Hong Kong will on Sunday celebrate the 15th anniversary of its return to China from the colonial rule of Britain. The following is a snapshot of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in figures.
Kai Tak Development is a huge and highly complex development project spanning a total area of over 320 hectares.
The following is a chronicle of major events since Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong province and Macao jointly announced the publication of the first Regional Cooperation Plan on Building a Quality Living Area on Monday.
HK's average GDP per capita has risen from $27,000 in 1997 to $34,200 in 2011 and the unemployment rate is 3.4% down from 8.7% during 2003 SARS outbreak.
The HK and the central governments should formulate more favorable fiscal policies to ease business difficulties faced by enterprises stationed in the Pearl River Delta region.
The HK Monetary Authority unveiled its new facility for providing RMB liquidity to authorized institutions participating in RMB business in HK.
Hong Kong topped the list ranking the competitiveness of cities in China, followed by Taipei and Beijing.
Civil service pay in HK would increase by 5.26% for the directorate and civil servants in the upper salary band and 5.80% for civil servants in the middle and lower salary bands.
Past experiences have proved the principle of "one country, two systems" a unprecedented success, and "I profoundly believe in its better future," Tsang said.
Tourist flow to Hong Kong will increase in large numbers as Dragon Air starts its flights from Kolkata, tourist agents said Friday.
With eight supplements signed from 2004 to 2011, the CEPA, broadening the scope of Hong Kong beneficiaries, provided wider and deeper openness of the mainland's market to the city's companies, especially in the service industry.
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