mackenzie K- Eurasian geography

Fun facts about Hong Kong!

• Hong Kong is the most densely populated city in the world. The current sardine squeezing world record holder is the Mongkok district. 

• The saying ‘Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the miday sun’ originated in Hong Kong. Noel Coward wrote the words referring to the Noon Day Gun in Causeway Bay fired every day at the stroke of midday since colonial times.

• Hong Kong has more Rolls Royce’s per person than any other city in the world.

• Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. Classified as buildings with more than 14 floors, Hong Kong has around 8000, almost double that of New York its nearest rival. Take a look with our

Drinking Laws -- The legal age for purchase and consumption of alcoholic beverages (and tobacco) in Hong Kong and Macau is 18. 
Drugstores -- Hong Kong does not have any 24-hour drugstores
Holidays -- Most Chinese festival holidays are determined by the lunar calendar, which changes each year, while national and Christian religious holidays, such as Labour Day, Easter, or National Day, are the same each year. Note, however, that if a public holiday falls on a Sunday, Monday becomes a holiday.