• Fläche: 2755.03 km²
• Geographische Lage: Im östlichen Perl-Fluss-Delta an der Grenze zur Provinz Guangdong und im Osten an die Südchinesische See grenzend
• Klima: subtropisch
• Bevölkerung: 6,93 Millionen (in 2005)
• Menschen: Hong Kong-Chinesen, Filipinos, Indonesier, Thailänder, Briten, Japaner
• Sprache: Die offiziellen Sprachen Hong Kongs sind Kantonesisch und Englisch.  Sowohl die chinesischen Schriftzeichen als das Alphabet sind omnipräsent. Regierungsbeamte, Polizei und die meisten anderen Arbeitsplätze und Läden sind zweisprachig. 
• Religionsformen: Buddhismus (hauptsächlich Mahayana), Taoismus, Christentum
• Währung: Hong Kong Dollar
• Rechtssystem: continues common law. Additionally, following "one country, two systems", territory's defense and foreign affairs responded by China Central Government

Geographische Lage:

Hong Kong liegt im östlichen Delta des Perl-Flusses und grenzt an die Provinz Guangdong. Im Osten, Westen und Süden wird es von dem südchinesischem Meer umgeben. Hong Kong besteht hauptsächlich aus den Teilen Hong Kong Island, Lantau Island, Kowloon und den New Territories sowie aus ca. 260 weiteren Inseln. Die Halbinsel Kowloon ist  im Norden mit den New Territories verbunden und die New Territories erstrecken sich weiter im Norden über den Sham Chun River (Shenzhen River) und verbinden sich dort mit dem Festland  China. Lantau ist die grösste Insel, Hong Kong Island die zweitgrösste und bevölkerungsreichste. Ap Lei Chau ist die am dichtesten bevölkerte Insel der Welt.  

Wirtschaft:

Hong Kong hat eine freie Marktwirtschaft, eine geringe Besteuerung und eine non-intervention Regierung. Hong Kong ist ein wichtiges internationales Finanz- und Handelszentrum mit der grössten Ansiedlung von Headquarters im Asien-Pazifik-Raum. Hinsichtlich des BIP pro Kopf ist Hong Kong der wohlhabendste Ballungsraum der V.R. China.  Das BIP pro Kopf übersteigt sowohl die vier grossen Wirtschaftsmächte in Westeuropa (Grossbritannien, Frankreich, Deutschland und Italien) als auch Japan. 

It has ranked as the freest economy in the world in the Index of Economic Freedom for 14 consecutive years, since the inception of the idnex in 1995. Together with Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan, Hong Kong is known as one of the four Asian Tigers, or Dragons for its high growth  rates and rapid industrialization between the 1960s and the 1990s. Hong Kong is the world's eleventh largest trading entity.

The city of London Corporation's Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) ranks Hong Kong as the third-best financial centre globally and the strongest centre in Asia among 46 financial centres worldwide in 2007. Hong Kong's economy is dominated by services, which account for over 90 % of its gross domestic product.

Culture:

Hong Kong is frequently described as a place where East meets West, a meeting reflected in its inhabitants. On one street corner, there may be traditional Chinese shops selling Chinese herbal medicine, Buddhist paraphernalia or bowls of synthetic shark fin soup, but around a the next, one may find theatres showing the latest Hollywood blockbuster, and English-style pub, or a Catholic Dhurch. Another famous export is its entertainment industry, particularly in the martial arts genre which gained a high level popularity in the late 1960s and 1970s. Several Hollywood performers origiinate form Hong Kong cinema, notably Bruce Lee, How Yun-Fat, and Jackie Chan. Hong Kong is also the world's main hub for Cantopop music. The Hong Kong government also supports cultural institutions such as the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

Events and Festival in 2008:

Some of the tradtional Festivals in Hong Kong are same to the mainland in China. Also Hong Kong encourages and supports the newly different international events and  festivals.

• Hong Kong Arts Festival (Feburary 14 to March 16, 2008)
• The 32^nd Hong Kong International film Festival (March 17 to April6, 2008)
• Le French May (April 10 to June 15, 2008)
• Italy 2008: Quality & Lifestyle (June 2008)
• Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games (December 05 to December 13, 2008)

Daily Life:

The region is cloudy in January and February, meeting with the occasional cold fronts. In March and April, it is pleasant, with occasional humidity. From May to August, teh region is hot and humid, occasionally confronted with showers and thunderstorms. During November and December, there are plesant breezes, with plenty of sunhsine and comfortable temperatures.

Hong Kong has a highly developed and state-of-the-art transport network, encompassing both public and private transport. The Octopus card stored value smart card payment sytem can be used to pay for fares on almost all railways, busses and ferries in Hong Kong. All parking metres in Hong Kong accept payment by Octopus card only, and Octopus card payment can be made at various car parks.

Hong Kong is dominated by steep, hilly terrain, an dsome unusual methods of transport have been devised to ease movement up and down the slopes. For example, the Peak Tram, being the first public transport system in Hong Kong, has provided vertical rail transport between Central and Victoria Peak since 1888 by steeply ascending the side of a mountain. Hong Kong has the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world, the Mid-Levels escalator. Most ferry services are provided by licensed ferry operators serving outlying islands, new towns, across Victoria Harbour, Macau and cities in mainland China.

Many shopping malls and night clubs attract the visitors from all over the world.