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Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1978: 5 Superfighters: Lo Mar: Hau Chiu Sing: Martial arts: 7 Grandmasters: Joseph Kuo: Li Yi Min, Jack Long, Alan Chui Chung-San: Martial arts: 18 Fatal Strikes
The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony, which began in 1841.
The 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes were proposed by the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on 2 May 2023 in the 18 District Councils of Hong Kong for the following December elections and approved by Legislative Council on 6 July 2023. The changes are officially effective from 10 July 2023.
National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill 2003, a 2003 attempt to amend the Crimes Ordinance, the Official Secrets Ordinance, and the Societies Ordinance, pursuant to the obligation imposed by Article 23 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong. 2020 Hong Kong national security law, a 2020 Chinese law formally titled as "Law of the People's ...
The French Consulate estimates there are over 25,000 French citizens in Hong Kong. [1] The Immigration Department of Hong Kong estimated that 6,534 French nationals were in Hong Kong in 2019, an increase from 2,375 in 2009; the IMMD counts people physically present in Hong Kong because some people with Hong Kong permanent residency may have left the city.
When the British crown colony of Hong Kong began on Hong Kong Island in 1842, there was no public transport. The first mode of public transport was the Peak Tram, a funicular railway, which has been in operation since 1888. The Hong Kong Tramways, a street-running tram system, started in 1904 and continues to serve the northern shore of Hong ...
The ten-dollar note was first produced in 1868 by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation with the formal adoption of a currency system just for Hong Kong.There had been a variety of the green coloured ten-dollar notes issued by several banks concurrently.
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited (Chinese: 星展銀行（香港）有限公司) is a licensed bank incorporated in Hong Kong and is a subsidiary of DBS Bank headquartered in Singapore. As of 2022, it is the eighth-largest bank in Hong Kong by total assets. [2] DBS Bank Branch on Des Voeux Road Central, Central, Hong Kong.