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Districts Of Hong Kong
Hong Kong is administratively divided into 18 districts. Each district has a district councils of Hong Kong, district council. District councils was formerly called district boards, for which the boards were established in 1982,Time to revamp Hong Kong's neglected district councils SCMP, Sonny Lo, 18 November 2013 when Hong Kong was under British Hong Kong, British rule. However, the districts have limited relevance to the population, as few public services operate according to district boundaries. The Hong Kong Police Force#Organization and structure, police, list of fire stations in Hong Kong, fire services, health services, education and list of hospitals in Hong Kong, hospital authorities, and postal service each defin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern District, Hong Kong
The Eastern District () located on northeastern part of Hong Kong Island, being one of the 18 administrative districts of Hong Kong. It had a population of 529,603 in 2021 The district has the second highest population while its residents have the third highest median household income among the 18 districts. The Eastern District is well-developed, with a complete public transport and transport network, including subway, bus, ferry, minibus and tram services, while the Island Eastern Corridor and the Eastern Harbour Crossing are important arteries for external traffic. There are comprehensive educational, medical, community and recreational facilities in the area, as well as large shopping malls and commercial centres. At the same time, there are also many historical and cultural attractions in the Eastern District, which are good places for citizens and tourists to relax and entertain. As the Hong Kong Government is determined to develop the Eastern District, many governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nam Pak Hong
The Nam Pak Hong (), also Nam Pei Hong and Nam Bac Hang (literally, "South-North Trading Association"), was a combination of individual hongs, or trading houses, the traditional form of business organization in China. They represented Chinese merchants who were often associated with overseas trade, both the " Gold Mountain" trade with the United States and Australia, and the older trade in the Nanyang. The association was established in 1868 in Hong Kong by merchants from various dialect groups and its influence quickly expanded. See also * Economy of Hong Kong * Economic history of China References * Jung-Fang Tsai''Hong Kong in Chinese History: Community and Social Unrest in the British Colony, 1842-1913.''Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guild
A guild ( ) is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradespeople belonging to a professional association. They sometimes depended on grants of letters patent from a monarch or other ruler to enforce the flow of trade to their self-employed members, and to retain ownership of tools and the supply of materials, but most were regulated by the local government. Guild members found guilty of cheating the public would be fined or banned from the guild. A lasting legacy of traditional guilds are the guildhalls constructed and used as guild meeting-places. Typically the key "privilege" was that only guild members were allowed to sell their goods or practice their skill within the city. There might be controls on minimum or maximum prices, hours of trading, numbers of apprentices, and many other things. Critics argued that these rules reduced Free market, fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Hospitals In Hong Kong
This is a list of hospitals and other medical facilities in Hong Kong. Public hospitals All public hospitals in Hong Kong are managed by the Hospital Authority. They are organised into seven hospital clusters based on their locations. Hong Kong West Cluster *Grantham Hospital *MacLehose Medical Rehabilitation Centre *Queen Mary Hospital (Hong Kong), Queen Mary Hospital *The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay *Tsan Yuk Hospital *Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Fung Yiu King Hospital *Tung Wah Hospital Hong Kong East Cluster *Cheshire Home, Chung Hom Kok *Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital *Ruttonjee Hospital *St. John Hospital (Hong Kong), St. John Hospital *Tang Shiu Kin Hospital *Tung Wah Eastern Hospital *Wong Chuk Hang Hospital Kowloon Central Cluster *Hong Kong Buddhist Hospital *Hong Kong Children's Hospital *Hong Kong Eye Hospital *Kowloon Hospital *Kwong Wah Hospital *Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital *TWGHs Wong Tai Sin Hospital *Queen Elizabeth Hospital, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fire Stations In Hong Kong
The following is a list of fire stations of the Hong Kong Fire Services Department, Hong Kong Fire Services. All but one of Hong Kong's fire stations are located in Hong Kong (Shenzhen Bay is located across the border in Shekou, Shenzhen) Hong Kong Command West Division Central Division East Division Marine and Offshore Islands Division Kowloon Command West Division South Division East Division Central Division New Territories Command South West Division South Division West Division East Division North Division Airport Fire Contingent Former fire stations Former fire stations include: See also * List of fire departments References External links Distribution of Fire Stations in Hong Kong {{Government buildings in Hong Kong Public health and safety in Hong Kong Fire stations in Hong Kong, * Government buildings in Hong Kong Lists of government buildings, Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Police Force
The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is the primary law enforcement, investigative agency, and largest Hong Kong Disciplined Services, disciplined service under the Security Bureau (Hong Kong), Security Bureau of Hong Kong. Pursuant to the one country, two systems principle, the HKPF is officially independent of the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Security (China), Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China, which under usual circumstances may not interfere with Hong Kong’s local law enforcement matters. All HKPF officers are employed as civil servants and therefore required to pledge allegiance to the Hong Kong Basic Law. The HKPF consists of approximately 34,000 officers, including the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force, civil servants, and its Marine Region (3,000 officers and 143 vessels as of 2009). History A police force has been serving British Hong Kong, Hong Kong since shortly after the island was established as a colony in 1841. On 30 Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was under British Empire, British rule from 1841 to 1997, except for a Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, brief period of Japanese occupation during World War II from 1941 to 1945. It was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1981, and a British Dependent Territory, dependent territory from 1981 to 1997. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island under the Convention of Chuenpi in 1841 of the Victorian era, and ended with the handover of Hong Kong to the China, People's Republic of China in July 1997. In accordance with Art. III of the Treaty of Nanking of 1842, signed in the aftermath of the First Opium War, the island of Hong Kong was ceded in perpetuity to Great Britain. It was established as a Crown colony in 1843. In 1860, the British expanded the colony with the addition of the Kowloon Peninsula and was further extended in 1898 when the British obtained Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, a 99-year lease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Constituencies Of Hong Kong
This is a list of constituencies of Hong Kong. There are currently ten geographical constituencies and 28 functional constituencies that elect 50 out of 90 members to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. The structure of both constituency categories has undergone major changes throughout their history. Legislative Council Geographical constituencies Geographical constituencies (GC) were first introduced in Hong Kong's first legislative election with direct elections in 1991. The following table charts the evolution of geographical constituencies of the LegCo: Functional constituencies Functional constituencies (FC) were first introduced in Hong Kong's first legislative election in 1985. The following table charts the evolution of functional constituencies of the LegCo: Electoral colleges 1985-1991 12 electoral colleges were established to return unofficial members of the Legislative Council in the 1985 and 1988 Legislative Council elections, composed of members o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and was further extended when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. Hong Kong was occupied by Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. The territory was handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of one country, two systems. Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages,. the territory is now one of the world's most signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
