Hong Kong Overview
Hong Kong’s economy has grown strongly in recent years, after suffering a deep recession in the late 1990s, and yet another slow-down in 2003 during the SARS epidemic. In 2005, Hong...
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Tourism
Tourism contributes a significant chunk of the services revenues of Hong Kong’s GDP. In 2005, Hong Kong received over $100 billion from inbound tourism – just over 7% of total GDP.
In...
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Key Projects
It used to seem as though the Hong Kong shoreline moved on a yearly basis, with continual ‘reclamation’ of land from Hong Kong’s harbour to build on. In recent years public opinion has...
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International Relations
Hong Kong’s international relations are unusual, based on its mixed parentage. Since 1997, China has been responsible for Hong Kong’s defence and foreign affairs. But Hong Kong has also...
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Government & Politics
The structure of Hong Kong’s government is defined in ‘The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’ (The Basic Law). This in turn follows the agreements reached between...
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