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The official languages of Hong Kong are Chinese and English. For domestic mail within Hong Kong, the address may be written entirely in either Chinese or English. For overseas mail going out from Hong Kong, the address may be written in the language of the destination country, provided that the city name and the country name are in English.
The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery ( Chinese: 萬佛寺; pinyin: wàn fó sì; Jyutping: maan6 fat6 zi6) is a mid-20th century Buddhist temple located in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, at 220 Pai Tau Village. Its designation as a monastery is actually a misnomer because there are no monks residing at the complex, which is managed solely by laypersons.
The University of Hong Kong ( HKU) is a public research university in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong . Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. [7] Today, HKU has ten academic faculties and English is the main medium of instruction and assessment.
The District Court is the intermediate court system in Hong Kong, having limited criminal and civil jurisdictions. The District Court was established in 1953 with the enactment of the District Court Ordinance. [1] It is located in the Wanchai Law Courts, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road.
British Consulate GeneralHong Kong英國駐香港總領事館. / 22.2761806°N 114.164917°E / 22.2761806; 114.164917. The British Consulate General Hong Kong (BCGHK), [1] located at 1 Supreme Court Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong Island, is one of the largest British consulates general in the world and is bigger than many British embassies ...
The Law Society of Hong Kong is responsible for the classification and qualification of lawyers in Hong Kong. According to Hong Kong law, all Hong Kong solicitors must be members of this association. The Law Society is currently headed by President C. M. Chan (陳澤銘) and is located on the third floor of Wing On House in Central.
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong [1] is the highest five-star hotel in Hong Kong and third highest in the world [citation needed]. The Ritz-Carlton is a brand of the American company Marriott International. It was the world's highest hotel when opened in March 2011, until it was surpassed by the J Hotel Shanghai Tower in December 28, 2020.
The port has been one of the busiest container ports in the world for many years, and at times the busiest. It was the world's busiest container port from 1987 to 1989, from 1992 to 1997, and from 1999 to 2004. The amount of container ships that went through Hong Kong's container port was 25,869 in 2016, with a net register tonnage of 386,853 ...