Hong Kong

World war II Database

An electronic database of the legislation of Hong Kong. It is maintained by the Department of Justice.

Launched in May 2001 and revitalised in March 201, Brand Hong Kong (BrandHK) is a governmental strategic communications platform that provides maximum synergy for a number of local and global stakeholders who have an interest in promoting Hong Kong’s core values and attributes and develop a strategy to position the city.

An online archive of speeches from politicians around the world including The Corpus of Policy Address by Hong Kong Governors (1984-1996) and Hong Kong Chief Executives (1997-2014). This Corpus has a web-based concordance feature, which allows corpus searches in untagged texts (for English) and tagged texts (for Chinese).

This is a public sector information portal of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The datasets are provided by different government departments and public / private organisations. The portal is maintained by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer.

A web portal to Hong Kong government information and publication

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The "Hong Kong Fact Sheets" series provides useful information about Hong Kong on a comprehensive range of topics.

Established in 1991, HKU POP is part of HKU's Faculty of Social Sciences. It collects and studies public opinion in Hong Kong on a wide variety of topics of interest to academics, journalists, policy-makers, and the general public.

Hong Kong Annual Report 香港年報 government yearbook

A Hong Kong scholarly association dedicated to broadening academic anthropology and its understanding by laypeople beyond the academe.

This collection focuses on the early maps of Hong Kong since the 19th century, including maps of the whole territory, district plans, street maps, geological maps, topographic maps, street naming plans and other thematic maps. It greatly facilitates researches on the boundary history, landscape changes, district development and street names in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong's academic association for sociological research promote sociological research in Chinese society in general and Hong Kong society in particular

The film was produced by Elaine Forsgate Marden and directed by Libby Halliday documenting Hong Kong's fascinating history before Hong Kong's 1997 return to Chinese sovereignty.

This comprehensive record of Hong Kong & Overseas religious studies is compiled by Philip Clart (Professor, Chinese Studies, Department of East Asian Studies University of Leipzig)

Hong Kong Studies Knowledge Exchange Project, steered by the Hong Kong Studies Programme at HKU, aims at rethinking Hong Kong cultural characteristics and the city’s transforming identity via senses. The project explores the multiple perspectives of the various producers and consumers of Hong Kong culture by engaging secondary school students, members of other interested institutions, as well as the general public, in public seminars, workshops and cultural mentorship.

The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency with almanac-style information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational of Hong Kong.

From personal document to series of online lectures delivering new perspectives on Hong Kong history by noted historians and academics.

Provides statistics covering various social and economic aspects of Hong Kong

HKEx is the operator and frontline regulator of the central securities and derivatives marketplace in Hong Kong. Its website provides general information on the basic infrastructure and regulations for investors, issuers, and intermediaries.

Information provided by HKEx

A digital initiative by HKU library, this collection is made up of documents arising from the issue of new shares, derivative warrants and debt securities, mergers and takeovers, repurchase of shares, company reorganization, etc., released by Hong Kong listed companies and financial institutions to the general public. These documents not only reflect the activities of listed companies but also the overall economic conditions of Hong Kong since 1947.