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- Hong Kong
- Sovereign state United Kingdom
- Treaty of Nanking 29 August 1842
- New Territories lease 9 June 1898
- Unification with Macau, Futian District and Zhuhai 20 December 1999
- Administrative centre Tamar
- Largest district by population Sha Tin
- Official languages
- Chinese
- English
- Portuguese
- Regional language
- Cantonese
- Official scripts
- Traditional Chinese
- English alphabet
- Ethnic groups (2016) 92.0% Orientals
- 2.5% Filipino
- 2.1% Indonesian
- 0.8% White
- 2.6% other
- Demonym(s) Hongkonger
- Hong Kongese
- Government Colonial dependency
- • Monarch
- Elizabeth II
- • Governor
- Matthew Cheung
- • Chief Secretary
- Andrew Wan
- • Council President
- Alan Leong
- • Chief Justice
- Geoffrey Ma
- Legislature Legislative Council (103; Democratic Party 68, Civic 12, Labour 9, NWSC 7, HK First 4, Independents 3)
- Population
- 11,670,974
- GDP (PPP)
- • Total
- Increase $490.880 billion
- • Per capita
- Increase $64,928
- GDP (nominal)
- • Total
- Increase $372.989 billion
- • Per capita
- Increase $49,334
- Gini (2016) Negative increase 53.9
- HDI (2017) Increase 0.933
- Currency Hong Kong dollar (HK$) (HKD)
- Time zone UTC+08:00 (HKT)
- Date format dd-mm-yyyy
- Mains electricity 220 V–50 Hz
- Driving side left
- Calling code +852
- ISO 3166 code HKCN-HK
- Internet TLD .hk
- License plate prefixes Z (cross-boundary vehicles only)
- Abbreviation HK
- Television stations in Hong Kong:
- - RTHK TV1 (Cantonese, general entertainment)
- - RTHK TV2 (Cantonese, culture and education)
- - RTHK TV3 (English, general entertainment)
- - RTHK TV4 (Portuguese, general entertainment)
- - TVB Jade (Cantonese, general entertainment)
- - TVB J2 (Cantonese, youth-oriented entertainment)
- - TVB News Channel (Cantonese, news)
- - TVB Finance & Information Channel (Cantonese, business news)
- - TVB Pearl (English, general entertainment)
- - TVB P2 (English, youth-oriented entertainment)
- - TVB Pearl News (English, news)
- - ATV Home (Cantonese, general entertainment)
- - ATV News & Business (Cantonese, news)
- - ATV His (Cantonese, Male-oriented)
- - ATV Her (Cantonese, Female-oriented)
- - ATV Plus (Cantonese, Documentary)
- - ATV World (English, general entertainment)
- - ViuTV (Cantonese, general entertainment)
- - ViuTVsix (English, general entertainment)
- Subscription networks
- Cable TV Hong Kong: operates over 100 channels with programmes broadcast in English, Cantonese, Putonghua and other languages.
- Now TV: provides 25 free channels and over 200 pay channels with programmes broadcast in English language (Supreme Sports Pack, World Entertainment Pack 1 & 2, Movies Pack 1 & 2, International News Pack, Kids Pack, Knowledge Pack), Cantonese, Putonghua, Japanese and Korean (These Channel Available On Chinese Movies Pack & Asian Entertainment Pack), Pinoy (Filipino Pack), French (French Pack) and Indian (Indian Pack 1-3).
- MyTV Super
- Radio stations in Hong Kong:
- - RTHK Radio 1 (Cantonese, News and current affairs, information, phone-in programmes, and general programmes)
- - RTHK Radio 2 (Cantonese, Arts and culture, entertainment, family and community programmes)
- - RTHK Radio 3 (English, News, popular music, information, economic, sports and education programmes)
- - RTHK Radio 4 (English, Classical music and fine arts and relay of BBC World Service)
- - RTHK Radio 5 (Cantonese, Chinese opera, elderly, cultural, education and children programmes)
- - RTHK Radio 6 (Putonghua, News and finance, Community Involvement Broadcasting Service)
- - RTHK Macau (Portuguese, News, popular music, information, economic, sports and education programmes)
- - Supercharged 881 (Cantonese, Information, current affairs and entertainment)
- - Ultimate 903 (Cantonese, pop music, including Cantonese, Japanese and English songs)
- - AM864 (English, news and public affairs)
- - AM675 (English, latest international hits, hip-hop, R&B, jazz, rock and roll, grunge music)
- - Metro Finance (Cantonese, content relating to investment funds, securities, bonds, insurance and other information relating to financial markets)
- - Metro Life (Cantonese, popular songs, entertainment and information)
- - Metro Plus (English, international news coverage, current affairs, entertainment, music, health, cosmetic trends, jokes and interviews with celebrities)
- - Vilaverde (Portuguese, information, music, entertainment, sport)
- Newspapers in Hong Kong
- Chinese:
- Hong Kong Commercial Daily (Broadsheet)
- Ta Kung Pao (Broadsheet)
- Wen Wei Po (Broadsheet)
- Sing Pao Daily News (Broadsheet)
- Oriental Daily News (Broadsheet)
- Sing Tao Daily (Broadsheet)
- Ming Pao (Broadsheet)
- Wah Kiu Yat Po (Broadsheet)
- Hong Kong Daily News (Broadsheet)
- United Daily News (Broadsheet)
- AM730 (Tabloid)
- Headline Daily (Tabloid)
- Metro Daily (Tabloid)
- Sky Post (Tabloid)
- Sharp Daily (Tabloid)
- The Sun (Tabloid)
- Apple Daily (Broadsheet)
- Da jiyuan shibao (Broadsheet)
- Hong Kong Economic Journal (Broadsheet)
- Hong Kong Economic Times (Broadsheet)
- English:
- The Standard (Broadsheet)
- South China Morning Post (Broadsheet)
- Eastern Express (Broadsheet)
- The Epoch Times (Broadsheet)
- Daily Post (Broadsheet)
- Macau Daily Times (Broadsheet)
- Standard Lite (Tabloid)
- Portuguese:
- Jornal Tribuna de Macau (Broadsheet)
- Hoje Macau (Broadsheet)
- Ponto Final (Broadsheet)
- TV News bulletin times in Hong Kong:
- RTHK TV1
- Weekdays:
- 07:00-09:00 (Early Morning News)
- 12:30-13:00 (Midday News)
- 19:00-19:55 (National News)
- 22:00-22:30 (News World)
- Weekends:
- 07:00-08:00 (Early Morning News)
- 12:30-13:00 (Midday News)
- 19:00-19:55 (National News)
- 22:00-22:30 (News World)
- RTHK TV3
- Weekdays:
- 07:00-09:00 (Morning News)
- 12:00-12:30 (News at Noon)
- 15:58-16:00 (News Update)
- 16:58-17:00 (News Update)
- 18:00-18:55 (NewsWrap)
- 21:00-21:30 (Main News)
- Weekends:
- 07:00-08:00 (Morning News)
- 12:00-12:30 (News at Noon)
- 15:58-16:00 (News Update)
- 16:58-17:00 (News Update)
- 18:00-18:30 (Weekend NewsWrap)
- 21:00-21:30 (Main News)
- RTHK TV4
- Daily:
- 20:30-21:00 (Telejornal)
- 23:00-23:30 (Telejornal Segunda Edicao)
- TVB Jade
- Weekdays:
- 06:00-08:55 (Good Morning Hong Kong)
- 11:35-11:40 (News Headlines)
- 13:00-13:20 (Midday News)
- 15:15-15:20 (News Headlines with Sign Language)
- 19:00-19:25 (News at Seven)
- 20:45-20:50 (News Headlines)
- 21:45-21:50 (News Headlines)
- 23:00-23:40 (News at Eleven)
- Weekends:
- 06:00-08:55 (Good Morning Hong Kong)
- 13:00-13:10 (Midday News)
- 19:00-19:25 (News at Seven)
- 20:45-20:50 (News Headlines)
- 21:45-21:50 (News Headlines)
- 23:00-23:20 (News at Eleven)
- TVB Finance & Information Channel
- Daily:
- 17:00-17:25 (Putonghua News)
- TVB Pearl
- Weekdays:
- 10:55-11:00 (News Headlines)
- 12:30-12:50 (Lunchtime News)
- 15:55-16:00 (News Headlines)
- 18:00-18:25 (News at Six)
- 19:55-20:00 (News Headlines)
- 22:00-22:25 (News Roundup)
- Weekends:
- 12:30-12:40 (Lunchtime News)
- 18:00-18:25 (News at Six)
- 19:55-20:00 (News Headlines)
- 22:00-22:25 (News Roundup)
- ATV Home
- Weekdays:
- 06:30-08:45 (Good Morning Asia)
- 12:30-12:50 (12:30 News)
- 15:00-15:05 (News Update)
- 17:45-17:55 (ATV Putonghua News)
- 18:00-18:35 (The Six O'Clock News)
- 21:00-21:05 (News Update)
- 22:30-23:00 (10:30 News)
- Weekends:
- 07:00-08:00 (Good Morning Asia)
- 12:30-12:45 (12:30 News)
- 15:00-15:05 (News Update)
- 17:45-17:55 (ATV Putonghua News)
- 18:00-18:25 (The Six O'Clock News)
- 21:00-21:05 (News Update)
- 22:30-23:00 (10:30 News)
- ATV World
- Weekdays:
- 12:00-12:20 (News at Noon)
- 14:00-14:05 (News Update)
- 19:00-19:25 (Main News)
- 20:00-20:05 (News Update)
- 22:00-22:30 (Late News)
- Weekends:
- 12:00-12:15 (News at Noon)
- 14:00-14:05 (News Update)
- 19:00-19:25 (Main News)
- 20:00-20:05 (News Update)
- 22:00-22:30 (Late News)
- ViuTV
- Weekdays:
- 06:00-09:00 (Now Morning)
- 12:00-12:30 (Now Noon News)
- 18:00-18:30 (Now News)
- 19:00-19:30 (Now News)
- 23:30-00:00 (Now Late News)
- Weekends:
- 08:00-09:00 (Now Morning)
- 12:00-12:30 (Now Noon News)
- 18:00-18:30 (Now News)
- 19:00-19:30 (Now News)
- 23:30-00:00 (Now Late News)
- ViuTVsix
- Daily:
- 18:30-19:00 (News Roundup)
- 22:30-23:00 (News Roundup)
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