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The following is an incomplete list of urban settlements, towns, new towns (satellite towns) in Hong Kong. While the Government of Hong Kong is unitary and Hong Kong law does not define cities and towns as subsidiary administrative units, the geographical limits of the City of Victoria, Kowloon and New Kowloon are defined in law. None of these ...
Midtown Manhattan, the largest central business district in the United States. A central business district ( CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city center" or "downtown".
The International Finance Centre (abbreviated as IFC) is a skyscraper and integrated commercial development on the waterfront of Hong Kong's Central District.. A prominent landmark on Hong Kong Island, IFC consists of two skyscrapers (1 IFC and 2 IFC), the IFC mall, and the 55-storey Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, respectively. 2 IFC is the second-tallest building in Hong Kong at a height of ...
The Hong Kong government started developing new towns in the 1950s to accommodate Hong Kong's booming population. During the first phase of development, the newly developed towns were called "satellite towns", a concept borrowed from the United Kingdom, of which Hong Kong was a colony. Kwun Tong, located in eastern Kowloon, and Tsuen Wan ...
Shopping is a popular social activity in Hong Kong, [1] [2] where basic items for sale do not draw any duties, sales taxation, or import taxation. [3] Only specific import goods such as alcohol, tobacco, perfumes, cosmetics, cars and petroleum products have associated taxes. For companies, there is a 17.5% corporate tax, which is lower than ...
Excluding that category, retail sales were up by a still-strong 0.4% in July from June. Retail spending on electronics and at grocery stores also rose robustly last month, up by 1.6% and 1% ...
The idea of weekend markets in Hong Kong come from London retail markets and have become popular since 2000s. The Hong Kong government has made great contribution to this retail culture. In 2013, The Hong Kong Cultural Centre launched the "Creative Market in Partnership” for creative talents to showcase their works.
Getting a job in New York City can be very exciting, but with the city's ever-increasing real estate market, finding an affordable place can put quite the damper on your excitement. As of February ...