Tell about Hong Kong ?

Hong Kong has more Rolls Royce’s per person than any other city in the world.

Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers (classified as building with more than 14 floors) in the world; double that of its nearest rival: New York City.

Hong Kong is counted amongst the most densely populated areas of the world.

Hong Kong was taken over by the British forces after the defeat of China in the Opium War of 1842. On July 1st, 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of China

The emblem of the reunification of Hong Kong with China is Sousa Chinensis (the Chinese White Dolphin)

The terrain of Hong Kong is pretty hilly and there are outdoor escalators in the Central district of the Island

Every year, between April and May, residents of Cheung Chau Island organize a bun festival. It’s intended to keep hungry ghosts residing on the island content. They build a tower of buns, but lately they use plastic instead of the real baked version.

The Hong Kong dollar is the eighth most traded currency in the world.

The famous tailor in Burlington Arcade in Hong Kong is reputed to have made clothes for heads of state and celebrities like Margaret Thatcher, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Prince Charles, Pavarotti, and Michael Jackson.

The 1955 film “Love is a Many Splendored Thing,” based on a romantic novel about an American war correspondent (played by the actor William Holden) who fell in love with a Hong Kong Chinese doctor (Jennifer Jones) in the run up to the Korean War was filmed in Hong Kong.

Dai Pai Dong, Fast Food Noodle Shops, are common sites in Hong Kong offering an inexpensive bowl of noodles for around HK$20 and free tea.

Eating noodles on one’s birthday is considered by the residents of Hong Kong to afford one a long and blessed life.

The saying “Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun,” originated in Hong Kong. The writer Noel Coward wrote the words referring to the Noon Day Gun in Causeway Bay fired every day at the stroke of midday since colonial times.

The Tsing Ma Bridge is the world’s longest road and rail suspension bridge and a Hong Kong landmark.

As for education, Hong Kong government extended free education in the public section from 9 to 12 years effective 2008/09 school year.

Hong Kong may be famous for its towering skyscrapers but 40 percent of the territory is actually country park and nature reserve. Hiking the green trails is a favourite weekend pastime.

You probably know that Hong Kong means “fragrant harbour” in Chinese, but did you know that every time you utter the word “Kowloon” you are saying “nine dragons”? Folklore says that when a young emperor noticed the area’s eight hills, he named the land “eight dragons,” until his servant pointed out that the emperor should be considered a dragon too, making nine. Kow sounds like “gau” or nine in Cantonese, and Loon is like “lung” or dragon.

Hong Kong’s half-mile Mid-Levels Escalator is the world’s longest covered escalator.

Hong Kong’s beloved Star Ferry began running in 1880 and the service from Victoria Harbour to Tsim Sha Tsui took up to one hour. Due to reclamation, the same journey today takes just 10 minutes.

Hong Kong’s current Chief Executive is Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor. The 60-year-old took office in July 2017.

Hong Kongers have a long-established entrepreneurial spirit and desire to make money. In 2016, Hong Kong was ranked fourth in a global billionaires list, with 64 residents holding personal fortunes of US$1 billion or over.

Hong Kong Island steals the limelight, but there are actually 263 islands in Hong Kong. Some of them, like Lantau, Cheung Chau and Lamma, are accessible by ferry while others are totally uninhabited and virtually unreachable.

Dim sum originated here in southern China and means “touch the heart”. These tiny bites of goodness were created as snack food for travellers and today are an essential part of local culture.

Don’t worry if you find your apartment building is without a fourth floor. Numerical fun facts – omitting the number four is common because four sounds like the word “death” in Chinese and is considered unlucky. Conversely, lucky eight means wealth.

The mystical art of feng shui is still common practice in Hong Kong. Two rods located on the rooftop of Central’s HSBC Hong Kong building were included to deflect bad energy, and they face the Bank of China building, whose sharp edges are believed to cut and dilute good energy.