trade to make HongKong an essential component in all combo and multi destination ... main sources of income for HongKong. ref Cite web title HongKong Tourism work HotelHongkong accessdate ... more details
The HongKong Geographical Association exists to promote interest in, stimulate teaching of, and research in Geography . The chairperson of the executive committee is Dr. Lee, Fred. Y. S., from Department of Geography, the University of HongKong . The association publishes the HongKong Geographer and also organizes various conferences, talks and workshops regularly. In the year 2004 2005, it has more than a hundred members. External links http www.hkga.org HKGA s Official Website coord missing HongKong Category Geography of HongKong Category Education in HongKong Category Geographic societies HongKong geo stub ... more details
The following is a list of notable HongKong people people fromHongKong , by alphabetical order by surname. compactTOC 0 9 Empty section date July 2010 A David Akers Jones Au Wai Lun retired HongKong football Star, HongKong National Rrepresentative. Now E astern AA Eastern s consultant. B Beyond ... Wikipedians fromHongKong Special Recentchangeslinked List of HongKong related topics Recent edits ... of Religion and Philosophy at HongKong Baptist University . Angie Chiu Samson Chiu Ada ... Louise Clarkson n e Poy Rebecca Chiu Asia Known squash player, HongKong National Rrepresentative ... Dunn E Audrey Eu , Member of the Legislative Council of HongKong . F Fan Chun Yip Asia known HongKong football star, HongKong National Rrepresentative Rita Fan Henry Fok Timothy Fok Alex Fong actor Alex Fong Chung Sun , HongKong TV and film actor Alex Fong singer Alex Fong Lik san , professional ... date July 2010 H Tsui Hark , film director Anne Heung Albert Ho , HongKong Alliance in Support ... HongKong ref cite web url http www.scrum.com scrum rugby player 11883.html title Stuart Krohn publisher ... Lee , kung fu master and actor Hacken Lee , singer Martin Lee , Democratic Party HongKong Lee Lai ... Loh Ti Christine Loh , law maker Lee Kin Wo HongKong football star, HongKong National Representative ... of HongKong . Karen Mok Karen Joy Morris , singer, actress Anita Mui , singer N ... of HongKong Polytechnic University . Neville Poy Vivienne Poy n e Lee Q Empty section date July ... Kong Baptist University . Anthony Wong HongKong actor Anthony Wong Chau Sang Anthony Wong singer ... Party HongKong Wong Kar wai Wong Kar Wai , film director Natalie Wong Race Wong Raymond Wong Yuk Man Raymond Wong Wong Yuk Man Wong Yan Lung Wong Kam po World Champion racing cyclist, HongKong National Rrepresentative John Woo , film director Daniel Wu , actor Wu Kwok Hung retired HongKong football star, former HongKong National Rrepresentative X Empty section date July 2010 Y Jack Yan Ti Liang ... more details
This is an incomplete list of notable corporation companies fromHongKong . Economy of HongKong Amoy Food Ality Caf de Coral Cheung Kong Holdings CLP Group China Light and Power Chinachem Group City Telecom HongKong owner of HongKong Broadband Network Gammon Construction Golden Harvest Green Island Cement Group Sense PDA HKR International Hongkong Electric Company Hongkong Post The HongKong and China Gas Company HongKong and China Gas Company Limited Towngas, HongKong Towngas Cable TV HongKongHongKong Cable Television Limited HongKong Link Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Hopewell Holdings Hutchison Whampoa Jardine Matheson Holdings Lenovo Lenovo Group Limited Li & Fung Lili Diamonds Maxim s Catering Outblaze Pacsafe PCCW Team and Concepts Team and Concepts Limited TOM Group Wing ... Limited ATV Capital Artists Commercial Radio HongKong Emperor Entertainment Group RoadShow Sing ... Kai Properties Retailing Aji Ichiban Baleno HongKong Baleno Crocodile Garments Esprit Holdings ... Tom Lee Music U2 Clothing Banks See List of banks in HongKong for a full list. Bank of China HongKong Bank of East Asia Chekiang First Bank former CITIC Bank International DBS Bank HongKong Hang Seng Bank Hong Nin Savings Bank former Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Kwong On Bank former ... Wing On Bank former Transportation companies Cathay Pacific Chu Kong Passenger Transport Co., Ltd Citybus HongKong Citybus Limited The Cross Harbour Holdings Ltd Dragonair HongKong Airlines HongKong ... See also Newspapers of HongKongHongKong Stock Exchange Companies listed on the HongKong Stock Exchange Economy of HongKong Category Airlines of HongKong Category Banks of HongKong Economy of HongKong navbox Asia topic List of companies of Category Economy of HongKong Category Companies of HongKong Category HongKong related lists Companies Category Lists of companies by country HongKong fr Liste d entreprises de HongKong it Discussioni categoria Aziende di HongKong da fare ja ... more details
HongKong Mint Chinese language Chinese was a mint coin mint in HongKong existed from 1866 to 1868. It was located in Sugar Street , HongKong Island . A Mint Dam , on the slope of Mount Butler , was constructed to supply water to the mint. In early colonial HongKong , mixed currencies of various kinds were used. Although British pound was official currency, it was not well accepted by the merchants and residents Fact date June 2009 , especially Chinese, in HongKong. Various silver currencies remained medium of trade in the city. In order to provide a steady supply of silver dollar in HongKong. Hercules Robinson , the then HongKong Governor , decided to found HongKong Mint in 1864. The mint opened on 1866 05 07 under the direction of the Master of the Mint, Thomas William Kinder ref Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society HongKong Branch Vol 47 2007 The HongKong Mint, 1864 1868 The History Of An Early Engineering Experiment by P. Kevin MacKeown ref but soon closed in 1868 during Richard Graves MacDonnell Richard MacDonnell s governorship. The reasons for this were the poor reception of the coins as well as continued debasement of the silver coins causing huge loss. The mint machinery was sold to the Japan Mint in Osaka , Japan . See also HongKong dollar References reflist External links http home.netvigator.com ykleungn hkmint.htm The HongKong Early Currency and The Unsuccessful HongKong Mint in Chinese http www.info.gov.hk hkma eng moneyhk eng moneypas coinage 1.htm HongKong Coinage http www.lcsd.gov.hk CE Museum History en pspecial 2.php HongKong Currency Economy of HongKong navbox Category Government agencies established in 1866 Category Mints Category Currencies of HongKong it Zecca di HongKong ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox political party name United Democrats of HongKong br logo country HongKong colorcode 008000 foundation 6 April 1990 dissolution 2 October 1994 ideology Liberalism position Centrism Centre national Pro democracy camp international predecessor successor Democratic Party HongKong Democratic Party merged colours Green Politics of HongKong The United Democrats of HongKong Chinese language Chinese , was a pro democracy political party in HongKong . By 1995 it was merged with the Meeting Point to form the Democratic Party HongKong Democratic Party . It was found by Martin Lee , Szeto Wah , Lau Chin Shek expelled from Democratic Party in 2000 , Lau Kong Wah joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of HongKong DAB in 1998 , Cheung Man Kwong , Man Sai Cheung emigrated in 1994 , Lee Wing Tat , Albert Chan , Ng Ming Yam died in 1992 and Johnston Wong Wong Hong Chong on 6 April 1990. The party gained a landslide victory in the HongKong Urban Council and Regional Council election, 1991 Urban Council and Regional Council election in 1991 , and subsequently in the HongKong legislative election, 1991 Legislative Council election in 1991 . All founders mentioned above were elected to the Legislative Council in the election except Lau Kong Wah and Wong Hong Chung, Lau then quit the party and joined the pro communist Party of China Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of HongKong . Citation needed date August 2007 HongKong political parties DEFAULTSORT United Democrats Of HongKong Category Political parties in HongKong Category History of HongKong Category Political parties established in 1990 Category Political parties disestablished in 1995 HongKong party stub zh ... more details
came into use on 1 July 1997, after HongKong s transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom ...contains Chinese text infobox coat of arms name Regional Emblem of The HongKong SAR br image HongKong SAR Regional Emblem.svg image width 200 year adopted 1997 middle middle width middle caption ... use The Regional Emblem of the HongKong Special Administrative Region of the People s Republic of China came into use on 1 July 1997, after Transfer of the sovereignty of HongKongHongKong s transfer ... the same design elements as the regional Flag of HongKong in a circular setting. The outer white ring ... short form, HongKong . History Government Flying Service HongKong aircraft Court of Final Appeal HongKong above entrance of the Former French Mission Building . Colonial Badge File Colonial Badge of HongKong under British rule.png thumb right 150px Colonial badge of HongKong The colonial ... of HongKong 1959 1997 .svg float left thumb Coat of arms of HongKong 1959 1997 The arms had been in use in colonial HongKong since it was granted on 21 January 1959 and later adopted on the Flag of HongKong History colonial flag in July of that year. The use of the arms by the Government of HongKongHongKong Government ended in 1997 where it was replaced by the regional emblem. The Coat ... , which consists of a heraldic island bearing the motto banner HONGKONG . Image Colony Armorial Bearings ... of trade within the colony. The naval crown symbolises HongKong s links with the Royal Navy Navy and the Merchant Navy , and the battlements commemorate the Battle of HongKong during World ... phrase Pearl of the Orient referring to HongKong. The lion and dragon supporters show the British and Chinese local aspects of HongKong. The island symbolises the beginning of the colony as an island and represents the maritime and hilly geography of HongKong. The small lion standing on the crest alone had featured on the Obverse and reverse reverse of HongKong coinage before the introduction ... more details
Shanghainese people in HongKong have played an important role in HongKong since 1949. Migration history The flood of emigration from Shanghai to HongKong began in 1937 with the onset of the Second Sino Japanese War , and grew as the Chinese Civil War resumed in 1936. In total, an estimated 1.4 million people from Shanghai are estimated to have fled to HongKong as the communist takeover of mainland China drew near, enduring a 10 day rail journey, often switching to road transport or foot where tracks were damaged. As Ming Chan of the Hoover Institution describes it, it was nothing less than the exile of Chinese capitalism to HongKong , and is credited for HongKong s transformation from small trading outpost into a manufacturing powerhouse. ref citation first Sandra last Burton title Exodus of the Business Class periodical Time date 1999 09 27 accessdate 2011 10 06 url http www.time.com time world article 0,8599,2054251,00.html ref Shanghainese people also came to play a significant role in commercial and financial links between mainland China and HongKong. The major mainland Chinese commercial presence in HongKong up to the 1980s comprised the state owned banks a high proportion of their upper management were of Shanghai origin. ref harvnb Goodstadt 2010 p http books.google.com.hk books?id MHt7PLT8YcUC&pg PA208 208 ref Notable people Prominent Hong Kongpoliticians from Shanghai include former Chief Executive of HongKong , Tung Chee hwa , Chief Secretary for Administration Anson Chan , and former Chief Justice Yang Ti liang . Other well known HongKong people who have family origins in Shanghai include the film director Wong Kar wai . See also HongKong people in Shanghai ... title Uneasy Partners The Conflict Between Public Interest and Private Profit in HongKong first Leo F. last Goodstadt publisher HongKong University Press year 2010 isbn 9789888028092 Hong Kongers Category HongKong society Category Ethnic groups in HongKong ... more details
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