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  • Who are we to tell the Thai teenager to put away his electric guitar (manufactured down the road in Hongkong anyway)?

    More on Cultural Appropriation Hal Duncan 2006

  • I know that these rogues find other places, for example Mugabe is hiding money in Hongkong.

    Global Voices in English » Ghana: Bloggers React to Obama’s Speech 2009

  • Once known as the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, HSBC wants to be known today as "the world's local bank."

    A Banking Giant's Moral Bankruptcy on Iran David Feith 2010

  • Having visited the various points of interest about Hongkong, which is really a part of the British Empire (ceded by the Chinese in 1841) though a vast majority of its residents are Chinese, I decided to have a look at a real Chinese city, Canton, located about ninety miles up the

    Wanderings in the Orient

  • Hongkong, which is not worth the most insignificant of the Philippines, has more commercial movement than all the islands together, because it is free and is well governed.

    The Indolence of the Filipino Jos�� Rizal 1878

  • The bank - known as the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. until it moved to London in 1993 - opened a branch in San Francisco's Chinatown in December, on the original site of its first U.S. branch, founded in 1866.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • The bank - known as the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. until it moved to London in 1993 - opened a branch in San Francisco's Chinatown in December, on the original site of its first U.S. branch, founded in 1866.

    All Today's News - Sightline Daily 2010

  • Attorney-General had said that Malaysia has no jurisdiction for offences in Hongkong, which is not true.

    unknown title 2009

  • For enquiries, please call the Hongkong Post Hotline 2921 2222 or visit the ShopThruPost website at (www. shopthrupost.hk).

    Media Newswire 2009

  • Hongkong which is considered atleast as a business rival to Singapore had considereably improved its appeal for the expatriates in terms of personal security, healthcare infrastructure, but, fell short in terms of air pollution which is considered to be more severe than what it is in Singapore.

    Asian Expatriates Vote for Singapore 2008

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