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The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is the seventh-largest in the world, with a market capitalisation of HK$30.4 trillion (US$3.87 trillion) as of December 2018. [224] Hong Kong is ranked as the 18th most innovative territory in the Global Innovation Index in 2024, [ 225 ] and 3rd in the Global Financial Centres Index . [ 226 ]
The 17 public holidays (Chinese: 公眾假期), also called bank holidays (Chinese: 銀行假期), are set by the General Holidays Ordinance.. According to the Employment Ordinance, 13 of the 17 public holidays are compulsory for employers to give to the employees.
Hong Kong 1 July march in 2011. On 1 July of each year since the 1997 handover, a march is led by the Civil Human Rights Front.It has become the annual platform for demanding universal suffrage, calling for observance and preservation civil liberties such as free speech, venting dissatisfaction with the Hong Kong Government or the chief executive, rallying against actions of the Pro-Beijing camp.
During the 2014-2015 racing season the Hong Kong Jockey Club attracted about HK$138.8 million (US$17.86 million) per race more that any other track in the world. Hong Kong Jockey Club broke its own record during the 2016-2017 season with a turnover of HK$216.5 billion and paid the government HK$21.7 billion in duty and profits tax, an all-time ...
The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar.According to Wu Jun, it dates back to the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD).
During British rule, Liberation Day celebration took place in Hong Kong on the last Monday in August to commemorate the liberation of Hong Kong from Japanese occupation on 30 August 1945. [1]
Hong Kong; Nickname(s) The Dragons (蛟龍) The Strength (勁揪): Association: Football Association of Hong Kong, China (HKFA) 中國香港足球總會: Confederation: AFC (Asia): Sub-confederation
The Dragon Boat Festival (traditional Chinese: 端午節; simplified Chinese: 端午节; pinyin: Duānwǔ jié) is a traditional Chinese holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or early June in the Gregorian calendar.