The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) is the first and main art museum of Hong Kong,located in Salisbury Road,Tsim Sha Tsui. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government. HKMoA has an art collection of over 17,000 items. Admission is free for permanent exhibitions. Its rival is the non-government-managed Hong Kong Arts Centre. These two museums are considered to be the top two art museums in Hong Kong that dictate the discourse of art in Hong Kong.
Tsang Tsou-choi,commonly referred to as the "Emperor of Kowloon" was a Hong Kong citizen known for his calligraphy graffiti.
Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon,Hong Kong,aligned south–north from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po. It is lined with shops and restaurants and throngs with visitors,and was known in the post–World War II years as the Golden Mile,a name that is now rarely used. It starts on the southern part of Kowloon at its junction with Salisbury Road,a few metres north of Victoria Harbour,and ends at its intersection with Boundary Street in the north. Portions of the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines run underneath Nathan Road. The total length of Nathan Road is about 3.6 km (2.2 mi).
Tsim Sha Tsui is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan line. The station,originally opened on 16 December 1979 on the Tsuen Wan line,serves the area of Tsim Sha Tsui.
The Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre or Kowloon Mosque is one of five main mosques in Hong Kong. Located in Kowloon,in the Tsim Sha Tsui area at the intersection of Nathan Road and Haiphong Road,beside Kowloon Park,this mosque is currently the largest in Hong Kong. The mosque holds five prayers daily and is capable of accommodating up to 3,500 people.
The Hong Kong Cultural Centre is a multipurpose performance facility in Tsim Sha Tsui,Hong Kong. Located at Salisbury Road,it was built by the former Urban Council and,since 2000,has been administered by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government. A wide variety of cultural performances are held here.
The Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong is responsible for immigration control of Hong Kong. After the People's Republic of China assumed sovereignty of the territory in July 1997,Hong Kong's immigration system remained largely unchanged from its British predecessor model. Residents from mainland China do not have the right of abode in Hong Kong,nor can they enter the territory freely,both before and after 1997. There are different regulations that apply to residents of Macau,another Special Administrative Region of China. In addition,visa-free entry acceptance regulations into Hong Kong for passport holders of some 170 countries remain unchanged before and after 1997.
British nationality law as it pertains to Hong Kong has been unusual ever since Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842. From its beginning as a sparsely populated trading port to today's cosmopolitan international financial centre and world city of over seven million people,the territory has attracted refugees,immigrants and expatriates alike searching for a new life.
Immigration Tower is a skyscraper located in the Wan Chai District of Hong Kong completed in 1990. The tower rises 49 floors and 181 metres (594 ft) in height. Immigration Tower,which stands as the 93rd-tallest building in Hong Kong,is composed entirely of office space. The building houses government offices,principally those of the Immigration Department.
Gill Mohindepaul Singh,better known by his Chinese stage name Q Bobo,is an Indian–Hong Kong actor working under TVB.
Jonathan Jack Sealy,commonly known as Jack Sealy,is an English-born Hong Kong professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club HKFC.
YMCA of Hong Kong was established in 1901 as a charitable organization in Hong Kong,headquartered in Salisbury Road,Tsim Sha Tsui,Kowloon. It is dedicated to the furtherance of justice,peace,hope and truth in the Hong Kong and international community. It serves the community with cares for the people in needs and provides sponsorship for the events in Hong Kong. It is well known with its service of toy recycling for children.
Outbound Travel Alert System is a travel advice system for residents of Hong Kong who are travelling overseas. Based on risk assessments by the Security Bureau of the Hong Kong Government,it advises travellers from Hong Kong of the potential risk to personal safety in other countries or regions in the current environment.
Alan John Carter was a British and Hong Kong immigration official. He was the Director of Immigration of Hong Kong from 1983 to 1989,being the last expatriate to hold the office. He died in April 2016 at the age of 86.
Hong Kong–mainland China relations refer to the relationship between Mainland China and Hong Kong. According to the 1997 Sino-British Joint Declaration,the United Kingdom handed control of Hong Kong over to the People's Republic of China,making it a special administrative region. In principle,Hong Kong became an autonomous administrative division based on the Hong Kong Basic Law.
The month of September in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests saw again citywide unrest. Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on 4 September that the extradition bill,in suspension since July,would be fully withdrawn,which fulfilled one of the five demands of the protesters. Also,following an earlier promise,Lam held a discussion session with randomly selected members of the public on 26 September. These acts,however,had little to no effect on the protests,as protesters insisted that all of the five demands be met. That this latter goal would be hard,if not impossible,to achieve –due to the very limited room given to Lam's administration by mainland Chinese authorities,as transpired from comments by officials –did not discourage the protesters from continuing to take to the streets.
In October 2019,the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests saw a further escalation of violence. It became evident that the protests were unlikely to end soon,and that they posed the biggest popular challenge to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping since his ascension to CCP general secretary in 2012. To bring the situation under control,Chief Executive Carrie Lam invoked colonial-era powers to impose an anti-mask law,aimed at preventing protesters from hiding their identity. Observers considered the law,which came into force on 4 October,as a precedent for possible wider use of emergency powers at the expense of citizens' freedoms and in addition democratic rights,as they even saw the possibility of the upcoming District Council elections being cancelled based on the emergency law. The mask ban did,however,not achieve the desired effect,but rather proved a further focal point of protests. In November,the High Court ruled the mask ban to be unconstitutional,although in April 2020,an Appeal Court ruled that it was constitutional in the case of unlawful assemblies.
The 2019 Prince Edward station attack,also known as the 31 August MTR station incident,was an incident in which Hong Kong police indiscriminately attacked passengers while arresting protesters who were returning home via Prince Edward station,on the night of 31 August 2019,after a protest was held that same day. The event was described as the police version of the 2019 Yuen Long attack,and the police have been criticised as acting like terrorists. Rumours have been circulated that several protesters were beaten to death at the station,but the police have rejected allegations. However,a mourning vigil was set up by a group of residents outside one exit of the station.
"Liberate Hong Kong,revolution of our times" is a slogan used by social movements in Hong Kong. The slogan was first used in 2016 by Hong Kong Indigenous spokesman Edward Leung as his campaign theme and slogan for the 2016 New Territories East by-election. He emphasised that anyone could take part in innovation and change regardless of age,hence the use of the phrase "revolution of our times". In the legislative election held later that year,Youngspiration,which was cooperating with Hong Kong Indigenous as Leung was banned from running by the Electoral Affairs Commission,also used the slogan for their campaign.
Few protests took place in December 2020 and there was no large-scale demonstrations in threat of the national security law. The imprisonment of Joshua Wong,Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam on 2 December aroused attention of the International community.
