The Grand Bauhinia Medal is the highest award under the Hong Kong honours and awards system;it is to recognise the selected person's lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong. The awardee is entitled to the postnominal letters GBM and the style The Honourable. The award was created in 1997 to replace the British honours system,following the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The list was empty because no one was awarded from 2003 to 2004. Bauhinia,Bauhinia blakeana,is the floral emblem of Hong Kong.
The Silver Bauhinia Star is the second rank of the Order of the Bauhinia Star under the honours system of Hong Kong,awarded to people who have taken a leading part in public affairs or voluntary work over a long period. The award was created in 1997 to replace the British honours system after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The Gold Bauhinia Star is the highest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star,under the honours system of Hong Kong,created in 1997 to replace the British honours system after the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
The Bronze Bauhinia Star is the lowest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star,under the honours system of Hong Kong,created in 1997 to replace the British honours system after the transfer of sovereignty to the People's Republic of China and the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).
A list of awards given to members of the Hong Kong Civil Service:
Ch'ien Mu or Qian Mu was a Chinese historian,philosopher and writer. He is considered to be one of the greatest historians and philosophers of 20th-century China. Ch'ien,together with LüSimian,Chen Yinke and Chen Yuan,was known as the "Four Greatest Historians of Modern China" (現代四大史學家).
The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in 1978.
The Duke of Mount Deer is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron,produced by TVB and starring Andy Lau and Tony Leung. It was first aired on TVB Jade in from 9 July to 31 August 1984.
Chor Lau-heung is a Hong Kong wuxia television series adapted from the first three novels in the Chu Liuxiang novel series by Taiwanese writer Gu Long. Adam Cheng starred as the titular protagonist,Chor Lau-heung. The series was first broadcast on TVB on September 3,1979. The 65 episodes long series was divided into four parts:The Legend of Mo-fa (無花傳奇),The Great Desert (大沙漠),Legend of the Divine Palace (神宮傳奇) and The Final Battle (最後一戰).
The Conqueror's Story is a Hong Kong television series based on the events in the Chu–Han Contention,an interregnum between the fall of the Qin dynasty and the founding of the Han dynasty in Chinese history. It was first broadcast in 2004 in Hong Kong on TVB Jade.
The Duke of Mount Deer is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron. It was first aired on TVB in Hong Kong in 1998.
New Asia Middle School,abbreviated as NAMS,is an aided secondary school in Hong Kong. Founded in 1973 by Ch'ien Mu as a non-profit-making Chinese secondary school,the school sits on the former campus of New Asia College –on Farm Road,Kau Pui Lung,Kowloon –after the college became a member of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and moved to Ma Liu Shui in Sha Tin. The spirit of the school is to promote Chinese culture,revive Chinese ethics,and cultivate the New Asian qualities of students.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Basic Law Consultative Committee was an official body established in 1985 to canvass views in Hong Kong on the drafts of the Hong Kong Basic Law.
Dark Tales is a series of Hong Kong television period supernatural dramas that originally aired on Jade from 18 March 1996 to 1 May 1998,consisting of two installments with 75 episodes. Based on Qing Dynasty writer Pu Songling's series of supernatural tales called Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio,Dark Tales is produced by TVB and stars a cast of mainly Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors.
The election for the Hong Kong deputies to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) was held on 19 December 2012. 36 Hong Kong deputies were elected by an electoral college composed of 1,621 members.
New Asia College Ch’ien Mu Library is the library of the New Asia College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
