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Hong Kong, special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China.

Districts in Hong Kong: Central and Western, Eastern Hong Kong, Hong Kong Islands, Kowloon City, Kwai Tsing, Kwun Tong, North Hong Kong, Sai Kung, Sham Shui Po, Sha Tin, Southern Hong Kong, Tai Po, Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Wan Chai, Wong Tai Sin, Yau Tsim Mong and Yuen Long.

Causeway Bay, Happy Valley, Mong Kok, North Point, Tsimshatsui, Wan Cahi, Yau Ma Tei

Consisting of a small peninsula attached to China's southern coast and 236 islands in the South China Sea, of which Hong Kong Island is the second largest and Lantau the largest.

Capital City: Victoria


car rental, hostels, hotels, tour operator, travel guides, transportation / traveling to hong kong

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Car Rental Hong Kong
 
 Avis Car Rental - Kowloon Hong Kong
 Herz

Hotels in Hong Kong

 Booking - Hotels in Hongkong - an easy way to select and book hotel rooms
Hotels Hong Kong, Wan Chai, Pak Ngan Heung, Airport Hong Kong Intl (HKG)

Hostels Hong Kong

 Hostelbookers.com - Great Hostels, Free booking, Fast & Easy to use
Hostelbookers.com is one of the worlds largest online booking services for hostels. All hostels you see here are offering realtime prices and availability.

Tour Operators / Travel Agents





Travel Guides Hong Kong / Related books

 Amazon.com

Frommer's Hong Kongby Beth Reiber (Author)
Paperback: 309 pages; Publisher: Frommer's; 9th edition (February 27, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 0470078332; ISBN-13: 978-0470078334
Lonely Planet Hong Kong & Macau - by Steve Fallon (Author)
You'll fall in love with Hong Kong. And why not? Glittering skyscrapers and a world-famous shopping scene. Frenetic wet markets and the best dim sum ever. Spectacular hikes through jungle-covered islands. And don't forget the devil-may-care casino-hop through Macau. This indispensable guidebook is the key to all your Cantonese adventures.
Paperback: 434 pages; Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 12th edition (January 2006); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1740598431; ISBN-13: 978-1740598439
Fodor's Hong Kong: With Macau and the South China Cities 
Paperback: 416 pages; Publisher: Fodor's; 20 Pap/Map edition (March 6, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-10: 1400017181; ISBN-13: 978-1400017188

Transport / How do I travel to Hong Kong

 Hong Kong International Airport [ Chep Lap Kok Airport ]

 China Airlines en China Southern Airlines, Air China, China Eastern Airlines [Paris, Madrid en Münich], China Xinhua Air, Hainan Air, Shandong Air, Sjanghai Air, Xiamen Air [only in Asia]

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights 

 City Bus - bus services
 Kowloon Motor Bus - bus services
 MTR - Metro Hong Kong

 New World First Ferry Services Ltd. - Hong Kong ferry services

 Maps of China [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Bibliothek - Map Collection ]
 Maps of China
Maps of Chinese cities, provinces and regions in the principal areas of China. Each map section has large, clear maps showing cities, borders and highways.


Links 

 Travel Insurance 

 Discover Hong Kong - Hong Kong Tourism Board

 Government - Hong Kong SAR Government Information Centre

 Victoria - Capital City of Hong Kong
Victoria City is technically the capital of Hong Kong, however, the name is rarely used today. The City of Victoria was one of the first British urban settlements in Hong Kong. It was located in present-day Central area.

 Cheung Chau
 Happy Valley
 New Territories
 Ocean Park Hongkong
 Peak Area
The Peak area, covering the Peak, Victoria Gap, Mount Kellet, Jardine's Corner, Mount Gough, Plantation Road, is the place where the richest members of the former colony live.
 Victoria Peak - The Peak - High above Hong Kong Island on the 'back of the Dragon'
Catch the most stunning vistas you can imagine: Soaring skyscrapers, ships at sea, distant islands, shimmering waters, the dense urban areas and far away green hills. You'll see it all at Hong Kong's signature tourist spot, The Peak, the attraction most visited by visitors.
Getting to The Peak is half the fun when you take the Peak Tram. It climbs to 373 metres in just seven minutes. There's no other trip like it!
 Wong Tai Sin Temple

 Bank - Bank of China Hong Kong - houses in a huge skyscraper in Hong Kong
It was designed by architect I. M. Pei. The building is 315 meters high with two masts reaching 369 meters (1209 feet) high. The 70 storey building was built in 1989 and is located between Admiralty, Hong Kong and Central, Hong Kong.
 Magazine - HK Magazine
 News / Directory - South China Morning Post
 News - The Standard - China's Business Newspaper
 Radio & TV Hong Kong - RTHK - Radio and Television Hong Kong - live radio
 University of Hong Kong - City University of Hong Kong
 Universiry - Chinese University of Hong Kong
 University - Open University of Hong Kong

Cuisine - Chinese Foods / recipes

 Cantonese cuisine 
Cantonese cuisine can be characterized by the use of very mild and simple spices in combination. Ginger, spring onion, sugar, salt, soy (soya) sauce, rice wine, corn starch and oil are sufficient for most Cantonese cooking.
Info on Elements of Cooking [ Spices, Freshness, Seafood, Soup, Preserved food ] and Sample Dishes
 Restaurant Search in Hong Kong
 Chinese Cuisine (Wei-Chuan's Cookbook) by Huang Su Huei, Wei-Chuan Publishing
Paperback: 206 pages; Publisher: Wei-Chuan Pub. (June 1, 1983); ISBN: 0941676080

History of Hong Kong

Occupied by United Kingdom during the First Opium War in 1841, Hong Kong Island was formally ceded by China the following year under the Treaty of Nanking. Parts of the adjacent Kowloon Peninsula (south of Boundary Street, and the Stonecutter's Island) were ceded to Britain in 1860 by the Convention of Peking after the Second Opium War. Various adjacent lands, known as the New Territories (including New Kowloon) were then leased to Britain for 99 years (from July 1, 1898 to June 30, 1997).

 Hong Kong's History - Wikipedia
Early history of Hong Kong, Imperial China, First contacts with the West and Hong Kong during the Ming and Qing dynasties, British colony, World War II, Post-War period, Transition Hong Kong to Chinese rule, Hong Kong since 1997
 Anglo-China: Chinese People and British Rule in Hong Kong - Christopher Munn
This is a study of the first three decades of British rule in Hong Kong. It focuses on the troubled and controversial process of establishing a British colony at Hong Kong and on the reception of British rule by people in the region. This neglected period in Hong Kong's history demands a fresh examination, not only because these were years crowded with events and controversies, but also because they saw the working out of a lasting relationship between the colonial government and the Chinese population.
Hardcover 460 pages (October 12, 2001); Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon; Language: English; ISBN: 0700712984
 Antiquities and Monuments Museum
All over Hong Kong, there are relics of human activities spanning some 6,000 years, ranging from archaeological sites containing pottery and stone implements of the prehistoric era to the splendid traditional buildings of Chinese and Western styles of more recent times
 Hong Kong Heritage Museum
 Hong Kong Museum of History - see also related links
The scope of the Museum's collections covers the areas of archaeology, local history, ethnography and natural history, forming the most important archives of objects relating to Hong Kong's history and heritage in the world.

Music, Art & Culture, Events & Entertainment

 Once upon a Time in China: A Guide to Hong Kong, Chinese, and Taiwanese Cinema - by Jeff Yang
Paperback 320 pages (December 1, 2003); Publisher: Atria Books
 Chinese University of Hong Kong - Art Museum
 Internet Chinese Music Archive
Traditional music, Children's Songs, Modern Music, Popular Music, Ceremonial Music, Anthology, Chinese music in MP3
 Chinese Music Net

Web Portals / Search Engine / Directory

 Chinese Embassy in the UK
 China Today
 Great China Web Directory 
 DMOZ - Open Directory Project - China

 China City Net - Chinese GB only
China's city port site containing information such as metropolitan government, industry, travel, map, mayors, and etc


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