Hong Kong

Sovereign state United Kingdom

Treaty of Nanking 29 August 1842

New Territories lease 9 June 1898

Unification with Macau, Futian District and Zhuhai 20 December 1999

Administrative centre Tamar

Largest district by population Sha Tin

Official languages

Chinese

English

Portuguese

Regional language

Cantonese

Official scripts

Traditional Chinese

English alphabet

Ethnic groups (2016) 92.0% Orientals

2.5% Filipino

2.1% Indonesian

0.8% White

2.6% other

Demonym(s) Hongkonger

Hong Kongese

Government Colonial dependency

• Monarch

Elizabeth II

• Governor

Matthew Cheung

• Chief Secretary

Andrew Wan

• Council President

Alan Leong

• Chief Justice

Geoffrey Ma

Legislature Legislative Council (103; Democratic Party 68, Civic 12, Labour 9, NWSC 7, HK First 4, Independents 3)

Population

11,670,974

GDP (PPP)

• Total

Increase $490.880 billion

• Per capita

Increase $64,928

GDP (nominal)

• Total

Increase $372.989 billion

• Per capita

Increase $49,334

Gini (2016) Negative increase 53.9

HDI (2017) Increase 0.933

Currency Hong Kong dollar (HK$) (HKD)

Time zone UTC+08:00 (HKT)

Date format dd-mm-yyyy

Mains electricity 220 V–50 Hz

Driving side left

Calling code +852

ISO 3166 code HKCN-HK

Internet TLD .hk

License plate prefixes Z (cross-boundary vehicles only)

Abbreviation HK

Television stations in Hong Kong:

- RTHK TV1 (Cantonese, general entertainment)

- RTHK TV2 (Cantonese, culture and education)

- RTHK TV3 (English, general entertainment)

- RTHK TV4 (Portuguese, general entertainment)

- TVB Jade (Cantonese, general entertainment)

- TVB J2 (Cantonese, youth-oriented entertainment)

- TVB News Channel (Cantonese, news)

- TVB Finance & Information Channel (Cantonese, business news)

- TVB Pearl (English, general entertainment)

- TVB P2 (English, youth-oriented entertainment)

- TVB Pearl News (English, news)

- ATV Home (Cantonese, general entertainment)

- ATV News & Business (Cantonese, news)

- ATV His (Cantonese, Male-oriented)

- ATV Her (Cantonese, Female-oriented)

- ATV Plus (Cantonese, Documentary)

- ATV World (English, general entertainment)

- ViuTV (Cantonese, general entertainment)

- ViuTVsix (English, general entertainment)

Subscription networks

Cable TV Hong Kong: operates over 100 channels with programmes broadcast in English, Cantonese, Putonghua and other languages.

Now TV: provides 25 free channels and over 200 pay channels with programmes broadcast in English language (Supreme Sports Pack, World Entertainment Pack 1 & 2, Movies Pack 1 & 2, International News Pack, Kids Pack, Knowledge Pack), Cantonese, Putonghua, Japanese and Korean (These Channel Available On Chinese Movies Pack & Asian Entertainment Pack), Pinoy (Filipino Pack), French (French Pack) and Indian (Indian Pack 1-3).

MyTV Super

Radio stations in Hong Kong:

- RTHK Radio 1 (Cantonese, News and current affairs, information, phone-in programmes, and general programmes)

- RTHK Radio 2 (Cantonese, Arts and culture, entertainment, family and community programmes)

- RTHK Radio 3 (English, News, popular music, information, economic, sports and education programmes)

- RTHK Radio 4 (English, Classical music and fine arts and relay of BBC World Service)

- RTHK Radio 5 (Cantonese, Chinese opera, elderly, cultural, education and children programmes)

- RTHK Radio 6 (Putonghua, News and finance, Community Involvement Broadcasting Service)

- RTHK Macau (Portuguese, News, popular music, information, economic, sports and education programmes)

- Supercharged 881 (Cantonese, Information, current affairs and entertainment)

- Ultimate 903 (Cantonese, pop music, including Cantonese, Japanese and English songs)

- AM864 (English, news and public affairs)

- AM675 (English, latest international hits, hip-hop, R&B, jazz, rock and roll, grunge music)

- Metro Finance (Cantonese, content relating to investment funds, securities, bonds, insurance and other information relating to financial markets)

- Metro Life (Cantonese, popular songs, entertainment and information)

- Metro Plus (English, international news coverage, current affairs, entertainment, music, health, cosmetic trends, jokes and interviews with celebrities)

- Vilaverde (Portuguese, information, music, entertainment, sport)

Newspapers in Hong Kong

Chinese:

Hong Kong Commercial Daily (Broadsheet)

Ta Kung Pao (Broadsheet)

Wen Wei Po (Broadsheet)

Sing Pao Daily News (Broadsheet)

Oriental Daily News (Broadsheet)

Sing Tao Daily (Broadsheet)

Ming Pao (Broadsheet)

Wah Kiu Yat Po (Broadsheet)

Hong Kong Daily News (Broadsheet)

United Daily News (Broadsheet)

AM730 (Tabloid)

Headline Daily (Tabloid)

Metro Daily (Tabloid)

Sky Post (Tabloid)

Sharp Daily (Tabloid)

The Sun (Tabloid)

Apple Daily (Broadsheet)

Da jiyuan shibao (Broadsheet)

Hong Kong Economic Journal (Broadsheet)

Hong Kong Economic Times (Broadsheet)

English:

The Standard (Broadsheet)

South China Morning Post (Broadsheet)

Eastern Express (Broadsheet)

The Epoch Times (Broadsheet)

Daily Post (Broadsheet)

Macau Daily Times (Broadsheet)

Standard Lite (Tabloid)

Portuguese:

Jornal Tribuna de Macau (Broadsheet)

Hoje Macau (Broadsheet)

Ponto Final (Broadsheet)

TV News bulletin times in Hong Kong:

RTHK TV1

Weekdays:

07:00-09:00 (Early Morning News)

12:30-13:00 (Midday News)

19:00-19:55 (National News)

22:00-22:30 (News World)

Weekends:

07:00-08:00 (Early Morning News)

12:30-13:00 (Midday News)

19:00-19:55 (National News)

22:00-22:30 (News World)

RTHK TV3

Weekdays:

07:00-09:00 (Morning News)

12:00-12:30 (News at Noon)

15:58-16:00 (News Update)

16:58-17:00 (News Update)

18:00-18:55 (NewsWrap)

21:00-21:30 (Main News)

Weekends:

07:00-08:00 (Morning News)

12:00-12:30 (News at Noon)

15:58-16:00 (News Update)

16:58-17:00 (News Update)

18:00-18:30 (Weekend NewsWrap)

21:00-21:30 (Main News)

RTHK TV4

Daily:

20:30-21:00 (Telejornal)

23:00-23:30 (Telejornal Segunda Edicao)

TVB Jade

Weekdays:

06:00-08:55 (Good Morning Hong Kong)

11:35-11:40 (News Headlines)

13:00-13:20 (Midday News)

15:15-15:20 (News Headlines with Sign Language)

19:00-19:25 (News at Seven)

20:45-20:50 (News Headlines)

21:45-21:50 (News Headlines)

23:00-23:40 (News at Eleven)

Weekends:

06:00-08:55 (Good Morning Hong Kong)

13:00-13:10 (Midday News)

19:00-19:25 (News at Seven)

20:45-20:50 (News Headlines)

21:45-21:50 (News Headlines)

23:00-23:20 (News at Eleven)

TVB Finance & Information Channel

Daily:

17:00-17:25 (Putonghua News)

TVB Pearl

Weekdays:

10:55-11:00 (News Headlines)

12:30-12:50 (Lunchtime News)

15:55-16:00 (News Headlines)

18:00-18:25 (News at Six)

19:55-20:00 (News Headlines)

22:00-22:25 (News Roundup)

Weekends:

12:30-12:40 (Lunchtime News)

18:00-18:25 (News at Six)

19:55-20:00 (News Headlines)

22:00-22:25 (News Roundup)

ATV Home

Weekdays:

06:30-08:45 (Good Morning Asia)

12:30-12:50 (12:30 News)

15:00-15:05 (News Update)

17:45-17:55 (ATV Putonghua News)

18:00-18:35 (The Six O'Clock News)

21:00-21:05 (News Update)

22:30-23:00 (10:30 News)

Weekends:

07:00-08:00 (Good Morning Asia)

12:30-12:45 (12:30 News)

15:00-15:05 (News Update)

17:45-17:55 (ATV Putonghua News)

18:00-18:25 (The Six O'Clock News)

21:00-21:05 (News Update)

22:30-23:00 (10:30 News)

ATV World

Weekdays:

12:00-12:20 (News at Noon)

14:00-14:05 (News Update)

19:00-19:25 (Main News)

20:00-20:05 (News Update)

22:00-22:30 (Late News)

Weekends:

12:00-12:15 (News at Noon)

14:00-14:05 (News Update)

19:00-19:25 (Main News)

20:00-20:05 (News Update)

22:00-22:30 (Late News)

ViuTV

Weekdays:

06:00-09:00 (Now Morning)

12:00-12:30 (Now Noon News)

18:00-18:30 (Now News)

19:00-19:30 (Now News)

23:30-00:00 (Now Late News)

Weekends:

08:00-09:00 (Now Morning)

12:00-12:30 (Now Noon News)

18:00-18:30 (Now News)

19:00-19:30 (Now News)

23:30-00:00 (Now Late News)

ViuTVsix

Daily:

18:30-19:00 (News Roundup)

22:30-23:00 (News Roundup)