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Hongkong History

Hongkong began  as a coastal island geographically located in southern China.While pockets of settlements had taken place in the region with archaeological findings dating back thousands of years,regularly written recirds wre not made until the engagement of imperial China and the British Colony in the territory.Starting out as a fishing village,salt production site and trading ground,it would evolve into a military port of strategic importance and eventually an international financial centre that enjoys the world’s 14th highest GDP(PPP)per capita,supporting 33% of the foreign capitl flows into China

The new millennium signalled a series of events.A sizeble portion of the population that was previously against the hanover found itself living with the adjument.Article 23 became a controversy,and led to a marches in different parts of hongkong with as many as 750,000 people out of a population of approximately 6,800,000 at the time.The goverment also dealt with the SARS outbreak in 2003.Other heath crisis such as the Bird Flu Pandemic(H5N1) gained momentum from the late 90s.and led to the disposal of millions of chicken and poultry.At the same time,the economy is trying to rebound fiscally.Hongkong Disneyland was also introduced in the  much turbulent time.In a very short time,the political climate heated up and the Chief Executive position would be challenged culturally,politically and managerially.

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