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2. Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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   The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, composed of classical Chinese instruments, is the leading Chinese ensemble and plays a significant role in promoting traditional music in the community. [ 342 ] Hong Kong has never had a separate national anthem to the country that controlled it; its current official national anthem is therefore that of the ...

3. Languages of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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   When Hong Kong was a colony of the United Kingdom, Mandarin Chinese (Chinese: 普通話, 現代標準漢語, 國語, 北方話) was not widely used in Hong Kong. Since the 1997 handover , the huge increase in inbound tourism from the mainland has led to much more widespread use of Mandarin, particularly in tourism-related commerce, though ...

4. Handover of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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   Britain acquired Hong Kong Island in 1842, the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860, and the lease of the New Territories in 1898.. By the 1820s and 1830s, the British had conquered parts of India and had intentions of growing cotton in these lands to offset the amount of cotton they were buying from America.

5. Hong Kong–mainland China relations - Wikipedia

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   The majority of Hong Kong residents received Chinese citizenship [7] [8] and could apply for a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport. On 29 June and 29 September 2003, the Chinese central government and the Hong Kong government signed the main document and 6 appendices of the Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership ...

6. Locust (ethnic slur) - Wikipedia

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   Locust (Chinese: 蝗蟲; pinyin: Huángchóng) is an ethnic slur against the Mainland Chinese people in Hong Kong. [1] The derogatory remark is frequently used in protest, social media, and localist publications in Hong Kong, especially when the topics involves the influx of mainland Chinese tourists, immigrants, parallel traders, and the pro-democracy movement.

7. Hong Kong Americans - Wikipedia

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   Hong Kong Americans (Cantonese: 香港裔美國人、港裔美國人、美籍香港人、美港人), include Americans who are also Hong Kong residents who identify themselves as Hong Kongers (who see Hong Kong as their home and are culturally associated with Hong Kong, especially through descent, growth, birth, long term residence, or other types of deep affiliations with Hong Kong ...

8. West Kowloon - Wikipedia

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   The Western Harbour Crossing connects West Kowloon to Hong Kong Island. West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade; West Kowloon Corridor - a bypass connecting Lai Chi Kok Road with the Gascoigne Road Flyover in Yau Ma Tei; Western Harbour Crossing - Hong Kong's third harbour crossing, the Kowloon portal of which is located within West Kowloon

9. Love Lies (2024 film) - Wikipedia

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   Love Lies (Chinese: 我談的那場戀愛) is a 2024 Hong Kong romance film directed and co-written by Ho Miu Ki, marking her directorial debut as part of the First Feature Film Initiative. Starring Sandra Ng and MC Cheung Tin-fu , the film revolves around a melancholic romance that develops from an online scam, featuring a lonely doctor (Ng ...