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37 unusual facts about Hong Kong


2009 flu pandemic in Hong Kong

The man had developed a fever after arriving in Hong Kong, and was then isolated in Princess Margaret Hospital, the hospital designated to handle swine flu cases.

Archie Marries Veronica/Archie Marries Betty

Archie learns that Veronica plans to work for her father’s company in London or Hong Kong.

Argyle Street Camp

Today there are no memorials of any kind on the site of the camp, which is just to the south of St Teresa's Hospital.

Automated Systems Holdings Limited

Automated Systems (HK) Limited was founded in Hong Kong in 1973 and was listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited under the name of Automated Systems Holdings Limited (“The ASL Group” or “the Group”) (Stock Code: 771) in November 1997.

Beacon Hill School

Beacon Hill School, Hong Kong, an international and English Schools Foundation school in Hong Kong

Bee Cheng Hiang

Starting as a market stall in 1933 in Singapore, the company has expanded its operations to countries such as Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea, Philippines and China.

Bill Tung

On February 16, 2006, Tung was admitted to St. Paul's Hospital on Hong Kong Island due to physical discomfort.

Blake Pier, Central

It was demolished in 1965, but the pavilion was preserved, dismantled and rebuilt in Morse Park in Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon as a park shelter.

The top structure of the pier was later transferred to the open-air oval theatre in Morse Park, in between Wong Tai Sin and Lok Fu, Kowloon.

In 2006, the structure was once again transferred to Blake Pier at Stanley, next to the Murray House in Stanley, itself dismantled brick by brick and relocated from Central.

Brigant Cassian

He died on 31 October 1957 of stomach hemorrhage and graved at the St Michael's Catholic Cemetery in Happy Valley, Hong Kong.

Calpol

Calpol is a brand of children's medicine sold in the UK, Ireland, India, Cyprus, Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Chai Wan Station

The station is located at the junction of Chai Wan Road and Island Eastern Corridor, and it serves Siu Sai Wan and Chai Wan, a primarily residential and industrial town, and the bus terminus nearby has bus and minibus routes to Siu Sai Wan and Stanley, as well as the nearby residential developments.

Daniel Heung

Daniel Heung (香灼璣) (December 1943 – July 2, 2011) was a Chairman of the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education of Hong Kong.

Douban

One notable example is the ban on merely mentioning the name of Victoria Park in Hong Kong where the memorial gathering for the 20th anniversary was held, in the fear that it may lead to sensitive discussions.

East Asia Tonight

East Asia Tonight is a long-running flagship weekday news programme on Channel NewsAsia that airs between 8:00pm and 8:30pm (Singapore/Hong Kong time), providing a round-up of all the day's events in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and the two Koreas, coverage of breaking news and international news in brief, as well as news analyses from Channel NewsAsia correspondents around East Asia.

Fuk Li

Mr Li was born in Hong Kong in 1953, and received his secondary school education in Queen Elizabeth School, Hong Kong.

Gubei, Shanghai

Gubei is best known as an enclave of East Asian expatriates in Shanghai, including those from Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

HKO

Hong Kong Observatory, the official weather forecast authority and meteorological agency of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Express Railway

Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Express Railway is a proposed cross-border railway offering three future distinct services, Hong Kong International Airport - Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport direct connection, Hung Shui Kiu - Qianhai cross border services and domestic service between Tuen Mun and Siu Ho Wan.

Hong Kong-style milk tea

This nickname is used in Hong Kong but less so in mainland China and overseas communities.

Islands District

The term Outlying Islands tends to refer to the islands of the Islands District.

Jackie Chan Chai-keung

He graduated from the Queen Elizabeth School and continued his study in civil engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

James Summers

Summers studied foreign languages and classical literature on his own, and obtained a teaching position at St. Paul's College in Hong Kong in 1848 with hopes of becoming a diplomat in the future.

Junction Road

:For the street in Hong Kong, see Junction Road, Hong Kong.

Katong

Because the Katong people loved his laksa, it has come to be known as the Katong laksa throughout the world in Hong Kong and New York.

Khoo Thean Teik

He was a towkay, trading in immigrant labour and had interests in the Opium Farms in Penang and Hong Kong.

Mung Chiang

He immigrated to Hong Kong in 1988, where he enrolled at a local middle and high school, Queen's College, and served as the school’s Head Prefect in 1995.

New World First Ferry

Since then it introduced 10 fast vessels on Outlying Islands routes to phase out the rented vessels and to improve services.

Pottinger County

Pottinger County was named in honour of the first Governor of Hong Kong Sir Henry Pottinger, first Baronet (1789-1856).

Round Table India

Round Table now flourishes in the majority of European countries, throughout Africa, the Middle East, India, Hong Kong, New Zealand and America.

Sara and Dara dolls

100,000 of the dolls were made in the first round of production by a manufacturer in Hong Kong.

Scout Association of Hong Kong

Enthusiasts and organisations, including Queen's College and St. Joseph's College established on 11 September 1913 the 1st Hong Kong Scout Troop of St. Joseph's College, for which Baden-Powell sent a letter of congratulation on 26 November 1913, which was published in the first issue of the Scout Gazette, the first Scout publication in Hong Kong.

St. Stephen's college incident

Stephen's college massacre (聖士提反書院大屠殺) involved a series of acts of extreme cruelty committed by the Imperial Japanese Army on 25 December 1941 during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong at St. Stephen's College.

Theodore Hamberg

In 1852, Hamberg met Hong Xiuquan's cousin Hong Ren'gan, who had been separated from the rebellion and fled to Hong Kong.

Wayne Wong

Wayne is a member of the Hong Kong, China Davis Cup team, he debut for Hong Kong at age 15 years 332 days in a reverse singles dead rubber against Thailand in an Asia/Oceania Zone Group II First Round tie at Victoria Park in February 1997.

Wukan

It has a population of approximately 13,000 residents, and is located approximately 120 km east of Hong Kong.


2013 Premier League Asia Trophy

Sunderland, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Hong Kong club South China competed for the title on 24 July 2013 and 27 July 2013 at Hong Kong Stadium in So Kon Po, Hong Kong.

Adhu

The film, that has Aravind, a newcomer, Suha, Kazan Khan and Vijayan in supporting and Abbas in a cameo role, is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong-Thai-Singaporean film The Eye, which was remade later in the United States under the same title and in Hindi as Naina, starring Jessica Alba and Urmila Matondkar in the lead roles respectively.

Afnán

In the late 19th century the family established a large trading business based in Shiraz and Yazd in Iran, with offices in Beirut, Bombay, Hong Kong and 'Ishqábád.

Beijing-Kowloon Through Train

Services use the East Rail Line in Hong Kong, cross the boundary between Hong Kong and mainland China at Lo Wu and then continue along China's railway network via the Guangshen railway and the Jingguang railway to Beijing.

China Policy Institute

Its Director is Steve Tsang, Professor of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Nottingham and an Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, known for summing up the nature of the political system in the People's Republic of China as a ‘consultative Leninist’ system, and for his works on Taiwan's democratisation and the history of Hong Kong.

China Poly Group Corporation

Having its affiliated enterprises and projects in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Changsha, Tianjin, Harbin, Shenyang, Chongqing, Hainan, and Hong Kong etc., the Group Corporation has made significant achievements in capital scale, economic benefits, business management and system construction, characterized by professionalism, scale operation and optimal allocation of resources.

Chinese Egret

It formerly bred in Taiwan and the New Territories of Hong Kong although it is now only a non-breeding visitor or passage migrant to these countries.

Common Professional Examination

The CPE is offered by the University of Hong Kong's School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE) in Hong Kong jointly with Manchester Metropolitan University.

Danielle Egan

Egan married Claudio Reyna, then a member of the United States national soccer team, in July 1997, one week after he attended the FIFA All-Star Game in Hong Kong and two weeks after the male U.S. team's World Cup qualifier at El Salvador.

Dean McKeown

Riding Collier Hill, McKeown won a number of major international races, including the 2005 Group 2 Gerling-Preis in Cologne, Germany, the C$2 million Grade 1 Canadian International at Woodbine Racetrack in Canada, and the HK$14 million Hong Kong Vase in Hong Kong, China.

Eva Nagorski

Because Eva's father, Andrew Nagorski, worked as a foreign correspondent for Newsweek, she has had an international upbringing, living in Hong Kong, Moscow, Rome, Bonn and Warsaw, and has travelled extensively.

Fare avoidance

In the MTR system of Hong Kong, Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau Station of East Rail Line serve as checkpoints for rail passengers between Hong Kong and mainland China and vice-versa.

Heilind Electronics

The company further expanded internationally in 2012, first purchasing distributor Kotek Eletro Eletronica Ltda, based in São Paulo City, São Paulo, Brazil, and then later that same year opening offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Suzhou and Dongguan, China.

Hong Kong at the Commonwealth Games

Hong Kong competed at the Commonwealth Games (as well as British Empire & Commonwealth Games and British Commonwealth Games) as a British colony or dependent territory in 1934, then from 1954 until 1962 and from 1970 to 1994.

Hong Kong Note Printing

In October the same year, the Government sold 10% of the company's issued share capital to each of the three note-issuing banks in Hong Kong (total 30%), namely The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, the Standard Chartered Bank (now Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)), and the Hong Kong Branch of the Bank of China (now Bank of China (Hong Kong)).

Hong Kong-United Kingdom relations

In the UK, the Hong Kong SAR is represented through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office at Grafton Street in London's Mayfair.

I'd Love You to Want Me

Teddy Robin (泰迪羅賓), Hong Kong singer/artist/film producer, on his 1971 LP album Melody Chain with Fontana Records.

Interactive Brokers

(IB) is a U.S. based online discount brokerage firm headquartered in Greenwich CT in the United States and with offices in Budapest, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Montreal, Mumbai, Shanghai, Saint Petersburg, Sydney, Tallinn, Tokyo, and Zug.

Internet in Romania

According to a top made by Bloomberg in 2013, Romania is ranked 5th in the world and 2nd in Europe in terms of internet connection speed, being surpassed by Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan, while the United States is only the 14th.

John Jardine Paterson

Jardine Paterson was born into the family which had founded the Jardine Matheson company, although his branch of the family controlled Jardine, Skinner and Company of Calcutta, the Indian division of Jardines, rather than its main business based in Hong Kong.

Kai Ho

Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong, was named after him and his son-in-law Au Tak, though he died in 1914, long before the idea of an aerodrome was first mentioned in 1925.

Lai Shin-yuan

Also present during the opening ceremony was John Tsang, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR.

Macau Daily Times

The newspaper, like all press in Macau (and Hong Kong), are protected by the Basic Law and Press Law, which upholds the freedom of the press in the enclave and restricting government regulation of the media.

Mainland Chinese

At the time when Hong Kong was colonised by Great Britain, the colony first covered only Hong Kong Island, with a population of only around 6 000, most of whom were fishermen.

Milkis

Milkis launched in 1989 with a huge marketing campaign, notably with the appearance of Hong Kong movie star Chow Yun-fat in its TV commercials.

P.T.O. II

These forces are set up in territories such as India, Hong Kong, Borneo, New Zealand, and Canada.

Robert Ribeiro

Ribeiro quickly rose through the ranks, and was appointed Judge of the High Court in 1999, promoted to the Court of Appeal (High Court) as a Justice of Appeal in 2000, and a Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal the same year.

SARS coronavirus

Samples of the virus are being held in laboratories in New York, San Francisco, Manila, Hong Kong, and Toronto.

Seven great singing stars

After the Communist victory in 1949, there began a large migration of people from Shanghai to Hong Kong, and the Communist Party of China also denounced mandopop as Yellow Music, a form of pornography, which effectively ended this period in Shanghai.

Shangqiu

This standing is greatly enhanced following the construction of the Beijing-Kowloon (Hong Kong) railway in 1996, which crosses with Longhai railway at Shangqiu.

Simon Willson

Traveling with a group of more than 20 performers and crew performing in 81 large nightclubs and discos in 33 Major Chinese cities including Hong Kong, Chengdu, Shanghai, Dongguan, Shenzen, Shantou, Guangzhou, Beijing and Harbin nearly all the way to Mongolia.

Siu Sai Wan

With the Island Resort now constructed, the population of Siu Sai Wan has been steadily increasing, at present, both First Bus and Citybus extended routes end at Chai Wan (East) and Siu Sai Wan Estate and Island Resort.

Starcom IP Asia

Starcom IP Asia consists of 17 countries and 29 offices, with locations in Australia (Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane) Bangalore, Bangladesh, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong), India (New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai), Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington), Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Sumly Chan

Sumly Chan Yuen Sum (born in 1958 in Hong Kong), is a social worker and politician in Hong Kong, who is a member of the Civic Party and a district councillor in Tsuen Wan District Council (Lei Muk Shue East).

Taiping Rebellion

In 1988, Hong Kong's TVB produced Twilight of a Nation, a 45 episode television drama about the Taiping Rebellion.

The Snake King's Child

Due to Winai Kraibutr's presence in the cast, the film was marketed in Hong Kong and other Asian markets as Ghost Wife 2 in an attempt to cash in on the popularity of the 1999 Thai ghost film Nang Nak (Ghost Wife), which Winai had starred in.

To Serve and Protect

In addition there are some episodes featuring trips to Las Vegas, Hong Kong, and Memphis, Tennessee.

Transportation in the Philippines

After offering low fares to domestic destinations, Cebu Pacific launched its international operations on November 2001 and now flies to Bangkok, Busan, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Macau, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Taipei.

TV Scoreboard

The TV Scoreboard is a Pong-like game console manufactured from 1976 through the early '80s and made by Tandy. Distribution was handled exclusively by Radio Shack. The machines were constructed in Hong Kong. The TV Scoreboard consisted of a left and right player, with dials or paddles on the hand held piece, and had multiple Pong era games.

VentureSoft

It was founded in 1998, and currently operates in Singapore, Malaysia, India, Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Europe and the USA.

William Poy

He served with The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (the Volunteers) during World War II as Lance Corporal messenger and worked for the Canadian Trade Commission in Hong Kong.

Win's Entertainment

Subsidiaries of Win's Entertainment (Hong Kong) Co Ltd include production companies such as Ocean Shores Video (Hong Kong) Co Ltd which was once a powerful film company formed since 1970.

XO sauce

Developed in the 1980s in Hong Kong for Cantonese cuisine, XO sauce is made of roughly chopped dried seafoods, including scallops, dried fish and shrimp, and subsequently cooked with chili peppers, onions, and garlic.

Ye Jia

As china-borned Ye Jia has lived in Hong Kong over 2 years, according to the FIFA Statues, he is eligible for the Hong Kong national football team.