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Term of Office: President: 1920-1922 Dr WAN, Man Kai 1922-1923 Dr KWAN, King Leung 1923-1924 Dr JEU, Hawk 1924-1925 Dr WOO, Wai Tak Arthur 1925-1926
The police paid for him to visit a Socialist Action conference in Hong Kong in October 2011 but instead of spying on the participants, the visit was used to organise his escape. [19] The Stockholm parliamentary seminar was attended by Hong Kong legislator 'Long Hair' Leung Kwok-hung who also actively assisted Zhang Shujie's escape from China. [20]
Hong Kong first competed at the Olympic Games in 1952.It competed as a British colony until 1996.After the territory's handover in 1997, it has competed since 2000 as "Hong Kong, China" with its status as a special administrative region (SAR) of China.
The Hong Kong Cat Society (Chinese: 香港群貓會) is a registered charity in Hong Kong established in 2007 by Elaine Chan [1] and Lian Ma.. The founding purpose of the organisation is to promote the protection of the rights of cats, foster the belief that humans and cats can coexist harmoniously in our shared communities, and educate the public on responsible cat ownership, aiming to ...
Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) Limited ("Fubon Bank") is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (“Fubon Financial Holdings”), one of the largest financial holding companies in Taiwan. Committed to becoming one of Asia’s first-class financial institutions, Fubon Financial Holdings has built a strong lineup of financial ...
In 1974, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra became the first professional orchestra in Hong Kong, while the Sino-British Club dismissed in the same year. Kek-tjiang Lim was the orchestra's first music director with the ensemble in professional status, from 1974 to 1975.
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated territories in the world.
English was the sole official language of Hong Kong from 1883 to 1974. Only after demonstrations and petitions from Hong Kong people demanding equal status for Chinese [6] [better source needed] did the language become official in Hong Kong from 1974 onward.