Yuen Long District is one of the districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories,it had a population of 662,000 in 2021
The tourism industry has been an important part of the economy of Hong Kong since it shifted to a service sector model in the late 1980s and early 90s. There has been a sharp increase of domestic tourists from Mainland China following the introduction of the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) in 2003.
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) is a quasi-governmental,profit-making statutory body in Hong Kong responsible for accelerating urban redevelopment.
Cityflyer is an airport coach service to Hong Kong International Airport and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge provided by Citybus. The service was started during the opening of the Hong Kong International Airport in 1998.
North Lantau New Town is the newest of the nine new towns in Hong Kong,a special administrative region of China,located on the northern coast of the Lantau Island in the New Territories. It covers Tung Chung,Tai Ho Wan,Siu Ho Wan,other parts of northeast Lantau Island,and the reclaimed land along the coast between them. It is the only new town in the Islands District and the youngest new town in Hong Kong. As the commercial,residential and community facilities in the New Town are concentrated in Tung Chung,it has been renamed Tung Chung New Town in recent official government documents.
Tao Fong Shan,officially known as To Fung Shan,is a hill with a height of 130 metres (430 ft). It is in Sha Tin,New Territories,Hong Kong. A road called To Fung Shan Road leads to the summit,where a Christian Centre can be found.
The China National Tourism Administration was a Chinese government authority responsible for the development of tourism in the country. The CNTA was subordinate to the State Council. Its headquarters are in Beijing,with regional branches in various provinces. The predecessor was the China Travel and Tourism Administration established in 1964. It was once an agency directly under the State Council in charge of tourism.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Hong Kong (TECO) is the representative office of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in Hong Kong. Its counterpart body in Taiwan is the Hong Kong Economic,Trade and Cultural Office in Taiwan.
The Trent Accreditation Scheme (TAS),now replaced de facto by a number of independent accreditation schemes,such as the QHA Trent Accreditation,was a British accreditation scheme formed with a mission to maintain and continually evaluate standards of quality,especially in health care delivery,through the surveying and accreditation of health care organisations,especially hospitals and clinics,both in the UK and elsewhere in the world.
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital (HKBH) is a Nonprofit Christian hospital in Kowloon,Hong Kong.
e-Channel,also known as The Automated Passenger Clearance System,is an expedited border control system introduced by the Hong Kong Immigration Department in 2004,designed to speed up border immigration processes for residents of Hong Kong,Macau and frequent visitors to Hong Kong entering and exiting the territory whether it be by land,air or sea via the use of self-service kiosks employed at various border control points.
The 1956 Hong Kong Urban Council election was held on 7 March 1956. The elected seats were extended from four to eight seats and the election was for the 6 of the 8 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. 6,040 of the 14,682,about 41 per cent of the eligible voters cast their ballots in this election,highest turnout rate in the history of the Urban Council elections.
Lau Wai Ming is an accomplished Cantonese opera artist from Hong Kong specializing in scholar-warrior roles (文武生). She graduated from Belilios Public School and completed her opera training at Yun Mun Cantonese Opera Academy 「韻文粵劇學苑」and the Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong Cantonese Opera Academy 「八和粵劇學院」. She is a veteran educator and arts advisor on Cantonese opera for children and youth,and she sits in several key Cantonese opera associations and committees,
Sino United Publishing (Holdings) Limited is Hong Kong's largest integrated publishing group,formed in 1988 from the integration of some of the historic publishing agencies. Its business includes publishing,distribution,retail,printing,RFID packaging design,art business,cultural exchanges. It has subsidiaries and affiliated agencies throughout Hong Kong and Macao,mainland China,Singapore,Malaysia,as well as in North America,Europe etc.
Christopher Hui Ching-yu is a Hong Kong politician and government official. Since 2020,he has been Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury.
The Quality Education Fund is a fund in Hong Kong set up for promoting education reform. It was suggested by Tung Chee-hwa,former Chief Executive of Hong Kong,in his first policy address in October 1997. It is used for funding various quality education programmes in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Executive Council was reshuffled from 21 to 22 April 2020. The reshuffle is the largest since the handover of Hong Kong in 1997,and the first after the unprecedented large-scale anti-government protests erupted.
