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The Hong Kong

The Hong Kong originally formed in New Orleans, but became more established after regrouping in Brooklyn.



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2007 South Korea oil spill

There have been strong protests from the shipping world and demands for the crews release, including from organizations like the International Transport Workers’ Federation, International Group of P&I Clubs, BIMCO, International Chamber of Shipping / International Shipping Federation, International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners (INTERCARGO), International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) and the Hong Kong Shipowners' Association.

Anders Banke

The success led to Banke being offered the job of directing a remake of the Hong Kong film Breaking News, Gorjacije novosti or Newsmakers.

Angie Cheong

After that, she signed a contract with the Hong Kong television TVB and became an actress.

Chan Kin-por

After serving as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong office of Munich Re for four years, Chan became a member of the Munich Re China Advisory Board and focused on his Legislative Council role.

David Chan Yuk-cheung

After graduation, he worked for the Hong Kong government's radio and TV station RTHK and the Cantonese broadcasting section of the BBC.

Dene O'Kane

He was a runner up in the Hong Kong Open in 1989, losing 8–9 to Mike Hallett after leading 8–6.

Di-Dar

In October 2008, the Hong Kong magazine Ming Pao Weekly asked HK music journalist Fung Lai-Chee to name what he considered as the 40 classic Cantopop albums of the last 40 years.

Geoffry Northcote

Meanwhile, the Japanese army also started encroaching upon Sham Chun (Shenzhen), leading the Hong Kong government to adopt various measures to cope with the emergency, such as the construction of air-raid shelters and blackout practices.

Grigori Marchenko

Marchenko gave a speech on "The development of Kazakhstan in the period of Globalization and the growth of financial markets" on 15 March 2006 at the Hong Kong Theater,Clement House, Aldwych, for the London School of Economics.

Gwhyneth Chen

Ms Chen has collaborated with David Atherton and the Hong Kong Philharmonic on a tour of the United States and Canada, with Vladmir Fedoseyev and the Moscow Radio Symphony throughout North America and Mexico, and completed a tour of Taiwan with the Russian Philharmonic under Vladimir Ponkin.

Hong Kong Academy of Fine Arts

The Hong Kong Academy of Fine Art's history can be traced back to the 1800s when Professor Chan Hoi-Ying's teacher, Li Tiet-Fu, began learning his trade from the two famed American painters; John Singer Sergeant and William Merritt Chase.

Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination

A survey was conducted to equate the results in HKASL Use of English and the International English Language Testing System by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority.

Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock

The Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company was controlled by Douglas Clague through Hutchison International in the mid-1960s.

Hong Kong Coliseum

The Hong Kong Coliseum was one of the venues for the 5th East Asian Games that was hosted in Hong Kong in 2009.

Hong Kong Council of Social Service

It is a program jointly sponsored by the Hong Kong Bank Foundation and Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged of Social Welfare Department, HKCSS-HSBC Social Enterprise Business Centre (SEBC) of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service is a new initiative to promote social entrepreneurship, advance social innovation, synergize social enterprises' resources, network social conscious business executives and make a positive social change.

Hong Kong in the ABU TV Song Festival

The Hong Konger broadcaster, Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), has been the organiser of the Hong Kong entry since the country's debut in the contest in 2012.

Hong Kong national baseball team

The team, consisting of young Chinese men, courted some controversy in the Hong Kong media, when they were shown naked on camera in a Hong Kong film, City Without Baseball, with their private parts fully exposed in several scenes.

Hong Kong Observatory

The Observatory was established in 1883 as the Hong Kong Observatory by Sir George Bowen, the 9th Governor of Hong Kong, with Dr William Doberck as the first director of the Observatory.

Hong Kong Tennis Classic

The Hong Kong Tennis Classic (formerly known as the JB Group Classic and the Watsons Water Champions Challenge) is a women's exhibition tennis tournament held (with temporary stands) in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, in the first week of January.

Hong Kong University Students' Union Choir

The Hong Kong University Students' Union Choir (Traditional Chinese: 香港大學學生會合唱團), also known as Union Choir, HKUSU, is a choral society affiliated with the Hong Kong University Students' Union.

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.

Isikeli Vuruna

Vuruna was selected for national duties in the Fiji National Sevens Team in the IRB Sevens World Series in 2012 playing for the victorious Fiji Sevens Teams in the Hong Kong and London tournaments.

Kim Hyo-yeon

In May 2013, Hyoyeon was chosen as Asian ambassador for the Hong Kong branch of Topshop.

Kingone Wang

Many feel that Wang's attractive figure is a combination of the Hong Kong popstar Andy Lau and Taiwanese popstar Jay Chou.

Kwok Ka Ming

For the return leg at the Hong Kong Stadium, the match was completely sold out but the Hong Kong team missed a penalty and lost again to Japan by 2-1.

Laurence O'Keeffe

He joined the Civil Service in 1953, initially in HM Customs and Excise, but transferred to the Foreign Service in 1962 and was posted to Bangkok 1962–65; the South East Asia desk at the Foreign Office 1965–68; Head of Chancery at Athens 1968–72; Commercial Counsellor at Jakarta 1972–75; and head of the Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department, FCO, 1975–76.

LGBT rights in Hong Kong

On Nov 10, 2012, Denise Ho (何韻詩) announced her sexual orientation on stage at the "Dare to Love" event during the Hong Kong Pride Parade 2012.

Lisa Cheng

As a member of the Hong Kong National Sport Climbing Team, she won the 2006 International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation Climbing World Cup, the first Chinese female champion in the world.

Little Toys

In 2003, Singaporean composer Mark Chan, in a co-commissioned project by the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Singapore Arts Festival, did the score for the silent film and productions were staged in each country, featuring live music accompanying the screening of Little Toys.

Melissa Ng

After graduating with a major in international relations and a minor in marketing at San Francisco State University, Ng entered the Hong Kong entertainment industry in 1996, after placing 1st runner up in Miss Chinese International 1996; she was representing San Francisco after she won Miss Chinatown USA in 1992.

Michael Lau

While some of his art was on display in Lau worked with the Hong Kong hip-hop group LMF, creating a series of figures based on them.

Ng Fung Hong

A Legislative Council panel urged action on the matter by the Hong Kong government, which at this time said it was non-committal.

Ng See-yuen

In 1985, Ng was the first Hong Kong producer to make a film in the USA that successfully showed the Hong Kong style of action, when he worked with Corey Yuen on No Retreat, No Surrender, which starred then unknowns Kurt McKinney and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Old Tai O Police Station

Robert Ng, for debated issues about the Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation Ltd.

Paul Chu

Chu Ching-wu, Paul C.W. Chu, physicist known for work on superconductivity, and president of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Paul Wimbleton

The following season 1995–1996 he went to play in the Hong Kong first Division for Sing Tao, helping them to win the Viceroy Cup.

Penfold Park

The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced that Penfold Park would be closed from the end of July 2007 to April 2008 for the construction of training facilities for the 2008 Olympic equestrian events.

Religion in Macau

Following the end of the British administration of Hong Kong in 1997, in 1998 the Diocese was succeeded by the Province of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (commonly called the Hong Kong Anglican Church).

Rosalind Newman

Support came from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Asian Cultural Council, and Shanghai Tang.

Sai Ying Pun

The granite was formed in the Upper Jurassic Period and is from the last phase of intrusions in the Hong Kong area.

Saviour of the Soul

Saviour of the Soul is the first film produced by star Andy Lau's film company Teamwork Motion Pictures, and was a critical and commercial success grossing over HK$20 million at the Hong Kong box office.

St. Stephen's College, Hong Kong

#* Designer Dr. Tao Ho was awarded Merit in the Annual Award of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects in 1982.

Tanka people

In 1937, Walter Schofield, then a Cadet Officer in the Hong Kong Civil Service, wrote that at that time the Tankas were "boat-people who sometimes lived in boats hauled ashore, or in more or less boat-shaped huts, as at Shau Kei Wan and Tai O".

Tony Chan

Tony F. Chan, mathematician and the president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Tuen Mun Hospital

During the Manila hostage crisis in August 2010, the Hong Kong casualties who had survived were brought to this hospital to be treated.

Walter Hillier

He was the brother of Edward Guy Hillier, one of the most respected bankers in the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank and its long-term manager in Peking (1889-1924).

Wan Chai District

The computer game Deus Ex features Wan Chai Market as the main district in the Hong Kong chapters of the game.

Wong Tape

Wong Tape was a founding member of the Hong Kong chapter of Rotary International, and of the University of Hong Kong.

Zhejiang Medical University

Due to the new civic plan for Hangzhou downtown, the campus was sold to the Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts (Robert Kuok, 郭鶴年/郭鹤年) at a price of 2.46 billion Chinese Yuan.