Hong+Kong

=2013 IASL Bookmark Project=

In 2013, Years 3 and 4 are swapping bookmarks with students from [|Cheung Chau Sacred Heart School]in Hong Kong. Click the link to see pictures (The writing on their website is in Chinese).

Cheung Chau Sacred Heart School is at No.1 Church Road, Tung Wan, Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. Click [|here] to see some of their classrooms and their Library! Click [|here] to see their teachers. (I wonder which one is the library teacher, Miss Oi Shuen Hui?) Click [|here] to see some of the kids.
 * On these pages you will need to click the magnifier to see up close.

About Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special part of China. The name Hong Kong means 'fragrant harbour'. The people speak Mandarin, Cantonese and English.

Over 7 million people live in Hong Kong. Nearly all of them are Chinese. There are also people from India, Pakistan, and Vietnam and people come from all over the world to work there.

Hong Kong does not have enough land to have farms and it does not have natural resources like Australia does. It imports most of its food and raw materials. It is a trading centre, with low taxes and free trade. It exports goods made in factories in other parts of China and they focus on IT, banking, and business. Many businesses have their HQ in Hong Kong.

Click here to see a map of [|Hong Kong] and [|here] to see it on a world map.

Most people have no religion but by law people can have any religion they like. The main religions are Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.



History
People have lived in the Hong Kong area for more than 35,000 years, and it was part of the Chinese Empire for many centuries. In the 19th century it became part of the British Empire but it was invaded by the Japanese during World War 2. After the war ended the British took control again and Hong Kong did not return to Chinese rule until 1997. Hong Kong has mostly modern buildings but some old buildings look like buildings in Melbourne, because they were both built by the British.

Transport
Hong Kong has modern transport. They have high speed trains, double decker trams and buses, and of course cars, motorbikes and bicycles.

As well as modern shipping, there is also a traditional ferry that goes from Hong Kong to Kowloon. It looks a bit like the ferries on Sydney Harbour.

Hong Kong's International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the world, and many people think it is the best airport ever. It is used by travellers from all over the world, especially for stopovers when they are travelling a long way. It is famous for great shopping and fantastic food!

Weather and Climate
Hong Long is not far from the Equator so it has a subtropical climate with four seasons. Their summers and winters are opposite to ours - they have winter when we have summer and vice versa.
 * Spring is the rainiest season.
 * Summer: hot and humid, with showers and thunderstorms. Sometimes there are typhoons which can cause floods or landslides.
 * Summer is warm and sunny.
 * Winters are cool and mainly dry.

Sports and culture
The most popular sports in Hong Kong are football, basketball, swimming, badminton, table tennis, cycling and running but also martial arts like karate.

Hong Kong is famous for making movies, especially martial arts movies, but it is also the centre of Cantopop music which is part Chinese, part Western music.

They have two TV stations plus cable and satellite. They make their own Chinese TV shows including soap dramas, comedy series, and variety shows.

There are many great places for swimming along the coast.

[[image:Hong_Kong Emblem.png width="279" height="383" align="left" caption="Hong Kong Emblem (Wikipedia Commons)"]]Click these links to learn more about Hong Kong.
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