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Background: Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China has promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system will not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong will enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.

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By Jeng
December 6th 2009

Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

My mom and sister

We finally had a time as a family to go to Hong Kong... inspite of the AH1N1 scare back then, we pushed through with the trip since the ticket was non refundable..hahaha.. so armed with loads of vitamin C and face mask, we went to Hong Kong... We booked a tour so we won't waste time asking for directions.. We were able to go to Victoria's Peak, Ocean Park, Mongkok night market, Lantau island.. [View Full Entry]

By Danny347
December 3rd 2009

Made it to Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

I've never been one to sit still for extravagant amounts of time and all the flying we did today sure put me to the test. We left at about noon for Newark which was a simple one hour flight. Our layover was also pretty quick before boarding for our 16 hour flight to Hong Kong, the first destination of our Asian trip. Now the good thing, or only good thing about these long international flights was that each passenger gets his/her very own touch tone TV screen which is loaded with hundreds of movies, TV shows, video games, music, flight map [View Full Entry]

By HannahandDavid
November 23rd 2009

Hong Kong = AWESOME Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

The stunning Chungking Mansions

So thats us been in Hong Kong for a week, we leave tomorrow for Siem Reap with a days stopover at Bangkok! We've been staying in a hostel in the Mirador Mansions, little sister of the notorious Chungking Mansions on Nathan Road. These massive buildings are packed full of guesthouses, apartments, tailors, shops selling all kinds of stuff and indian restaurants. Everytime we've been asked "You want rolex???" David rolls up his sleeve and flashes his quality watch, telling them he doesn't need a rolex when hes got an 8 quid Casio number! We checked out most of the obligatory Lonely [View Full Entry]

By hxd120
November 20th 2009

HK neighbourhood ... Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

HK Island

Here's some pics of places I've been to over the last couple of days. The order of the pics are as follows: Harbour City mall area ============== 1. HK Central (island) ... taken from Kowloon (peninsula) side 2. ditto ... Star Ferry is just to the left of the picture Avenue of the Stars ============= 3. HK Central 4. Who can that be? The Peak ====== 5. Kowloon is in the background 6. The Tram (quite a steep ride down/up) Did you know there's no Wendy's in HK? They pulled up stakes. Much like Wal-Mart. Lot's of McD's & KFCs. Even [View Full Entry]

By hxd120
November 18th 2009

Mongkok Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Lost in translation ...

Ah, this is more like it! It's @ 7:00pm and the sidewalks are jammed pack with people. The food vendors all have their tables in front of the hole-in-the walls selling their specialties. No "stinky tofu"!? OK, it's my first day here, I ought to take it easy (easy on the stomach ... just in case). Like Shenzhen, j-walking is NOT a crime, but a right! Lots of people handing out flyers in front of stores. Christine ... you're right! Those double-decker bus drivers drive like maniacs. Dare I take a tour on one of these? Sit on the top deck, [View Full Entry]

By JennyandCraig
November 16th 2009

Wanna buy a rolex? Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Greedy cat on Cheung Chau

We arrived at Hong Kong after our 3rd sleeper train. It took 20 hours! We got the metro to our hostel which was at a place called Chunking Mansions. First impressions....not great. It is a huge building full of hostels/flats and shops on the bottom floor selling crap/phone cards/ sim cards / rude stuff etc. There are loads of immigrants standing outside and hassle you for fake watches/bags and tailored suits every time you walk in and out. Once you get used to it, its ok. Our room was nice anyway, although very small, it was upgraded so we had a [View Full Entry]

Not a great one of me, but the ony pic we have of the tiny room

By apache2020
November 12th 2009

Kick off of our NZ adventure Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

D-day minus 13 Counting down before the start of our trip in Hong Kong Island, had to cut the follow on to Oz short but will be making up for it in NZ....... [View Full Entry]

By jawilso
November 8th 2009

Hong Kong the Metropolis Mecca Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Ocean Park

Hi Everyone! I have finally left India behind and am in my last stop on my world tour! Hong Kong! I have actually been to Hong Kong before, about 4 years ago when my best friend studied abroad here for a semester. I saved for three months on ramen noodles to afford a 900 dollar ticket, and because I had just started full time at Wal-mart I didn't have any vacation time so I could only afford to take 6 days, 2 of which were used up on the flights. That left me only 4 days here. My friend picked me [View Full Entry]

By CharMcF
November 7th 2009

Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Hong Kong Streets

Hey! Here's my first blog entry, hopefully I will manage to keep it quite short! I met about half the group at the traveloge at Heathrow on Wednesday night and everyone seems really cool and friendly so that sort of calmed the nerves before heading off. The flight to Hong Kong was good, didn't seem to long and I managed to watch loads of films. Only thing was my feet ended up a bit swollen and i had cankles all over for the day - boo! Looking a bit better now, thank goodness! We've been in Hong Kong for just over [View Full Entry]

By Traveling Suzie
November 4th 2009

China Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Fourteen hours after leaving the fall chill of Vancouver I emerged into the warm evening air of Hong Kong. Best of all, my son, Jon was waiting for me. My first day and a half in Asia was spent catching up on sleep and getting oriented. This was a short stop over on the way to mainland China. I will be back for a week at Christmas and will write about this amazing metropolis then! Next stop, Beiging China on the very early morning Dragonair flight. [View Full Entry]

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