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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. To be updated

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By Stamp Collecting
November 1st 2009

Escape from Wuhan and eventually China Asia » China » Tibet » Everest

The view from the Peak

Well, we made a snap decision to leave Wuhan. It was pricey but a flight to Hong Kong got us out of the nuthouse that was the Chinese holiday. Hong Kong is great, everything is in English! Slick, but budget busting, transport from the airport to the centre of HK Island and Jon was there to show us to our appartment. Once he had left us we started to find the fridge was full (including a packet of chocolate caramel digestives!), the bathrooms kitted out with all the toiletries you could ever want, however the hot water had been switched off. [View Full Entry]

By Monkey and Bear
November 1st 2009

We are in Hong Kong again Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Dear friends, This time the text is in Dutch only, sorry for the inconvenience. Monkey and Bear Lieve vrienden en vriendinnen, Niet echt een travelblog, maar wij willen jullie laten weten dat wij goed en veilig in Hong Kong zijn aangekomen. Onze reis is volledig volgens schema verlopen, hoewel China Airlines niet helemaal de juiste informatie heeft verstrekt. Bij het boeken via internet wordt de indruk gewekt dat de vlucht Amsterdam - Taipei rechtstreeks gaat en dan vervolgens met een overstap naar Hong Kong. Niets is minder waar. Vanuit Amsterdam nog steeds eerst naar Bang [View Full Entry]

By foxyroxy
November 1st 2009

Two Months in Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island

Big Buddha

Hello! So this is month #2 in Hong Kong. Time really flies, I can't believe it. This past month has been a lot of fun. I have been playing tourist, visiting all the attractions and seeing all the sights. There's always something new to do in Hong Kong!Life is starting to fall into place here. Work is going well. I teach kids half the time and adults half the time. And every single one of my students is great. One of my students, Tanya from Beijing, has been particularly great. Since I had to move out of my apartment in Wan [View Full Entry]

By MG1666
November 1st 2009

Day 8 - last day Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island

The mid level escalator

This is our last day. This morning we headed off over to HK Island to use the mid level escalators, which we are told, climb a mile from the bottom at Central to maybe half way up the mountain. The escalator serves all the people living from those levels who live in the immediate densely populated areas. Otherwise the local streets are crosshatched all the way, so access is Ok if you have transport or use a bus. Each escalator is of normal length, it is just a matter of swapping onto the next climbing escalator. They run down to about [View Full Entry]

By MG1666
October 31st 2009

Day 7 (afternnoon and night) Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Sham Shui Po market

After a short break, we caught the subway to the local market at Sham Shui Po in the New Territories. On arriving we were right in the middle of a local market - this time there were no Europeans, no hawkers, no “you want imitation watch” and no “you want new suit sir” and you could shop without even being pestered by the shop owners. We both found this market more relaxful than Temple St. We got some good buys as regards things not so far seen in the earlier tourist markets that we went to. Off one of its streets [View Full Entry]

By Pete Matt Jones
October 31st 2009

im off for a 6month tour of asia starting in HK Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island

Hey, In late october sometime i will be flying to HK and then touring asia and oz, i have no idea what im doing, so it would be good to see if anyone is going that way too! Aloha! [View Full Entry]

By HkDeven
October 31st 2009

Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island

Victoria Peak

Hong Kong The Most Amazing City on the World. I never had high expectations when my partner first told me he had used my vacation money for two tickets to Hong Kong. I was suppose to go to Paris that fall, not some over developed city in the South Pacific. Much to my surprise, the 16 hour flight from LAX went rather smoothly in our coach class seats. China Airlines is one of the last that actually provide amenities without tacking on fees to your ticket. No doubt due to the heavy subsidies they receive from the PRC. I believe my [View Full Entry]

By MG1666
October 31st 2009

Day 7 (morning) - Hong kong Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

Echo Photo& Audio

This morning we visited the HK Museum of Science. I imagine it’s similar to the Melb Science Museum that I haven’t yet visited. So here, and maybe unusually, we saw the dinosaur exhibit for specimens taken from Lufeng in Yunnan province. It contained a few skeletons and a film - the most important aspect of this is that it’s supposed to be one of the biggest dinosaur finds in the world, which something I never knew. The film showed that the Chinese have made a full sized roof, maybe the size of a football field, over part of the site for [View Full Entry]

By MG1666
October 30th 2009

Day 6 - Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Hong Kong Island

The "Voyagers" in Aberdeen, HK Island

We began today with a trip to Aberdeen over on the far side of Hong Kong Island. Aberdeen has a fishing port with lots of traditional Chinese boats including smaller sampans. In order to get there, we used the subway from Kowloon to cross under the harbour and then caught a bus from Central to reach Aberdeen. The bus uses the cross-island tunnel thru the mountain to reach the other side. If you took away the small harbour, Aberdeen was just like anywhere else, congestion, people and high rise apartment buildings. Anyway, the harbour was right on the street and was [View Full Entry]

By MG1666
October 29th 2009

Day 5 - Hong Kong Asia » Hong Kong » Kowloon

The butterfies

First thing today, we headed to the Hong Kong Museum, which was three minutes walk from where we stay. But before we got there, we met up with two butterflies whilst strolling past under a Chinese Banyan Tree on the way. They were large black with blue flashes and landed on Maurs shoulder - one made a great picture. The history museum has two main exhibitions - one on the early history of Hong Kong and the other concerning the time since the republic of China movement began in 1911. The first exhibition contained many expensive static displays, exhibits, explanations and [View Full Entry]

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