One of two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Land mass of 1,104 km2 (426 sq mi) Population of seven million people 95 percent ethnic Chinese and 5 percent from other groups Three areas : Hong Kong Island, Kowloon Peninsula, New Territories Basic Information

One of the world's leading international financial centres Ranked high in: 1. Economic freedom 2. Financial and economic competitiveness 3. Quality of life 4. Corruption perception 5. Human Development Index

Hong Kong Island became a colony of the British Empire after the First Opium War (1839–42) the colony's boundaries were extended in stages to the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories by 1898 It was occupied by Japan during the Pacific War, after which the British resumed control until 1997, when the PRC regained sovereignty

one of the world's leading international financial centres The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is the seventh largest in the world Ranked second in the Ease of Doing Business Index in 2011 GDP in 2010: $225 billion GDP Per capita in 2010: $31,590

A place where "East meets West“ Shopping paradise Shopping Mall vs Streetmarkets Discounts and haggling Gourmet Paradise Festivals

Shopping Malls are everywhere in Hong Kong IFC Mall Pacific Place Festival Walk APM Harbour City

Characteristic of Hong Kong, usually selling regular groceries, clothes, bags or some cheap electronic knockoffs. Ladies Market Temple Street Apliu Street Stanley Market

Don't be fooled by the name. It is for both sexes for finding cheap clothes, toys, knockoff and fake labels

Sold items are the same as in the Ladies Market, but there are more street food vendors, a handful of fortune tellers and a few Chinese opera singers Illustrated in hundreds of Cantonese films

This is the place where you can find cheap computer goods, integrated circuit, peripherals and accessories

A place for tourists rather than locals, shops sell everything from luxury luggage items to cheap brand name clothes

Some stores, particularly in small shops, are willing to negotiate on price. They will give you a small discount or additional merchandise if you just ask.

Not only is it a showcase of Chinese cuisines with huge regional varieties, but there are also excellent Asian and Western choices You can also find some Western restaurants that are featured in the Michelin guide to Hong Kong.

Dim sum, literally means 'to touch (your) heart', is possibly the best known Cantonese dish Served at breakfast pork dumplings barbecued pork buns steamed shrimp dumplings

Siu mei is pork roasted over an open fire or a huge wood burning rotisserie oven. With the addition of a slightly crispy honey sauce layer, the final taste is of a unique, deep barbecue flavour.

A popular Cantonese dessert is a sweet soup called tong sui. Popular versions are usually made with black sesame paste, walnuts or sago which are usually sticky in texture.

Chinese Lunar New Year Cheung Chau Bun Festival Tuen Ng Festival Mid Autumn Festival Christmas

Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays It marks the end of the winter season begins on the first day of the first month in the traditional Chinese calendar

Takes place on the tiny island of Cheung Chau Involved competitions with people climbing bun towers to snatch buns

This is a festival in memory of a national hero from the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history Dragon boat races Glutinous rice dumplings

This festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month Moon cakes which contain lotus seed paste and duck egg yolks

Christmas is celebrated Hong Kong style Hong Kong is adorned using traditional Western Christmas decorations

Eight statutory universities: University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong University of Science & Technology City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Baptist University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Lingnan University The Hong Kong Institute of Education

Was established in 1984 Was a Polytechnic at the beginning Was established as City University of Hong Kong in 1994 Has now, 20,000 students enrolled in more than 130 programmes Has 22 Academic Departments Has 7 Colleges and Schools. Rank 15th in Asia and 129 in the world

Was established in 1984 Has 5 Laboratory Runs 2 Undergraduate Programmes and 4 Postgraduate Programmes

SGI Tezro system Self-developed 3D graphics engines on Linux. A specialized 3-D projection system, cyber-gloves and motion trackers support the Department's research into interactive media technology.

Consists of state of the art image and video capturing workstations, as well as high-end computing platforms for pattern recognition, image analysis and synthesis research Multimedia Applications Development Laboratory (MADLab)

Recording human movement in 3D. Equipped with an optical motion capture system to support the real-time capture of 3D human motions. Real-time dance education Interactive 3D games

provides for projects in software engineering, information security, mobile computing, and multimedia computing.

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