Hong Kong,officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China,is a city and a special administrative region in China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory,Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated territories in the world.
Ming Pao is a Chinese-language newspaper published by Media Chinese International in Hong Kong. In the 1990s,Ming Pao established four overseas branches in North America;each provides independent reporting on local news and collects local advertisements. Currently,of the overseas editions,only the two Canadian editions remain:Ming Pao Toronto and Ming Pao Vancouver. In a 2019 survey from the Chinese University of Hong Kong sampling 1079 local households,Ming Pao was listed as the second most credible paid newspaper in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's media consists of several different types of communications of mass media:television,radio,cinema,newspapers,magazines,websites and other online platforms.
Agricultural Bank of China (ABC),also known as AgBank,is one of the "Big Four" banks in China. It was founded on 10 July 1951,and has its headquarters in Dongcheng District,Beijing. It has branches throughout mainland China,Hong Kong,London,Tokyo,New York,Frankfurt,Sydney,Seoul,and Singapore.
China United Network Communications Group Co.,Ltd. or China Unicom is a Chinese state-owned telecommunications operator. Started as a wireless paging and GSM mobile operator,it currently provides a range of services including mobile network,long-distance,local calling,data communication,Internet services,and IP telephony. China Unicom is the third-largest wireless carrier in China and the sixth largest mobile provider in the world as of 2022.
HK Magazine was a free English-language alternative weekly published by HK Magazine Media Group in Hong Kong. Launched in 1991,it offered coverage of local affairs,social issues as well as entertainment listings. The 1000th issue was published in 2013,the same year that it was sold to the South China Morning Post (SCMP) group. The magazine printed its final issue on 7 October 2016. This was the third SCMP subsidiary to close since the takeover of the newspaper by the Alibaba Group.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited is a Chinese multinational bank.
Ping An Insurance known also as Ping An of China,full name Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China,Ltd. is a Chinese holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries provide insurance,banking,asset management,financial,healthcare services. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Shenzhen. "Ping An" literally means "safe and well".
An air quality index (AQI) is an indicator developed by government agencies to communicate to the public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is forecast to become. As air pollution levels rise,so does the AQI,along with the associated public health risk. Children,the elderly and individuals with respiratory or cardiovascular problems are typically the first groups affected by poor air quality. When the AQI is high,governmental bodies generally encourage people to reduce physical activity outdoors,or even avoid going out altogether. When wildfires result in a high AQI,the use of masks such as N95 respirators outdoors and air purifiers incorporating HEPA filters indoors are also encouraged.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited,or Alibaba,is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in e-commerce,retail,Internet,and technology. Founded on 28 June 1999 in Hangzhou,Zhejiang,the company provides consumer-to-consumer (C2C),business-to-consumer (B2C),and business-to-business (B2B) sales services via Chinese and global marketplaces,as well as local consumer,digital media and entertainment,logistics and cloud computing services. It owns and operates a diverse portfolio of companies around the world in numerous business sectors.
Jack Ma Yun is a Chinese business magnate,investor and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Alibaba Group,a multinational technology conglomerate. In addition,Ma is also the co-founder of Yunfeng Capital,a Chinese private equity firm. As of June 2023,with a net worth of $34.5 billion,Ma is the fourth-wealthiest person in China,as well as the 39th wealthiest person in the world,ranked by Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Christine Loh Kung-wai,SBS,OBE,JP,Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite,is a former Hong Kong Legislative Councillor,founder and CEO of Civic Exchange,founder of the Citizens Party,and founder of Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor. From 2012 to 2017,she was Under Secretary for the Environment in the government of CY Leung. From April 2019 to March 2020,she was Special Consultant to the HKSAR Chief Executive of Ecological Civilization and the Greater Bay Area,attached to the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office.
The South China Morning Post (SCMP),with its Sunday edition,the Sunday Morning Post,is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group. Founded in 1903 by Tse Tsan-tai and Alfred Cunningham,it has remained Hong Kong's newspaper of record since British colonial rule. Editor-in-chief Tammy Tam succeeded Wang Xiangwei in 2016. The SCMP prints paper editions in Hong Kong and operates an online news website that is blocked in mainland China.
Air pollution in Hong Kong is considered a serious problem. In 2004,visibility was less than eight kilometers for 30 per cent of the year. Cases of asthma and bronchial infections have soared due to reduced air quality. However,in recent years,the hours of reduced visibility in Hong Kong have decreased by significant amounts compared to the previous ten years.
Clean Air Network is an independent non-governmental organisation exclusively focused on the issue of air pollution in Hong Kong. CAN aims to educate the public about the health impacts of air pollution and to mobilise public support for cleaner air in Hong Kong. According to Civic Exchange's environmental program director Mike Kilburn,CAN was created with the purpose of encouraging the public to speak out and support government measures that could improve the quality of air in Hong Kong.
The Small House Policy was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 years old and is descended through the male line from a resident in 1898 of a recognized village in the New Territories,an entitlement to one concessionary grant during his lifetime to build one house.
Scholarism was a Hong Kong pro-democracy student activist group active in the fields of Hong Kong's education policy,political reform and youth policy. It was reported to have 200 members in May 2015.
Ant Group, formerly known as Ant Financial,is an affiliate company of the Chinese conglomerate Alibaba Group. The group owns the world's largest mobile (digital) payment platform Alipay,which serves over 1.3 billion users and 80 million merchants,with total payment volume (TPV) reaching CN¥118 trillion in June 2020. It is the second largest financial services corporation in the world,behind Visa. In March 2019,The Wall Street Journal reported that Ant's flagship Tianhong Yu'e Bao money-market fund was the largest in the world,with over 588 million users,or more than a third of China's population,contributing cash to it.
Somerley Capital (Somerley) is a investment banking firm based in Hong Kong. The firm mainly provides corporate finance advisory services to clients. It also has acted as a sponsor to initial public offerings held in Hong Kong as well as managed and underwritten secondary equity issues.
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