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    The Hong Kong government started developing new towns in the 1950s to accommodate Hong Kong's booming population. During the first phase of development...
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  • incomplete list of urban settlements, towns, new towns (satellite towns) in Hong Kong. While the Government of Hong Kong is unitary and Hong Kong law does not...
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    Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory...
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    New Kowloon), and the New Territories (including the Outlying Islands). Hong Kong is a coastal city, bordering Guangdong Province through the city of...
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    Hong Kong was a British colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, with a period of Japanese occupation from 1941...
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    Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH) is an international airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is...
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    The region of Hong Kong has been inhabited since the Old Stone Age, later becoming part of the Chinese Empire with its loose incorporation into the Qin...
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    Most of Hong Kong's buildings are concentrated on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the new towns (satellite towns) of the New Territories...
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    service in Hong Kong. The franchised route network serves Hong Kong Island, cross-harbour routes (between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon/New Territories)...
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  • location of Hong Kong, adjacent to the coast, is not close to the system of major rivers in southern China, though the water to the west of Hong Kong is influenced...
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    2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to...
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    on Hong Kong Island between Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wan, with a branch circulating through Happy Valley. Hong Kong's tram system is one of the earliest...
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    Hong Kong independence is the notion of Hong Kong as a sovereign state, independent from the People's Republic of China (PRC). Hong Kong is a special administrative...
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    Tsuen Wan New Town is a new town in Hong Kong. It spans Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and the eastern part of Tsing Yi Island. Traditionally, the administrative...
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    Hong Kong Island (Chinese: 香港島; Jyutping: Hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng dóu) is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island...
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    the Hong Kong–based Asia-Pacific subsidiary of the HSBC banking group, for which it was the parent entity until 1991. The largest bank in Hong Kong, HSBC...
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  • ISBN 962-14-2238-8. Hong Kong new towns Digital Map Hong Kong Place photo database Hong Kong Tourism Association Hong Kong Films Hong Kong Photo 1946-1947...
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    City of Victoria, (Chinese: 維多利亞市, or 維多利亞城) often called Victoria City or simply Victoria (Chinese: 維城), was the de facto capital of Hong Kong during...
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    Hong Kong has a highly developed transport network, encompassing both public and private transport. Based on Hong Kong Government's Travel Characteristics...
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    Kwan O New Town, commonly known as Tseung Kwan O, is one of the nine new towns in Hong Kong, built mainly on reclaimed land in the northern half of Junk...
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    of China (Hong Kong) Limited (Chinese: 中國銀行(香港)有限公司), abbreviated as BOCHK (Chinese: 中銀香港), is a subsidiary of the Bank of China (via the Hong Kong-listed...
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    of Hong Kong (CityU) is a public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong...
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  • Prostitution in Hong Kong is itself legal, but organised prostitution is illegal, as there are laws against keeping a vice establishment, causing or procuring...
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    Hong Kong Stadium is the main sports venue of Hong Kong. Redeveloped from the original Government Stadium, it reopened as Hong Kong Stadium in March 1994...
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    paths of Kowloon Peak in the east to the north coast of the former Kai Tak Airport runway in the west. One of the first new towns in Hong Kong, Kwun Tong...
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  • The new towns in the United Kingdom were planned under the powers of the New Towns Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 68) and later acts to relocate people from...
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    Europeans. The first Town Planning Ordinance did not appear until 1939. The New Territories and New Kowloon became part of Hong Kong since 1898. The colonial...
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  • from 1956 New towns of Hong Kong, since the 1950s New towns of Singapore, since 1952 New towns in the United Kingdom, designated under Acts of Parliament...
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  • Hong Kong Airlines Limited (HKA), operating as Hong Kong Airlines (Chinese: 香港航空公司), is an airline based in Hong Kong, with its headquarters in the Tung...
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    The New Territories (abbr. N.T. , Chinese: 新界) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up...
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