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Ming Pao (Chinese: 明報) is a Chinese-language newspaper published by Media Chinese International in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Ming Pao established four overseas branches in North America; each provides independent reporting on local news and collects local advertisements.
Hong Kong is also the base of regional editions of foreign English-language newspapers. The The New York Times International Edition and the Financial Times are published in Hong Kong. From 10 September 2007, The Standard switched to free, advertising-supported distribution.
The use of the ROC era system extends beyond official documents. Misinterpretation is more likely in the cases when the prefix (ROC or 民國) is omitted.. There have been legislative proposals by political parties of the Pan-Green Coalition that support Taiwanese independence, such as the Democratic Progressive Party, to formally abolish the ROC calendar in favor of the Gregorian calendar.
A calendrical calculation is a calculation concerning calendar dates. Calendrical calculations can be considered an area of applied mathematics. Some examples of calendrical calculations: Converting a Julian or Gregorian calendar date to its Julian day number and vice versa (see § Julian day number calculation within that article for details).
1 July, Tuesday – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day; 1 October, Wednesday – National Day; 7 October, Tuesday – The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival; 29 October, Wednesday – Chung Yeung Festival; 25 December, Thursday – Christmas Day; 26 December, Friday – The first weekday after Christmas Day
Ming Pao Weekly (Chinese: 明報周刊) – published weekly, and is a premium lifestyles and entertainment magazines in Hong Kong; Ming Pao Monthly (Chinese: 明報月刊) – published weekly, and is an intellectual magazines in Hong Kong; TopGear (HK edition) (Chinese: 極速誌) – magazine mixture of entertainment and car-buying information
Head office of Ming Pao Daily News in Scarborough, Ontario.. From 1993-2019, the Canada Eastern edition of Ming Pao publishes several weekly magazines. Unlike the situation in Hong Kong where the magazines are sold as separate publications, these are more properly called supplements that come free with the paper.
Public holidays in Hong Kong consist of a mix of traditional Chinese and Western holidays, such as Lunar New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Dragon Boat Festival, along with Christmas and Easter. Other public holidays include National Day (1 October) and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day (1 July).