Hong kong is a highly developed territory and has a human development index (hdi) of 0.955, ranking eighth in the world and currently the only place in asia to be in the top ten Some 1,000 police were mobilised in the search for survivors that spanned two days after the massive fire started at wang fuk court housing complex. The city has the highest life expectancy in the world, and a public transport usage exceeding 90 per cent.
Hong kong is a special administrative region of china, located to the east of the pearl river estuary on the south coast of china Hong kong is a vibrant city, and a major gateway to chinese mainland Hong kong was a british territory for decades until it rejoined china in 1997
Hong kong, a special administrative region (sar) of the people’s republic of china (prc) since july 1, 1997, has a high degree of autonomy, except in the areas of defense and foreign policy, and retains its own currency, laws, and border controls.