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They allow workers rest from work, usually in conjunction with special occasions. Public holidays in Hong Kong consist of a mix of traditional Chinese and Western holidays, such as Lunar New Year, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Dragon Boat Festival, along with Christmas and Easter. Other public holidays include National Day (1 October) and ...
2023 Hong Kong rainstorm and floods. In the evening of 7 September 2023, a heavy rainstorm struck the city of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta area, including parts of Guangdong, China and Macau. The record rainfall caused widespread flooding and landslides in the cities, four dead and dozens injured. [ 4][ 5]
2 May : The government propose 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes. Direct elected seats decreased from 452 out of 479 (94%) to 88 out of 470 (19%), and will establish the District Council Eligibility Review Committee for review the eligibility of every District Council Candidates. 3 July : The police reward 1 million Hong Kong Dollars for arrest ...
Organised Buddhism and Taoism (27.9%) Protestantism (6.7%) Catholicism (5.3%) Islam (4.2%) Hinduism (1.4%) Sikhism (0.2%) Religion in Hong Kong is characterised by a multi-faith diversity of beliefs and practices. Most of the Hong Kong people of Chinese descent practice Chinese folk religion [ 2] – which may include Confucian and Taoist ...
This period is generally considered as the one when most Category III Hong Kong films were produced. Crazy Love (1993) aka. The Fruit Is Ripe 1[ 5] Retribution Sight Unseen (1993) [ 7] aka. Three Days of a Blind Girl. Raped by an Angel (1993) [ 8] Note that Raped by an Angel 2 [ 9][ 10] and 5 are rated as Category IIB. Beauty Evil Rose (1994) aka.
Jyutping. se5 lyun4. The Hong Kong Council of Social Service ( HKCSS; Chinese: 香港社會服務聯會 or 社聯) is a council coordinating NGOs in the social service field in Hong Kong, established in 1947. The Hong Kong Council of Social Service represent more than 480 Agency Members that provide social services through their 3,000 operating ...
After the handover of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong surveyed Hong Kong residents about how they defined themselves. In its latest poll published in June 2022, 39.1% of respondents identified as Hong Konger, 31.4% as Hong Konger in China, 17.6% as Chinese, 10.9% as Chinese in Hong Kong, and 42.4% as mixed identity. [ 16 ]
The 2023 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 10 December 2023 for all 18 District Councils of Hong Kong, electing 264 of the 470 seats in the councils. [3] Under the new electoral system, 88 of the elected 264 seats were directly elected by 4.3 million voters, while 176 of them were indirectly elected among some 2,400 members of ...