World's highest hotel opens in HK

2011-05-11 19:43

occupies floors 102 to 118 inside the ICC, staged its opening ceremony in early May, becoming the world's highest hotel

Witnessing history

2007-06-22 10:23

HK scenery

2007-06-18 17:03

A general view of the Hong Kong Island skyline is seen from the Peak in Hong Kong in the evening of June 16, 2007. [Reuters]

Hong Kong Handover Ceremony in 1997

2007-06-04 10:45

Chinese and British national leaders pose for a group photo at the end of the Hong Kong Handover Ceremony held in Hong Kong on the night of June 30, 1997. The ceremony marked the restoration of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.

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Background

About Hong Kong

HK's advantage as a financial center

Hong Kong's development as a global trading center is set to evolve to its next stage with internationalization of the yuan.

A bridge built for two systems

Blueprint highlights city's future

"Li is giving Hong Kong people a morale boost with the speech he gave this morning." —— Rita Fan, member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee

"Not only is Beijing still comfortable with the rapid pace of offshore renminbi market development, but it is taking its process of internationalization to the next stage." —— Donna H.J. Kwok, economist for greater China economics research, HSBC

"Hopefully more efforts will be made to encourage enterprises to issues bonds, and more means of investment will be added to retail and investment banks." —— Benjamin Hung, chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)