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Fixed-line phone numbers were either six- or seven-digit in the 1980s. Area codes were assigned with the following patterns. 3 Kowloon, New Kowloon, Ha Kwai Chung and Sai Kung; 5 Hong Kong Island and Outlying Islands; 0 New Territories; Cellular phone numbers are all eight-digit starting with '9'.
376 – Andorra (formerly 33 628) 377 – Monaco (formerly 33 93) 378 – San Marino (interchangeably with 39 0549; earlier was allocated 295 but never used) 379 – Vatican City (assigned but uses 39 06698). 38 – formerly assigned to Yugoslavia until its break-up in 1991. 380 – Ukraine. 381 – Serbia.
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.
Hong Kong International Airport, which employed about 60,000 people at the start of 2024, [7] is an important contributor to Hong Kong's economy. The economic contribution generated by Hong Kong’s aviation industry in 2008 amounted to HK$78 billion in value-added, 4.6% of Hong Kong’s GDP.
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 in administration consists of 18 districts in 3 different regions. The 3 regions are: Hong Kong Island (HK), Kowloon (KLN), and the New Territories (NT). [ 11][ 12] The New Territories has the most districts (9), followed by Kowloon (5) and lastly Hong Kong Island (4). The population density per district varies from 1,021 (Islands) to ...
Tâi-lô. Káng-thih. The Mass Transit Railway ( MTR) is a major public transport network serving Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus services, centred around a 10-line rapid transit network, serving the urbanised areas of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories.
DBTS provides a high-speed ferry service between the Discovery Bay Ferry Pier and Pier 3 in Central District on Hong Kong Island.The travel time of approximately 25–30 minutes with frequency of around 20–30 minutes during most times of the day; additional services are operated during peak hours.