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Hong Kong Guide (Chinese: 香港街) is a Hong Kong atlas published by the Survey and Mapping Office (SMO), Lands Department of Hong Kong Government. [1] From 2005, Hong Kong Guide 2005 includes photomaps in parallel to traditional maps .
Download QR code; In other projects ... English: PDF route map for the MTR ... Hong Kong Railway Route Map en.pdf → File:Hong Kong Railway Route Map en.svg.
In 1989, considering Hong Kong a suitable place to start a magazine, they decided to establish an English-language publication. The first issue, called HK: the indispensable Hong Kong Guide, was published in June 1991 by the local private company Asia City Publishing Limited. [2] It had 24 pages and claimed a circulation of 15,000.
Hong Kong Island (Chinese: 香港島; Jyutping: Hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng dóu) is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong.The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of 16,390 per square kilometre (42,400/sq mi), [2] as of 2023.
[3] [4] Japan occupied Hong Kong from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. [5] By the end of the war in 1945, Hong Kong had been liberated by joint British and Chinese troops and returned to British rule. [6] Hong Kong greatly increased its population from refugees from mainland China, particularly during the Korean War and the Great Leap Forward.
Tai Hang in the 1980s. Tai Hang is a valley with an opening to Causeway Bay in north and So Kon Po in west. To its south and east are hills. The former coastline is marked by Tung Lo Wan Road and the main road Tai Hang Road winds in the hills throughout the area.
The area of Hong Kong is distinct from mainland China, but is considered a part of "Greater China". Hong Kong has a total area of 1,108 km 2 (428 sq mi), of which 3.16% is water. 260 islands are dispersed around Hong Kong, the largest of which by area is Lantau Island, located southwest of the main peninsula
In December 2006, there were 612 hotels and tourist guest houses in Hong Kong, with 52,512 rooms. The average occupancy rate across all categories of hotels and tourist guesthouses was 87% for the whole of 2006, a one-percentage-point growth compared with 2005 despite the 7.4% increase in Hong Kong's room supply between December 2005 and December 2006.