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 third-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 the second most expensive residential property market in the world and is one of the most expensive cities in the world. Hong Kong is also one of the most visited cities in the world. (Full article...)

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• ... that Hong Kong's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (pictured) was founded, officially opened, consecrated and bombed by the Japanese on December 8?
• ... that Hong Kong is made up of a peninsula and 236 islands?
• ... that Keying was a three-masted Chinese junk, which sailed from China to the United States and England between 1846 and 1848?
• ... that Johnston Road in the former British settlement of Hong Kong was named after Alexander Robert Johnston, who served as acting administrator of the colony?
• ... that Hong Kong's Stone Nullah Lane was named after the street's former water channel where laundry was washed?

• ... that Tung Chung Battery (pictured) was built to protect its eponymous bay from pirates, but now faces towards Hong Kong International Airport?
• ... that 11 of the 13 members of the Hong Kong cricket team died when their steamship, SS Bokhara, was lost in a typhoon in 1892?
• ... that La Salle Road in Hong Kong is named after French educator Jean-Baptiste de la Salle?
• ... that the rise in the manufacturing of Hong Kong in the 1950s and 60s was partially due to the United States' embargo on China?
• ... that Leung Kar Yan, one of the best-known kung fu film stars in Hong Kong action cinema, actually knew no martial arts, and simply copied moves shown to him?

• ... that despite its name, the East Kowloon Corridor (pictured) is actually located in the West Kowloon constituency in Hong Kong?
• ... that Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda, a Declared Monument in Hong Kong, was built in 1486 to improve the local fung shui?
• ... that upon completion of Central Reclamation Phase 1 of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation project in Hong Kong, the coastline of Central, Hong Kong was extended up to 350 metres beyond the original coastline?
• ... that Sir Denys Roberts was the first and only Colonial Secretary and Chief Secretary who was appointed Chief Justice in Hong Kong?
• ... that the fresh water from Waterfall Bay is said to have given Hong Kong its name?

• ... that Hong Kong's Law Uk (pictured) is the sole surviving village house and the last example of traditional Hakka housing in Chai Wan, a former Hakka village?
• ... that Madame Tussauds Hong Kong is the oldest permanent wax museum in Asia?
• ... that the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter was the first of its kind in Hong Kong?
• ... that Sakai Takashi, a General of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, was sentenced to death on August 27, 1946 for atrocities committed against civilians and surrendered soldiers in Hong Kong?
• ... that Millennium City, Hong Kong has skyscrapers numbered 1, 2, 3, and 5, possibly because 4 is considered unlucky?

• ... that Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei (pictured) made three secretive trips to Paris to prepare for his design of the Louvre Pyramid?
• ... that major roads in Hong Kong are numbered from Route 1 to Route 9 under the Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System?
• ... that Christian Zheng Sheng College on Lantau, Hong Kong, has a dormitory on Cheung Chau from which students take small ferries called kai-tos to get to school?
• ... that Queen's Building was called Hong Kong's "most prestigious commercial building" when it opened in 1899?
• ... that Battery Path was located on Hong Kong Island's waterfront when it opened, but is now situated further inland due to the amount of land reclamation?

2008-08-22 (Friday)

• Hong Kong issues its highest storm warning as Typhoon Nuri head towards the territory, halting trade at the stock exchange and shutting down most of the city. [1]

2008-08-22 (Friday)

• Hong Kong's chief executive Donald Tsang receives criticism for both the high cost and "negative energy caused by bad feng shui" of a new satellite dish atop Government House. [2]

2008-08-21 (Thursday)

• Convicted peadophile and disgraced singer Gary Glitter is refused entry into Hong Kong after flying there in an attempt to evade deportation back to the UK. [3]

2008-08-21 (Wednesday)

• Four horses taking part in the Beijing Olympics's equestrian events at Hong Kong test positive for the banned substance capsaicin. [4]

2008-08-10 (Sunday)

• Two firefighters and two others are killed at a fire in Mongkok, Kowloon. [5]

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