The Hong Kong Marathon (Chinese: 香港馬拉松), sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank, is an annual marathon race held in January or February in Hong Kong. In...
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Chartered Hong Kong (officially Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, Chinese: 渣打銀行(香港)有限公司) is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong and a subsidiary...
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Hong Kong was a British crown colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, with a period of Japanese occupation from...
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The 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...
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Hong Kong Open Golf Championship, the Hong Kong Sevens, Hong Kong Marathon, AFC Asian Cup, EAFF East Asian Cup, Hong Kong Badminton Open, Hong Kong Tennis...
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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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The following are the national records in athletics in Hong Kong, maintained by Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association (HKAAA). Key to tables: Awaiting...
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events such as the Hong Kong Flower Show, Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo, Mid-Autumn Festival, Hong Kong Marathon and Hong Kong Pride Parade are also...
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John Lee Ka-chiu (redirect from John Lee (Hong Kong politician))
7 December 1957) is a Hong Kong politician and former police officer who is the fifth and current chief executive of Hong Kong. Originally a police officer...
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interchangeably with Umbrella Movement, or Occupy Movement, occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014. The protests began after the Standing...
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other three legs of this four-marathon race were the Hong Kong Marathon, the Mumbai Marathon and the Singapore Marathon. The 2020 edition of the race...
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insufficiency. In 2013, the marathon was organised by Ironman Asia. In the half marathon, 29-year-old John Gibson, a Briton living in Hong Kong, died after collapsing...
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Kevin Yeung (category CS1 Chinese (Hong Kong)-language sources (zh-hk))
Hong Kong government official who served as the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism from 2022 to 2024. He graduated from the University of Hong...
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In Hong Kong, censorship, which refers to the suppression of speech or other public communication, raises issues regarding the freedom of speech. By law...
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alongside a major city marathon. The Pattaya Marathon has hosted the event twice (2000 and 2011), while the Hong Kong Marathon has served as the venue...
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"Life Marathon" (Chinese: 人生馬拉松) is the official theme song of the 20th (2016) Hong Kong Marathon, sung by Eason Chan. The song was included on Chan's...
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Francis Ngai (category Hong Kong marathon runners)
also an avid marathoner. Ngai began his career in marketing and advertising before joining a listed technology conglomerate in Hong Kong, where he was...
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Community Chest of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港公益金) is an independent, nonprofit organization established on 8 November 1968 in Hong Kong. The Community Chest...
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The Hong Kong 47 is a group of 47 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the Hong Kong national security...
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Fauja Singh (category Indian male marathon runners)
during the closing ceremony.[citation needed] After taking part in the Hong Kong marathon on 24 February 2013, five weeks shy of his 102nd birthday, Singh stated...
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Label Road Races marathon runs. Sports portal Lists portal World Athletics Label Road Races World Marathon Majors List of marathon races "Sydney Running...
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Article 23 is an article of the Hong Kong Basic Law. It states that Hong Kong "shall enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession,...
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Run (Helsinki, Finland) Hong Kong Marathon (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) Houston Half Marathon (Houston, USA) Invesco QQQ Half Marathon (Atlanta, Georgia (Georgia...
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Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od (category Mongolian male marathon runners)
highly active in the marathon in 2010: he was third at the Hong Kong Marathon in February, and came fifth at the Zhengzhou Marathon with a time of 2:17:01...
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other three legs of this four-marathon race were the Singapore Marathon, the Nairobi Marathon and the Hong Kong Marathon, which were all sponsored by the...
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Gulume Tollesa (category Ethiopian female marathon runners)
2013 she won the Marrakech Marathon. In 2015 she won the Frankfurt Marathon. In 2017 and 2018 she won the Hong Kong Marathon. In 2018 she also set a new...
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Sham Shui Po Sports Ground (category Sports venues in Hong Kong)
Sports Ground. In 1999, the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon started in Central District on Hong Kong Island on Chater Road and finished at Sham Shui...
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Western Harbour Crossing (category Use Hong Kong English from December 2018)
Hong Kong. It is the third road tunnel to cross Victoria Harbour, linking reclaimed land in Yau Ma Tei in West Kowloon with Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong...
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Tsing Ma Bridge (redirect from Tsing Ma Bridge, Hong Kong)
Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong. It is the world's 17th-longest span suspension bridge, and was the second longest at the time of its completion...
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Yuko Gordon (category Hong Kong female marathon runners)
ユーコ・ゴードン; born 23 February 1951) is a Japan-born Hong Kong long-distance runner who competed mainly in the marathon. She represented her country in that event...
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