Hong Kong special administrative region of China . With 7.4 million residents in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world.
Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages, the territory is now one of the world's most significant financial centres and commercial ports. Hong Kong is the world's third-ranked global financial centre (behind New York City and London ), ninth-largest exporter, and eighth-largest importer. Its currency, the Hong Kong dollar , is the ninth most traded currency in the world. Home to the second-highest number of billionaires of any city in the world, Hong Kong has the largest number of ultra high-net-worth individuals . Although the city has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, severe income inequality exists among the population. Despite being the city with the most skyscrapers in the world , housing in Hong Kong is consistently in high demand .
Hong Kong is a highly developed territory and has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.956, ranking fourth in the world and currently the only place in Asia to be in the top 5. The city has the highest life expectancy in the world , and a public transport usage exceeding 90 per cent. (Full article...
The Bank of China Tower BOC Tower ) is a skyscraper located in Central , Hong Kong . Located at 1 Garden Road on Hong Kong Island , the tower houses the headquarters of the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited . One of the most recognisable landmarks in Hong Kong, the building is notable for its distinct shape and design, consisting of triangular frameworks covered by glass curtain walls.
The building was designed by Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei and L. C. Pei of I. M. Pei and Partners . At a height of 315 m (1,033.5 ft), reaching 367.4 m (1,205.4 ft) high including a 52.4 m (172 ft) spire, the building is the fourth tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong, after International Commerce Centre , Two International Finance Centre (2 IFC) and Central Plaza . It was the tallest building in Hong Kong and Asia from 1990 to 1992, and it was the first supertall skyscraper outside the United States, the first to break the 305 m (1,000 ft) mark. It was surpassed by Central Plaza on the same island in 1992. (Full article...
The following are images from various Hong Kong-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 2 "Vase with floral scroll design", on show in
Hong Kong Museum of Art (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 3 Flag of Hong Kong under British rule (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 4 Wing Lung Wai , a
walled village in Kam Tin; Hong Kong indigenous people built walled villages to protect themselves from rampant privates between 15th to 19th century. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 5 Map of
Bao'an (Po On) County in 1866. It shows that Hong Kong and Shenzhen used to be a part of Bao'an County in the
Qing dynasty (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 6 Lion Rock is also symbolic of Hong Kong. Hong Kongers has a term - "Beneath the Lion Rock" (
獅子山下 ) - which refers to their
collective memory of Hong Kong in the second half of the 20th century. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 8 Golden Bauhinia Square on Christmas night; The square has a giant golden statue of the Hong Kong orchid. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 11 China Airlines Boeing 747 crash landed and ended up in the harbour. (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 12 The graffiti work of
Tsang Tsou Choi , the "King of Kowloon" (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 14 Tsang Tai Uk in
Shatin ; It is also a distinctively Lingnan (Cantonese) building, being a
wok yi uk . (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 16 Pang uk in
Tai O ; Pang uks were built by Tanka people, who had the traditions of living above water and regarding it as an honour. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 17 Flag of Hong Kong under current Chinese rule (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 19 By 1990, the
Kowloon Walled City contained 50,000 residents within its 2.6-hectare (6.4-acre) borders. (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 20 A statue of
McDull , a Hong Kongers cartoon character; He is now known throughout East Asia. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 21 Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Island in the 1860s (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 23 Mahjong table setup (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 26 Happy Valley apartment blocks (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 27 Inclusion and togetherness. Words on the ground, Yuen Long, HK (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 28 A
Mazu temple in
Shek Pai Wan ; It clearly shows traits of classical Lingnan style - pale colour, rectangular structures, use of
reliefs , among others. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 29 1888 German map of Hong Kong,
Macau , and
Canton (Guangzhou) (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 30 Queueing for water in Hong Kong, July 1963 (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 31 Westernised stores such as
U2 are numerous. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 32 People honouring gods in a
dajiao celebration, the Cheung Chau Bun Festival (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 34 Main building of
University of Hong Kong ; Being a former British colony, Hong Kong naturally has a lot of British architecture, especially in government buildings. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 35 Tong laus in
Mongkok ; While
tong laus can be seen throughout
Lingnan , they are especially common in Hong Kong. (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 36 Hong Kong international airport was moved from Kai Tak to Chep Lap Kok. Photograph of Kai Tak taken the day after it closed. (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 37 A political advertisement written in Cantonese (from
Culture of Hong Kong )
Image 38 Japanese war criminals prepare for their transfer to
Stanley Prison (from
History of Hong Kong )
Image 39 Healthcare workers conducting mass COVID-19 testing in
Jordan (from
History of Hong Kong )
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