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5 Hong Kong Island and Outlying Islands; 12 New Territories; There was no standard trunk prefix like '0' – only the area code and phone number were dialed when calling from one area code to another. Thus the Kowloon number xxx-xxx would have been dialed as follows: xxx-xxx – from within Kowloon; 3 xxx-xxx – from Hong Kong Island or New ...
Worldwide distribution of country calling codes. Regions are coloured by first digit. Country calling codes, country dial-in codes, international subscriber dialing (ISD) codes, or most commonly, telephone country codes are telephone number prefixes for reaching telephone subscribers in foreign countries or areas via international telecommunication networks.
Cambodia (001 – Telecom Cambodia, 007 – Royal Telecom International) Colombia (005, 007, 009) Indonesia (001, 007, 008) South Korea (see Telephone numbers in South Korea#International call carrier codes) Taiwan (see Telephone numbers in Taiwan#International dialling) Thailand (see Telephone numbers in Thailand#International dialling) 010 ...
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport ( Chinese: 香港特別行政區護照) is a passport issued only to permanent residents of Hong Kong who also hold Chinese citizenship. [ 2] In accordance with the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, since the handover in 1997, the passport has been issued by the ...
British Military Hospital, Hong Kong, 1907–1996; Lai Chi Kok Hospital, 1938–2004; Hong Kong Central Hospital, 1966–2012; Nam Long Hospital, 1967–2003; Victoria Hospital, Hong Kong, 1903–1945
Hong Kong[ e] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities [ f] in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated territories in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing ...
Hong Kong Island in 1840 by Stoddart R.N. Hong Kong Island is the second-largest island of the territory, the largest being Lantau Island. Its area is 78.59 km 2 (30.34 sq mi), including 6.98 km 2 (2.69 sq mi) of land reclaimed since 1887 and some smaller scale ones since 1851. It makes up approximately 7% of the total territory.
North Lantau Highway is an expressway forming part of Hong Kong's Route 8, linking Hong Kong International Airport and Lantau Island with the rest of the territory. The road has three lanes in each direction for its entire length with full-width hard shoulders for emergencies and breakdowns. The speed limit is 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph ...