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Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million residents in a 1,114-square-kilometre (430 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is the fourth-most densely populated region in the world.
Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages, Hong Kong is now one of the world's most significant financial centres and commercial ports. Hong Kong is the world's third-ranked global financial centre behind New York City and London, ninth-largest exporter, and eighth-largest importer. Its currency, the Hong Kong dollar, is the ninth-most traded currency in the world. Home to the second-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world, Hong Kong has the second largest number of ultra high-net-worth individuals. The city has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, although severe income inequality still exists among the population. Hong Kong is the city with the most skyscrapers in the world, even though its housing is consistently in high demand.
Hong Kong is a highly developed territory and has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.955, ranking eighth in the world, and is currently the only place in Asia to be in the top ten. The city has the highest life expectancy in the world, and has a public transport usage exceeding 90 per cent. (Full article...)
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Air Hong Kong (stylised as air Hongkong) is an all-cargo airline based in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, with its main hub at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline operates an express freight network to 13 destinations in nine countries, including China, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. It has a fleet of Airbus A330-300P2F freighters.
Air Hong Kong was founded in November 1986 by three local businessmen and commenced charter services with a Boeing 707-320C freighter on 4 February 1988. In June 1994, Hong Kong's largest carrier, Cathay Pacific acquired a 75% shareholding, acquiring the remaining 25% in February 2002. In October, Cathay Pacific entered into a joint venture with DHL, that eventually saw DHL take a 40% stake in the airline, with Cathay Pacific retained the other 60%. (Full article...)
Sir Charles Kuen Kao (simplified Chinese: 高锟; traditional Chinese: 高錕; pinyin: Gāo Kūn; November 4, 1933 – September 23, 2018) was a Hong Kong electrical engineer who contributed to the development and use of fibre optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods to combine glass fibres with lasers in order to transmit digital data, which laid the groundwork for the evolution of the Internet and the eventual creation of the World Wide Web.
Born in 1933 in Shanghai, Kao and his family settled in Hong Kong in 1949. He graduated from St. Joseph's College in Hong Kong in 1952 and went to London to study electrical engineering. In the 1960s, he worked at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories, the research center of Standard Telephones and Cables (STC) in Harlow, and it was here in 1966 that he laid the groundwork for fibre optics in communication. Known as the "godfather of broadband," the "father of fibre optics," and the "father of fibre optic communications," he continued his work in Hong Kong at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and in the United States at ITT (the parent corporation of STC) and Yale University. (Full article...)
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The following are images from various Hong Kong-related articles on Wikipedia.
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Image 1Queueing for water in Hong Kong, July 1963 (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 2A statue of McDull, a Hong Kongers cartoon character; He is now known throughout East Asia. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 3A political advertisement written in Cantonese (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 7Lion Rock is a symbol of Hong Kong. There is a term, 獅子山下 (Beneath Lion Rock), which refers to the collective memory of 20th century Hong Kong. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 8Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Island in the 1860s (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 10Westernised stores such as U2 are numerous. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 11"Vase with floral scroll design", on show in Hong Kong Museum of Art (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 14Wing Lung Wai, a walled village in Kam Tin; Hong Kong indigenous people built walled villages to protect themselves from rampant privates between 15th to 19th century. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 15Healthcare workers conducting mass COVID-19 testing in Jordan (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 16Pang uk in Tai O; Pang uks were built by Tanka people, who had the traditions of living above water and regarding it as an honour. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 17Flag of Hong Kong under current Chinese rule (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 18Hong Kong international airport was moved from Kai Tak to Chep Lap Kok. Photograph of Kai Tak taken the day after it closed. (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 19The Chi Lin Nunnery adopted Tang-style architecture. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 20Map of Bao'an (Po On) County in 1866. It shows that Hong Kong and Shenzhen used to be a part of Bao'an County in the Qing dynasty (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 21The graffiti work of Tsang Tsou Choi, the "King of Kowloon" (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 22Happy Valley apartment blocks (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 23Tsang Tai Uk in Shatin; It is also a distinctively Lingnan (Cantonese) building, being a wok yi uk. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 24Tong laus in Mongkok; While tong laus can be seen throughout Lingnan, they are especially common in Hong Kong. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 25Golden Bauhinia Square on Christmas night; the square has a giant golden statue of the Hong Kong orchid. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 27Flag of Hong Kong under British rule (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 28Japanese war criminals prepare for their transfer to Stanley Prison (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 291890 German map of Hong Kong, Macau, and Canton (Guangzhou) (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 30By 1990, the Kowloon Walled City contained 50,000 residents within its 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) borders. (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 31Mahjong table setup (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 32A Mazu temple in Shek Pai Wan; It clearly shows traits of classical Lingnan style - pale colour, rectangular structures, use of reliefs, among others. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 34People honouring gods in a dajiao celebration, the Cheung Chau Bun Festival (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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Image 35China Airlines Boeing 747 crash landed and ended up in the harbour. (from History of Hong Kong)
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Image 36Main building of University of Hong Kong; Being a former British colony, Hong Kong naturally has a lot of British architecture, especially in government buildings. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
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