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Today is June 13, 2008

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Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated regions in the world, and is famous for its energetic metropolitan area. It has experienced over 5 millennia of human activities, and its unique modern history started when it was founded as a British crown colony and an entrepôt in 1842.

Despite its high population density, only about 17% of its land is built up, and greenery is everywhere. It is a place of contrasts - frenetically urban and adjacent to pristine greenery; extremely rich next to dirt poor; Western culture and Chinese culture. Victoria Harbour is world famous for its splendid nightview from the Peak. The central business district is heavily urbanised with skyscrapers all around, but country parks and beaches are just kilometres away. Traditional towns and villages, as well as natural reserves, are common in the suburban and rural New Territories, including the outlying islands. Public transport is very efficient, convenient, comfortable and reliable.

Hong Kong is currently a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, with its own government, judicial system, stamps, passports, customs policy, immigration control, currency etc. The rule of the road is different from the rest of China, and it has its own delegations to various international organisations and sport events.

Hong Kong is officially bilingual, with English widely spoken in business and education. The majority of the population speak Cantonese as mother tongue, with a few speaking Mandarin and other European and Asian languages. English and Chinese are used in all official matters. The popular culture of Hong Kong is best represented by cuisine, pop music and films. Christianity, Taoism, Buddhism, Islam are all common. Focusing on trade, tourism, banking and finance, Hong Kong is one of the wealthiest economies in the world.

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Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre

Stone wall trees in Hong Kong refer to trees grown from openings in masonry stone retaining walls. In alleviating harzards from landslides, many slopes adjacent to main roads and developments on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong needed to be secured. Between the 19th century and World War II, the Hong Kong Government and other contractors constructed masonry stone walls to prevent these hazards.

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Lee Gardens restaurant in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Author: Kwanyatsw

Did you know...

... Water caltrop is eaten in Hong Kong?
... Tung shing is a book published in Guangzhou and also Hong Kong?
... the Chief Secretary position was called "Colonial Secretary" before 1976?
... Portland Street is widely considered the city's most famous red-light district (pictured)?
... Cyberport is a state-of-the-art broadband network building? Archive – Start a new article... edit
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Hong Kong news

2008-05-13 (Tuesday)
- Chief exec Donald Tsang announced assistance and cash donation of HK$300 million to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.[1]
2008-05-01 (Thursday)
- A bus was carrying 61 passengers on a May Day outing by the Christian group when it lost control going down the hill killing 18 people in Sai Kung.[2]
2008-04-30 (Wednesday)
- The Olympic torch arrives in Hong Kong today for Fridays 120-member relay, with athletes forming a quarter of the total number of torchbearers.[3]
2008-04-25 (Friday)
- Public confidence in Hong Kong's economic outlook has dropped to a three-year low in the wake of the world financial turmoil, a Chinese University of Hong Kong poll of 820 people has found.[4]
2008-04-14 (Monday)
- A technical glitch that caused a two-hour disruption in the Ma On Shan-Tai Wai route spoiled the Sunday plans of more than 2,000 MTR passengers yesterday.[5]
2008-04-09 (Wednesday)
- Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen will visit Beijing this week to hold high-level talks on the security measures concerning the relay when the torch arrives in Hong Kong on May 2.[6]
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Selected biography

Chung Sze Yuen (Sir S.Y. Chung, GBE, GBM) (Chinese: 鍾士元) (b. 3 November 1917), mechanical engineer, industrialist and Hong Kong politician. He succeeded Sir Yuet Keung Kan, GBE (簡悅強), as the Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in 1980 and served in the latter body until his first retirement from politics in 1988.

He has been more influential in Hong Kong politics when Tung Chee Hwa became the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, when he was invited by Tung as the convenor of the non-official members of the Executive Council.
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Tasks you can do
- Please visit the Hong Kong Wikipedians' discussion board and help to write new Hong Kong-related articles, and expand and improve existing ones.
- Visit Wikipedia:WikiProject Hong Kong/Assessment, and help out by assessing unrated Hong Kong articles.
- Add the Project Banner to Hong Kong articles around Wikipedia.
- Help nominate and select new content for the Hong Kong portal.
- Clean up all MTR station pages. They are literally all over the place. Two model pages are Tsing Yi Station and Sheung Shui Station. They have a feature special to the station, Station layout, exit, and connections, as well as neighbouring stations.
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