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priscilla 1Panoramic Views of Hong Kong
July 28th 2008 02:29
Hong Kong was a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1842 until the transfer of its sovereignty to the People's Republic of China in 1997. Hong Kong will operate with a high degree of autonomy until at least 2047, fifty years after the transfer. Under the “one country, two systems” policy, the Central People's Government is responsible for the territory's defence and foreign affairs, while Hong Kong maintains its own legal system, police force, monetary system, customs policy, immigration policy, and delegates to international organisations and events.
See below an awesome panoramic view of Hong Kong on a sunny day. This image thanks to farm4.static.flickr.com.
Beginning as a trading port, Hong Kong emerged as a leading financial centre in the late 20th century. Its highly capitalist economy is heavily based on service industries, and thrives under a long-standing policy of government nonintervention. Although the population is predominantly Chinese, residents and expatriates of other ethnicities form a small but significant segment of society. Influenced by both Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong's unique formative experience is reflected in its cuisine, cinema and music.
This second image is another panoramic view of Hong Kong - this time at night.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Hong Kong.
**The second image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.
See below an awesome panoramic view of Hong Kong on a sunny day. This image thanks to farm4.static.flickr.com.
Click on the image to open a larger version.
Beginning as a trading port, Hong Kong emerged as a leading financial centre in the late 20th century. Its highly capitalist economy is heavily based on service industries, and thrives under a long-standing policy of government nonintervention. Although the population is predominantly Chinese, residents and expatriates of other ethnicities form a small but significant segment of society. Influenced by both Eastern and Western cultures, Hong Kong's unique formative experience is reflected in its cuisine, cinema and music.
This second image is another panoramic view of Hong Kong - this time at night.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Hong Kong.
**The second image is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. It came from the same Wikipedia page as above.
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As almost all the manufacturing industry in Hong Kong was moved over the border into the cheaper wage environment of China in the 1970s and 80s, the smog is imported. However, as most of the manufacturing industry across the border remains owned by Hong Kongers, they are pretty much responsible for their own dirty air.
It's not always smog, however. Hong Kong can on occasion disappear under a natural haze, caused by the interaction of cool water and warm land in spring, and by warm water and cool land in autumn. It's a remarkable enough phenomenon to have caused Somerset Maugham to write about it after a visit in the 1920s.
And on very rare occasions Hong Kong sees a bright, sparkling cloudless sky - maybe half a dozen times a year. On those days, every professional photographer in the place rushes up the The Peak to take the pictures which you will later see on post cards and on Orble blogs
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