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3 hours ago · This shifted in the late-1970s with new waves of Chinese migrants coming from Vietnam, mainland China, and Hong Kong. Following new security laws imposed by China onto Hong Kong, the United Kingdom offered a pathway to residency to British National (Overseas) passport holders residing in Hong Kong - the majority of whom are ethnically Chinese.
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1 day ago · Hong Xiuquan, a failed civil service candidate, in 1851 launched an uprising in Guizhou province, and established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with Hong himself as king. Hong announced that he had visions of God and that he was the brother of Jesus Christ. Slavery, concubinage, arranged marriage, opium smoking, footbinding, judicial torture ...
1 day ago · Hong Kong: Polygamy ended with the passing of the Marriage Act of 1971 when the country was a crown colony under the former flag . Previous unions entered into under customary law are recognised in some situations. Israel: Polygamy has been banned for all confessional communities since at least 1959.
1 day ago · Pakistanis in Hong Kong were given full British citizenship in 1997 during the handover of Hong Kong, when it ceased being a British colony to prevent them being made stateless. Previously, as Hong Kong residents, they held the status of British Overseas Territories citizens. Religion. Over 90% of Pakistanis in the UK are Muslims.
1 day ago · Similarly, with the introduction of China's Individual Visit Scheme in 2003, which effectively grants Mainland residents an unlimited entry travel visa to Hong Kong, and following the 2008 Chinese milk scandal and other food safety incidents in China an influx of Mainland residents travel regularly to Hong Kong to buy baby formula and other daily necessities. In the process, this influx caused shortages of supply for Hong Kong parents and escalated rents; it also greatly harmed the ...
1 day ago · Sri Lankans are unable to travel to Hong Kong, China, Indonesia and the Phillippines, four of the world's most important markets, without a complex visa application process with a hefty visa fee. [8] Despite demands from citizens and civil society groups, Sri Lanka has largely been unsuccessful in expanding visa-free travel for its citizens. [9]
3 hours ago · 香港 （ホンコン [注 2] 、 中国語: 香港; イェール式広東語: Hēunggóng; 拼音: Xiānggǎng 、 英語: Hong Kong ）は、 中華人民共和国 の南部にある 特別行政区 である。. 正式名称は 中華人民共和国香港特別行政区 （ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこくホンコンとくべつ ...
