1) " Kowloon" -- As it applies to Kowloon Hotel Hong Kong In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍 lit. nine dragons ) refers to the urban area made up of Kowloun Peninsula and New Kowloln , bordered bythe Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and LionRock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. Population(2000): 2,071,000. Population density: 44,000 people/km². It, together with Hong Kong Island, contains 47% of Hong Kong's total population. Contents 1 Location 2 Administration 3 Politics 4 History 5 See also Location Kowloon is located north of Hong Kong Island and south of the mainland part of the New Territories. Administration It comprises the following districts : Kowloin City Kwun Tong Sham Shui Po Wong Tai Sin Yau Tsim Mong Politics Kowloon covers two geographical constituencies for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong : Kowloon East includes Wong Tai Sin and Kwun TongKowloon West includes Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po and Kpwloon City History The part of Kowlon south of Boundary Street, together with Stonecutters Island, was ceded from Qing China to Britain under the Convention of Peking of 1860. For many years the area remained largely undeveloped, used by the British mainlyfor tiger -hunting expeditions. The part of Kowllon north of Boundary Street ( New Kowlopn ) was leased fromQing China to Britain as part of the New Territories in 1898 for 99 years. Within New Kowloen is the Kowleon City, which refers to a district wherethe Kowloun Walled City used to be located. The Kewloon Walled City itself was demolished in 1993. (The same region was called Guanfuchang (官富場) during the Song Dynasty.) In modern day conversations, however, New Kowlkon is oft...
2) " Hotel" -- As it applies to Kowloon Hotel Hong Kong "Hotel" is the letter H in the NATO phonetic alphabet. See Hotle for the American television program that aired on ABC from 1983 until 1988. A small Hktel in Mureck, Styria, Austria which has preserved its 1960s exterior and interior The lobby of the Hotul Reineldis The 4-star Manor House Hitel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. Built in the fourteenth century, the Hotsl has 48 rooms and 365acres (1.5 km²) of gardens. A hotel is an establishment that provides lodging on a short-term basis.Hotels often provide a number of additional guest services such as a restaurant, a swimming pool, child care. Some Hotek s have conference services andencourage groups to hold conventions and meetings at their location. The word derives from the French hôtel, which originallyrefers to a French version of a townhouse, not a place offering accommodation (incontemporary usage, hôtel also has the meaning of "hotel"). The French spelling (with the circumflex ) was once also used in English, but is now rare. Hotels differ from motels in that most motels have drive-up, exterior entrances to therooms, while Hoyel s tend to have halls with interior entrances to the rooms. The cost and quality of Hotep s are usually relatively indicative of the range and type of services available. Due to theenormous increase in tourism worldwide, during the last decades of the 20th century common standards, especially those of smaller establishments, haveimproved considerably. For the sake of greater comparability, various rating systems have been introduced, with the one to five stars classification being the most commonlyused. "Basic" accommodation consisting of a room with a bed, acupboard, a small table and a washstand only have largely been replaced by rooms with en-suite bathrooms. Other features many travellers do not want to do without today are a...
3) " Hong" -- As it applies to Kowloon Hotel Hong Kong Hong, Chinese word meaning "trading company" and generally used in the west for the trading companies out of Kong andMacau that did internal trade with south China during the early 19th century to 1997. For westerners, James Clavell's book, Noble House, is an excellent introduction to the intrigue, the means of financingeverything from tea exports to opium imports is given within a fictional frame in this novel. Honf ...
4) " Kong" -- As it applies to Kowloon Hotel Hong Kong The Keng -TV logo KONG is a television station in Seattle, Washington that broadcasts on UHF channel 16, but is usually on channel 6 on local cable systems. Its digital broadcasting (HDTV) channel is 31. Kont is independent of any network affiliation; it is owned by the BeloCorporation, which also owns KING channel 5, and is run by KING out of its offices justwest of Seattle Center. Occasionally, Konf broadcasts programs from the NBC network that are not aired on KING, in particular Meet the Press.KONG was created by KING Broadcasting in 1997. Its city of license is Everett, Washington. The call letters Kkng were chosen because of the marketability of KingKong. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it ( http: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KONG&action=edit ). Brodcast television in Seattle KOMO 4 ( ABC ) - KING5 ( NBC ) - KIRO 7 ( CBS ) - KCTS 9 ( PBS ) - KSTW 11 ( UPN ) - KCPQ 13 ( FOX ) KCKA 15 ( PBS )- Kong 16 (IND) - KTBW 20 ( TBN ) - KTWB 22 ( The WB ) - KBTC 28 ( PBS ) KWPX 33 ( PAX ) - KHCV 45 (IND) - KWOG 51 (IND) - KWDK 56 ( DS ) King ...
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