- Hong Kong - Wikipedia
Hong Kong is a highly developed territory and has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0 955, ranking eighth in the world and currently the only place in Asia to be in the top ten The city has the highest life expectancy in the world, and a public transport usage exceeding 90 per cent
- Hong Kong | History, China, Location, Map, Facts | Britannica
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, located to the east of the Pearl River estuary on the south coast of China Hong Kong was a British territory for decades until it rejoined China in 1997 It is a vibrant cultural and financial center
- Hong Kong | Culture, Facts Travel | - CountryReports
Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since July 1, 1997, has a high degree of autonomy, except in the areas of defense and foreign policy, and retains its own currency, laws, and border controls
- Hong Kong high-rise fire death toll rises to 159 as authorities arrest . . .
Hong Kong’s high-rise apartment fire death toll reached 159 Wednesday; police arrested six for allegedly deactivating fire alarms during renovation maintenance work Authorities suspect
- Hong Kong apartment fire death toll mounts, and China . . . - CBS News
As the death toll in the Hong Kong apartment complex fire tops 150, Chinese authorities seek to stifle criticism amid new revelations of safety violations
- Hong Kong Fire Draws Fury Over Ignored Warnings
As workers erected bamboo scaffolding around Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court last year, a group of residents grew alarmed about plans to put styrofoam boards over windows to protect the glass On a
- What caused the deadly fire that has torn through a Hong Kong housing . . .
A deadly inferno has torn through a massive housing complex in Hong Kong, killing at least 83 people with many more still missing, in the city’s worst disaster in decades
- Hong Kong - Territory Profile - Nations Online Project
For more than 150 years, Hong Kong was a colony of the British Crown In 1997 the British returned the city Since then, it has been a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China, a type of provincial administrative unit
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