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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 AlandSarah
October 7th 2007

Hong Kong

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Max and Al

Al has already been to Hong Kong so he was kind enough to do it all over again with me, so up Victoria Peak we go in search of a perfect view of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon (where most people live).It seems that many of China’s cities are extremely smoggy we believe its due to all the pollution from the factories, but even during “Golden Week” when the factories close there is still smog all around. Its only been 10 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China however Hong Kong still maintains its own economic, social and legal [View Full Entry]

By mouldy cheese
September 16th 2007

First day in HK

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After waking up bright and early. We had a delicious breakfast in our hotel...The Eaton. A cook behind a counter was waiting to make omlettes and waffles and pancakes on request! Decided after gorging ourselves with strawberries and hash browns and bacon, that we would try the waffles tomorrow. Full and content, we headed up to the pool on the top floor of the hotel. It's actually on the roof with the sun (which you can't see because of pollution) right above you. It's been very smoggy so far. And very very very humid. I think it was about 80% humidity [View Full Entry]

By Long hair and cliche beards
December 5th 2006

Kung Fo Fighting

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The most surreal episode of the trip so far occured yesterday... I head over to lamma island for a break from the hustle and bustle of the city. This is a beautiful little place and displays a massive contrast between old and new China. On arrival, if you look to your left you see a tiny little fishing village with fresh fish in tanks outside of the restaurants. To your right there is an enourmous Industrial factory with huge steam towers. I head through a village called Wang Long (they have some cool names out here) and onto a beach resort. [View Full Entry]

By Monkey and Bear
March 19th 2006

Early morning in Hong Kong, Lamma Island, Pen Chau Island and Lantau

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Early morning in Hong Kong
Het dimsum ontbijt in de Chinese restaurants. Ongeveer vanaf 07.00 uur. De dag wordt dan onder het eten uitgebreid doorgenomen, de laatste roddels worden uitgewisseld en het nieuws uit de krant wordt ... [more]

Summary - We are starting with a Chinese dim-sum breakfast. Very popular by the locals. They go together every morning to the restaurants talking the latest gossips and the local news. After the breakfast we take a gym and tai chi. Then we headed for the outlying islands. This group of islands is very popular and a great escape for a day off. The nature is beautiful, when you walk ten minutes after arriving on the islands you feel the old atmosfere and you get the feeling that you are alone on the world. Not during the weekends because during the [View Full Entry]

By Appsie
February 22nd 2006

Lamma Island hike

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Sok Kwu Wan

As the sun baked down, our three intrepid explorers made there way through the lush green mountainous island. Heading from Yung Shue Wan (area josh lives in,) to Sok Kwu Wan on the other side of the island. The island is covered with steep concrete paths that make walking round Lamma fairly easy. Spaced out along the paths, in areas with great views are these Chinese pagodas. The one we stopped at on the way back was a godsend with its cool breezes and comfy seating. Sok Kwu Wan is a much smaller, quieter place that seems to be made [View Full Entry]

By Appsie
February 17th 2006

Greetings From Hong Kong

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the dragon boat

We arrived in Hong Kong last night at 7pm into a busy and slightly confusing airport. Not quite sure of where we were supposed to go, it turned out you had to catch a tube train to the luggage pick up. Getting through customs was easy, we then caught the express train to Hong Kong central. The train ride was pretty eye opening, Hong Kong seems to be the city of a billion light bulbs and no one can remember to turn them off when they go out. It reminds me of the film Blade Runner. There were crazy neon lit [View Full Entry]

By babwa
October 15th 2005

October 15th-22nd: Guelph/Kettleby/Toronto

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October Friday 14th-22nd : Guelph/Kettleby/T.O. Guelph: Lovely to spend some time with Yessie, whom I haven’t spent much time with over the past few years, and was so happy to hang with. We ate pad thai ‘til I nearly keeled over, had some good cawfey tawlks and watched ‘batteries not included’ -what pattootters those little ‘bots were. Never met the elusive roommate Dan, who hibernated…what’s the status on that one girl? //Apres Jess, I visited Gemma, who had cute roommate Matt deux.( hehhy-ey!...paige’s gay horse joke has become the, well my [View Full Entry]

By wanderingbri
January 18th 2005

Is this really Hong Kong?

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Lamma Wilderness
This could be anywhere. Certainly not Hong Kong...

I took the ferry out to Lamma Island. I love being on the water, so half of the fun for me was to ride the ferry. I can't believe how easy it is to get around in HK. I believe that the ferry only cost a few US dollars (by this point, I had finally learned the exchange rate, and no longer felt the need to think in terms of water bottles). The funny thing was that there were a bunch of kids that were apparently playing games with one of the crew. The kids would do something silly, then bang [View Full Entry]

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