Hong Kong

Hong Kong (香港; "Fragrant Harbour"), officially Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory on the southern coast of China at the Pearl River Estuary and the South China Sea. Hong Kong is known for its skyline and deep natural harbour. It has a land area of 1104 km² and shares its northern border with Guangdong Province of Mainland China. With around 7.2 million inhabitants of various nationalities, Hong Kong is one of the world's most densely populated metropolises.

After the First Opium War (1839–42), Hong Kong became a British colony with the perpetual cession of Hong Kong Island, followed by Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and a 99-year lease of the New Territories from 1898. Hong Kong remained under British control for about a century until the Second World War, when Japan occupied the colony from December 1941 to August 1945. After the Surrender of Japan, the British resumed control. In the 1980s, negotiations between the United Kingdom and the China resulted in the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, which provided for the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong on 30 June 1997. The territory became a special administrative region of China with a high degree of autonomy on 1 July 1997 under the principle of one country, two systems. Disputes over the perceived misapplication of this principle have contributed to popular protests, including the 2014 Umbrella Revolution.

D-Sides

D-Sides is a 2007 compilation album by the British virtual band Gorillaz. The album contains B-sides and remixes from singles and bonus tracks for the band's second studio album Demon Days. It was released on 19 November 2007 in the UK and on 20 November in the United States and is available in standard and deluxe editions. The Japanese deluxe edition includes three extra tracks, plus the video for 'Rockit'.D-Sides performed similarly to its 2002 predecessor, G Sides, reaching #63 on the UK Albums Chart, while it reached #166 on the US Billboard 200 chart.

Background

In a 2006 interview with Verbicide Magazine, band members were asked if a new remix album would be produced for Demon Days as there was for Gorillaz. They answered that it was a possibility and that might involve the Spacemonkeyz again. In the same interview, they were asked if there might also be another G Sides. Again, their answer was that it might be possible. In January 2007, websites began listing a March release date for a Phase 2 B-sides album. One of the websites, musictap.net, later pushed this back to 3 April. According to Gorillaz-Unofficial, the reaction of official parties behind Gorillaz is that the release date is just a rumour for now. On 29 August, musictap.net reported that the B-side album would be titled D-Sides and would be released on 20 November. On 18 September 2007, the official Gorillaz fansite confirmed the release of the album, as well as unveiling the album artwork and track listing. D-Sides was released on 19 November 2007 in the UK and on 20 November 2007 in the U.S.

Hong Kong (Area Control Centre)

Hong Kong (Area Control Centre) (ICAO: VHHH) is one of 2 key Area Control Centres in the Pearl River Delta and is under the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department. HK ACC is based out of the control tower at Hong Kong International Airport.

From this ACC, air traffic controllers provide en route and terminal control services to aircraft in the Hong Kong Flight Information Region (FIR). The Hong Kong FIR airspace covers the of waters off Hong Kong to the south, southeast and southwest. This does not include the airspace and immediate waters off the mainland China and Macau (under Guangzhou FIR). HK ACC does handle flight in and out of Macau International Airport.

Aerodrome Classes

The HKG ACC assumes control of the following classes of airports

See also

Hong Kong is one of seven ACC that handles air traffic in Chinese airspace:

Nine Lives (Von Hertzen Brothers album)

Nine Lives is the fifth studio album by Finnish progressive rock band Von Hertzen Brothers. It was released on 18 March 2013.

"Flowers and Rust", the first single from the album, won the "Anthem" award at the 2013 Progressive Music Awards.

Track listing

All music composed by Von Hertzen Brothers. All lyrics written by Von Hertzen Brothers, except "Coming Home" and "Black Heart's Cry", written by Von Hertzen Brothers and L.A. Skin.

Personnel

Charts

References

Nine Lives (Bonnie Raitt album)

Nine Lives is the ninth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music). It was Raitt's most difficult release, due to the poor sales, negative reviews, and general circumstances surrounding its release.

History

"In 1983 there was a corporate sweep at Warner's, coming from upstairs, and they needed to trim the fat," Raitt recalled in 1990. "I just had completed an album called Tongue & Groove, which was produced by Rob Fraboni, who had also done Green Light. And I don't think they maliciously said, 'Let's let her finish her album and get the tour all lined up and print the covers and hire the people to do the video and then drop her.' You know, ha, ha, ha. But that's what they did. It was literally the day after I had finished mastering it. I had already finished the album once, and [Warner's claimed] the Jerry Williams tune would be more commercial if it didn't have quite as reggae a beat. Or something like that. So I went in and redid it. I thought if I cooperated a little more, maybe they'd promote the album more. But instead they dropped me and pulled the rug out from under my tour. I thought the way they did it was real crummy. They sent a letter. I think I suffered from not having a relationship with the A&R department there, because I had an independent production deal..."

Nine Lives (2016 film)

Nine Lives is an upcoming French comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Dan Antoniazzi and Ben Shiffrin. The film stars Kevin Spacey, Robbie Amell, Jennifer Garner, Christopher Walken, Malina Weissman and Mark Consuelos. The film is scheduled to be released on August 5, 2016, by EuropaCorp.

Cast

Production

On January 12, 2015, it was announced Barry Sonnenfeld would direct the film. On January 28, 2015, Kevin Spacey joined the cast. On March 25, 2015, Malina Weissman joined the cast. On March 31, 2015, Christopher Walken joined the cast to play Felix Grant, the owner of a mystical pet shop. On April 9, 2015, Jennifer Garner and Robbie Amell joined the cast. On April 13, 2015, Mark Consuelos was cast in the film. On April 27, 2015, Talitha Bateman was cast in the film.Principal photography began on May 4, 2015, and ended on July 24, 2015.

Hong Kong (disambiguation)

Hong Kong is a self-governing special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, formerly a British colony.

Hong Kong may also refer to:

See also