Chindian's World: It's not Honk Kong, It's Hong Kong!

I still remember going through a friend’s project in class where he mentioned “Honk Kong” as a city he would love to visit. His spelling of HONG KONG drove me to the point of insanity. The city I was born in, the city I grew up in and the city I have undying love for, Hong Kong. In the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong is referred to as Xiangang, literally meaning “fragrant harbor”. Situated on China’s south coast, Hong Kong is surrounded by the South China Sea from all sides, is one of Asia’s biggest and busiest ports and is made up of 234 islands. Hong Kong became a British colony in the year 1841 and was handed back to China in 1997.

A few quick details about Hong Kong

Official Languages: Cantonese and English (even though tonnes of people cannot utter a word of English)
Currency: Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) 1Hong Kong Dollar = 6 Indian Rupeees
National Flower: Bauhinia
President: We don’t have a President!
Prime Minister: We don’t have a Prime Minister either!

Chief Executive: That’s what we call our “head of state”. Mr. Donald Tsang (pronounced: Donald Chung)

Hong Kong is also dubbed “Asia’s World City”, a phrase I could not agree with more. I’ve travelled to perhaps some of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world, New York and Tokyo to name a few, but no city matches up to Hong Kong’s ethnic diversity. Hong Kong along with being cosmopolitan is also the “Financial Capital of the East”. Hong Kong’s booming economy, even during the so called “Economic Meltdown”, ensured that it remained the Financial Capital of the East.

Sitting miles away from the love of my life, all I can really do right now is reminisce.