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Now TV announced in January 2006 that a three-year deal was signed with ESPN STAR for the rights to live matches of the UEFA Champions League during the 2006–2009 seasons. [2] In December 2006 secured the exclusive rights to broadcast the Euro 2008 football championship by agreeing to pay HK$400 million. [3]
Cantopop (Jyutping: Jyut 6 jyu 5 lau 4 hang 4 kuk 1; Traditional Chinese: 粵語流行曲), also called HK-pop, has dominated and become synonymous with local music culture since its birth in Hong Kong, though the gradual fall of Cantopop in the mid-1990s had given rise to other forms of pop culture, mainly Japanese, Korean, and western music ...
In 2016, 26.6 million visitors contributed HK$258 billion (US$32.9 billion) to the territory, making Hong Kong the 14th most popular destination for international tourists. It is the most popular Chinese city for tourists, receiving over 70% more visitors than its closest competitor (Macau). [ 260 ]
A live-event channel covering Legislative Council meetings and other important press conferences, news sports highlights and events of public interests 13 January 2014 (Digital terrestrial Television launched) 33 RTHK TV 33 At launch, it was a simulcast channel of what is now CGTN Documentary.
[18] [19] [17] [20] As no consensus was reached on the sovereignty transfer, the Chinese stated "to recover the Hong Kong area" (Chinese: 收回香港地區) and "to resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong" (Chinese: 對香港恢復行使主權) in the Sino-British Joint Declaration, while the British declared "(to) restore Hong Kong ...
In January 1942, the HK-Kowloon Brigade (港九大隊) was established from the Guangdong People's anti-Japanese guerrilla force. [ 52 ] [ page needed ] In February 1942, with local residents Choi Kwok-Leung ( 蔡國梁 ) as commander and Chan Tat-Ming ( 陳達明 ) as political commissar, they were armed with 30 machine guns and several ...
HKmap.live is a web mapping service which crowdsources and tracks the location of protesters and police in Hong Kong. The service was launched during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests and gathers reports on police patrols and tear gas deployments via Telegram .
An amah (Chinese: 阿嬷; Sidney Lau: a 3 ma 4) is a term used in the early 20th century for a live-in servant (from Macanese/Portuguese ama 'nurse'); now supplanted by [domestic] helper. A shroff is a cashier, in a hospital, a government office or a car park (parking garage). [30] Godown is a warehouse. From the Malay gudang. [31]