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As Hongkong celebrates its 20th anniversary [ænɪ'vɜːs(ə)rɪ] of being handed back to China, local Cathy Adams gives her guide to island life today. July 1 marks the 20th anniversary of Hongkong being handed back to China. While it's a city still searching for its identity, the two decades since 1997 have done little to dent its unique East-meets-West flavour. According to Euromonitor,HongKong is the world's most-visited city: 26.5 million visitors landed in the Special Administrative Region of China in 2016. That's just one superlative. HongKong is also one of the most densely populated cities on earth, but also one of the most diverse. Around 40 per cent of the territory is country parkland. The rest is restaurants,bars,buildings-and people,people,people. |
