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Streets of Hong Kong, 1865 Beaconsfield Arcade, Hong Kong, c.1890. The building on the left is the HSBC building (second design) China was the main supplier of its native tea to the British, whose annual domestic consumption reached 30,050,000 pounds (13,600,000 kg) in 1830, an average of 1.04 pounds (0.47 kg) per head of population.
After the handover of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong surveyed Hong Kong residents about how they defined themselves. In its latest poll published in June 2022, 39.1% of respondents identified as Hong Konger, 31.4% as Hong Konger in China, 17.6% as Chinese, 10.9% as Chinese in Hong Kong, and 42.4% as mixed identity. [ 16 ]
This article details the history and status of heritage conservation in Hong Kong, as well as the role of various stakeholders. An indication of the size of the built heritage in Hong Kong is given by a territory-wide survey conducted by the Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) between 1996 and 2000, which recorded some 8,800 buildings.
A "decision on improving the electoral system of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" was passed by the National People's Congress (NPC) on 11 March 2021 to rewrite the election rules in Hong Kong to ensure a system of "patriots governing Hong Kong."
The Public Records Office, Hong Kong was established on 24 July 1972 [5] under the Home Affairs and Information Branch of the Colonial Secretariat, [6] following discussions within the government on devising a system to preserve and dispose of government records. [7]
There are 35 athletes from Hong Kong in the 2024 Paris Olympics. They are: Fencing. Daphne Chan. No Wai Hang. Vivian Kong (who made history as the first woman from Hong Kong to win a gold medal in ...
History of Hong Kong - Timeline of Hong Kong history - Prehistoric Hong Kong - History of Hong Kong under Imperial China - British Hong Kong - History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s) - Japanese occupation of Hong Kong - 1950s in Hong Kong - 1960s in Hong Kong - 1970s in Hong Kong - 1980s in Hong Kong - 1990s in Hong Kong - Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong - 2000s in Hong Kong - Aviation ...
A city icon in the 1980s and 1990s, the Regent Hong Kong has reopened for the first time since its 2001 closure. Here’s what’s changed – and what hasn’t.