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Politics of Hong Kong. The politics of Hong Kong takes place in a framework of a political system dominated by its quasi-constitutional document, the Hong Kong Basic Law, its own legislature, the Chief Executive as the head of government and of the Special Administrative Region and of a politically constrained multi-party presidential system. [1]
Observatory Hill ( Chinese: 天文臺山 ), formerly known as Elgin Hill ( 伊利近山 ), is a hill where the Hong Kong Observatory is sited. [1] Observatory Road is a road passing through Royal Observatory Hong Kong from east to west. Both its south slope Knutsford Terrace and north slope Hillwood Road are full of restaurants, pubs and bars.
e. The Buildings Department ( BD) is a department of the Hong Kong Government responsible for building codes, building safety, and inspection. It was founded in 1993 and is now subordinate to the Development Bureau .
Typhoon Koinu, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Jenny, was a strong and damaging tropical cyclone that made landfall on the southern tip of Taiwan and affected Hong Kong. Koinu, a replacement name for Tembin which means puppy or Canis Minor in Japanese, was the fourteenth named storm and ninth typhoon of the 2023 Pacific typhoon season.
Part of the 2003 Pacific typhoon season. Typhoon Krovanh, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Niña, [nb 1] [1] was a moderate tropical cyclone that caused a swath of damage stretching from the Philippines to Vietnam in August 2003. The fifteenth named storm and sixth typhoon in the western Pacific that year, Krovanh originated from a tropical ...
Sik6 mat6 kap6 wai6 sang1 guk6. The Food and Health Bureau ( FHB) was a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2022 that managed food hygiene, environmental hygiene and health policies in Hong Kong. It was led by the Secretary for Food and Health (SFH) during its existence. Established in 2007 as one of the superseding ...
Hong Kong Avenue of Comic Stars. Hong Kong Avenue of Comic Stars ( Chinese: 香港漫畫星光大道) is an area of Kowloon Park in Hong Kong which has statues of characters from Hong Kong comics ranging from the 1960s to the 2010s, named after Avenue of Stars, Hong Kong. The section, built for HK$1.5-2 million to HK$2 million, opened in 2012.
McDull (Chinese: 麥兜; Jyutping: mak6 dau1) is an anthropomorphic pig cartoon character that was created in Hong Kong by cartoonist Alice Mak and Brian Tse. Although McDull first made his appearance as a supporting character in the McMug comics strips, he has since become a central character in his own right.