Tell about Hong Kong ?

Hong Kong was occupied by Japan for almost four years before Britain resumed control on 30 August 1945.

It is the jagged urban skyline of 300 skyscrapers, more than even New York, with the green Victoria Peak backdrop and the clean blue Victoria Harbor that is most memorable for tourists.

The number of mainland tourists to the territory has surged from 4.5 million in 2001 to 28 million in 2011, outnumbering visitors from all other countries combined.

Its population rebounded quickly after the war as skilled Chinese migrants fled from the Chinese Civil War, and more refugees crossed the border when the Communist Party took control of mainland China in 1949

The daily Symphony of Lights show also stands out.

Street food in Hong Kong is a unique culinary experience with stalls jutting out into pedestrian sidewalks offers skewers of cooked meat, offal, vegetables and cut fresh fruits.

Mongkok is one of the most popular street food destinations with locals and visitors.

Hong Kong became the first of the Four Asian Tiger economies to industrialise during the 1950s.

Countryside: But the large green undeveloped country parks, islands, many white public beaches, and quaint Chinese villages also makes Hong Kong stand out as a beautiful metropolitan area. For example, Time Magazine ranked the Dragon's Back as Asia's best urban hike.

With a rapidly increasing population, the colonial government began reforms to improve infrastructure and public services.

It was one of the stops in French writer Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days" published in 1873.

Tsim Sha Tsui MTR stationTsim Sha Tsui MTR station
The city has the best Metro system in the world which you can use for sightseeing and getting around.

The impact of shortage of land in Hong Kong has forced residents to consider online burial plots as a way of commemorating their loves ones.

The public-housing estate programme, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), and Mass Transit Railway were established during the post-war decades to provide safer housing, integrity in the civil service, and more-reliable transportation.

Traditional burial plots like those at the Chinese Christian Cemetery in Pokfulam can cost more than HKD650,000 if available.

According to the news network CNN and many other rankings, it is the best in the world for cleanliness, safety, organization and many other reasons.

Although the territory's competitiveness in manufacturing gradually declined due to rising labour and property costs, it transitioned to a service-based economy. By the early 1990s, Hong Kong had established itself as a global financial centre and shipping hub.

It has historically been the world's leading city with the maximum number of Rolls-Royce luxury cars per capita.

As a traveler, you can enjoy all the benefits of high technology, safety, cleanliness and fine planning to enjoy all the excellent highlights of this unique city

The colony faced an uncertain future as the end of the New Territories lease approached, and Governor Murray MacLehose raised the question of Hong Kong's status with Deng Xiaoping in 1979.

The largest single order of 14 Rolls-Royce Phantoms was by The Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong.

White truffles seemed to be prized in Hong Kong with USD129,000 paid for 760g used in a 8-course truffle dinner in 2009.

Diplomatic negotiations with China resulted in the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, in which the United Kingdom agreed to transfer the colony in 1997 and China would guarantee Hong Kong's economic and political systems for 50 years after the transfer.

It was regarded as the world's best destination for leisure visitors and meetings in 2012. Hong Kong was voted the "Best FIT Destination of the Year" in the China Travel & Meeting Industry Awards 2012 organised by travel magazine Travel Weekly.

It was also named the "Best City for MICE Events" in the 2012 Industry Awards organised by CEI Asia Pacific magazine.