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Hongkong

  • a variation of Hong Kong.
    Hong Kong
    noun
    a special administrative region of China, formerly a British colony, comprising Hong Kong Island (29 sq. mi.; 75 sq. km), the southern part of Kowloon peninsula, nearby islands, and the New Territories in adjacent mainland southeast China: reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. 427 sq. mi. (1,106 sq. km).

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Property companies Hongkong Land, City Developments and UOL Group rose 4.2%, 4.1% and 3.65%, respectively.Index heavyweights DBS Group and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. were little moved.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

Last week, Hongkong Post said it was suspending packages sent to the US by sea and, from 27 April, would stop accepting parcels destined for America.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2025

When Zaron filed its last annual return, in April 2016, the office belonged to Hongkong Keyray Accountants.

From New York Times Oct. 16, 2019

It dwarfed it surroundings and upstaged its neighbour and rival: the expensive, British-owned Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation headquarters, designed by Norman Foster.

From The Guardian May 17, 2019

Hongkong is neither a “settlement” nor a “concession.”

From Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse by Samuel Merwin

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