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Personal names in Hong Kong reflect the co-official status of Cantonese and English in Hong Kong. A total of 25.8% of Hongkongers have English given names as part of their legal names; a further 38.3% of Hongkongers go by English given names even though those are not part of their legal names. The two figures add up to a total of 64.1% of ...
Lee Kin Wo, Hong Kong football star, Hong Kong National Representative; Lee Lai Shan (李麗珊), windsurfer, Olympic gold medalist; Lilian Lee (李碧華), novelist, best known as the author of Farewell My Concubine and Rouge; Martin Lee, Democratic Party (Hong Kong) Martin Lee Ka-shing, businessman, son of Lee Shau Kee
These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the People's Republic of China (Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China), the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the Chinese diaspora overseas as provided by the authoritative governments or academic sources.
The name of the territory, first romanised as "He-Ong-Kong" in 1780, [23] originally referred to a small inlet located between Aberdeen Island and the southern coast of Hong Kong Island. Aberdeen was an initial point of contact between British sailors and local fishermen. [ 24 ]
The generic forms of Hong Kong place names are mainly Cantonese, Hakka and British English, although other languages also contribute to Hong Kong place names.. The majority of generic forms are suffix such as Chung in Kwai Chung.
The following is an incomplete list of urban settlements, towns, new towns (satellite towns) in Hong Kong.. While the Government of Hong Kong is unitary and Hong Kong law does not define cities and towns as subsidiary administrative units, the geographical limits of the City of Victoria, Kowloon and New Kowloon are defined in law.
Hong Kong on Tuesday imposed bounties of HK$1 million ($128,728) on six more pro-democracy campaigners deemed to have violated national security laws, as well as revoking the passports of seven ...
Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office; Siu Kwok Kin; Sham Sze (2001). Heritage Trails in Urban Hong Kong. Wan Li Book Co, Ltd. ISBN 962-14-2238-8. Hong Kong new towns; Digital Map; Hong Kong Place photo database; Hong Kong Tourism Association; Hong Kong Films; Hong Kong Photo 1946-1947 by Hedda Morrison