Hong Kong

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Facts about Hong Kong

Capital	Hong Kong
Calling Code	852
Currency	Hong Kong Dollar (HK$)
Language	Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), English
Timezone	UTC+8
Border Countries	Mainland China

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1 Getting There
2 Places to See
3 History
4 News from Hong Kong
5 Hong Kong Videos
6 Useful Links

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Getting There

Air

There are many direct flights to Hong Kong from destinations in America, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and Africa. At least one flight per day is connecting Hong Kong with major cities in North America, Europe, and Oceania. Flights from other Asian cities are very frequent. More than ten flights per day are connecting Hong Kong with Bangkok, Beijing, Manila, Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, and Tokyo.

Road

Boat

Hydrofoil ferries connect Hong Kong with Macau, and it takes a little bit more than one hour. There is also hydrofoil service between Hong Kong and Guangzhou, in mainland China. There are two different ferry terminals so make sure you know which one your ferry to going from. The terminals are

Macau Ferry Terminal
China Ferry Terminal (which also has service to Macau)

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Places to See

Oh, the places you can see in Hong Kong! If you want to know more about what to see in Hong Kong, click here.

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History

Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was officially given up by China the next year. Later in the 19th century, Hong Kong was expanded with bordering lands.

On 19 December 1984, an agreement between China and UK was reached that would lead to the handover 13 years later. On 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. Under this agreement, China has promised that its "one country, two systems" will not impose China's socialist economic system on Hong Kong. Hong Kong Special Administrative Region will have a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs.

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News from Hong Kong

Fauja Singh, world's 'oldest marathoner', competes in Hong Kong
Born in 1911 and affectionately nicknamed the "Turbaned Torpedo", Fauja Singh finished the Hing Kong race in just over one hour and 34 minutes, organisers said, raising HK$200,000 ($25,800) for the ch...
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'Oldest marathon runner' competes in Hong Kong
Fauja Singh finished the race in just over one hour and 34 minutes. -AFP

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