Hong Kong Scottish is a rugby football club in Hong Kong. Over a century ago, exiled Scots in London formed London Scottish FC. In a similar vein, the...
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club brought three Scottish professional players to Hong Kong. They were the first European professional players to play in the Hong Kong league, opening...
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The Hong Kong national football team (Chinese: 香港足球代表隊; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng jūkkàuh doihbíu deuih; recognised as Hong Kong, China by FIFA) represents...
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The governor of Hong Kong was the representative of the British Crown in Hong Kong from 1843 to 1997. In this capacity, the governor was president of the...
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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 Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) (RHKR(V)) (Chinese: 皇家香港軍團(義勇軍), formed in May 1854, was a local auxiliary militia force funded and administered...
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Football Association of Hong Kong, China Limited (HKFA; Chinese: 中國香港足球總會) is the governing body of association football in Hong Kong. Its current chairman...
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Hong Kongers in the United Kingdom (also known as Hong Kong Britons) are people from Hong Kong who are residing in the United Kingdom or British nationals...
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The Hong Kong national rugby union team, nicknamed the Dragons, has made the qualifying rounds of the Rugby World Cup. Rugby union in Hong Kong is administered...
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Hong Kong maintains a three-tier system of deposit-taking institutions, i.e. licensed banks, restricted licence banks and deposit-taking companies. They...
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Miss Hong Kong Pageant (Chinese: 香港小姐競選), or Miss HK (港姐) for short, is an annual beauty pageant organised by local Hong Kong television station, TVB....
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The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA) is the final appellate court of Hong Kong. It was established on 1 July 1997, upon the establishment of the...
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issue of banknotes of the Hong Kong dollar is governed in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA),...
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Hong Kong English is a variety of the English language native to Hong Kong. The variant is either a learner interlanguage or emergent variant, primarily...
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The Hong Kong Sevens (Chinese: 香港國際七人欖球賽) is a rugby sevens tournament held annually in Hong Kong on a weekend in late March or early April. Considered...
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population in Hong Kong, despite Hong Kong having been under British rule for more than 150 years. However, they did leave their mark on Hong Kong's institutions...
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non-franchised service in Hong Kong. The franchised route network serves Hong Kong Island, cross-harbour routes (between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon/New...
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The 1894 Hong Kong plague, part of the third plague pandemic, was a major outbreak of the bubonic plague in Hong Kong. While the plague was harshest in...
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Overseas Hong Kong comprised the elements of the British Army, Royal Navy (including Royal Marines) and Royal Air Force stationed in British Hong Kong. The...
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Hong Kong Canadians are Canadians who were born or raised in Hong Kong, hold permanent residency in Hong Kong, or trace their ancestry back to Hong Kong...
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Hong Kong Americans (Cantonese: 香港裔美國人、港裔美國人、美籍香港人、美港人), include Americans who are also Hong Kong residents who identify themselves as Hong Kongers (who...
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Out of the total 1,092 km2 of land in Hong Kong, three-quarters is countryside, with various landscapes including beaches, woodlands, and mountain ranges...
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Aberdeen (/ˌæbərˈdiːn/ AB-ər-DEEN) is an area on southwest Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Southern District. While...
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The Hong Kong men's national cricket team is the team that represents Hong Kong in international competitions. It played its first match in 1866 and has...
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Ronald McAulay (category Scottish expatriates in Hong Kong)
Ronald James McAulay (born 1935/1936) is a Scottish/Hong Kong billionaire businessman. McAulay has a master's degree from the University of Glasgow. McAulay...
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in Hong Kong starts when Jews were among the first settlers after Hong Kong became a British colony in 1841. The first Jews arrived in Hong Kong from...
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The Hong Kong International Bowls Classic is a highly prestigious event in the lawn bowls calendar. It began as a men's pairs competition in 1981, with...
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U-15 v Hong Kong Hong Kong v Scotland U-15 Hong Kong v Man Utd U-16 North Korea v Hong Kong Hong Kong v Iran Jordan v Hong Kong Hong Kong v Syria...
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Leon Jones (category Hong Kong people of Scottish descent)
back for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. Born in Scotland, he plays for the Hong Kong national team. Jones is a youth product of Scottish Premiership...
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Japanese people in Hong Kong consist primarily of expatriate business people and their families, along with a smaller number of single women. Their numbers...
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