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At present Japan , the Philippines and Hong Kong are prominent examples where this power is vested in the ordinary courts , as is more commonly done in common law systems . I made the connection easily enough , Hong Kong being former British Crown Colony Hong Kong up to 1997 and vast expanses of territory inhabited by Arab nomads were formerly controlled by Great Britain . Despite Hong Kong being returned to Chinese sovereignty more than eight years ago , Chinese central government officials never met publicly with Hong Kong lawmakers . In the Economic Freedom of the World : 2000 Annual Report , Hong Kong was tied for first as the freest economy in the world . A great many films from China and Hong Kong were made in the Technicolor dye transfer process , including Zhang Yimou 's Ju Dou and even one American film , Space Avenger ( 1989 , director : Richard W. Haines ) . The extraordinary achievements of Hong Kong are owing to the Hong Kong Chinese more than anyone else . But does this signal the beginning of the end and is Hong Kong being carried down the plughole ? The shield and motto of the University of Hong Kong were granted in 1913 , two years after the University 's foundation . Hong Kong was the world 's eighth-largest bourse in terms of capitalization by the end of 2005 and Asia 's second-largest . You know of course that at the start of this millennium the average Taiwanese was richer than most New Zealanders ; the people of Hong Kong were much better off in wealth than their former colonial masters ; Singaporeans were better off than most Europeans and South Koreans had a GDP in excess of US $ 6,000 per capita annually . Here in Hong Kong we're looking forward next week to a search and rescue exercise in which forces of the Pacific Command , some of the Discipline Forces of Hong Kong , and some units from the People 's Liberation Army maybe will work together on how we can respond if any of our mariners or airmen are in distress in this part of the world . Japan , China and the Republic of Korea , Taiwan and Hong Kong are amongst our top ten trading partners , with a significant level of trade also with South East Asia . The chance of Hong Kong being hit by tsunamis or earthquakes is slim due to its geographic location , Hong Kong Observatory Assistant Director Yeung Kai-hing says , adding an effective warning system is in place and advisories will be issued when necessary . I have read from an online TEFL site that English teachers in Hong Kong are high in demand but very competitive . The noise , grime and crowds of Hong Kong were oceans away . In contrast , the intrafirm imports from Hong Kong were mainly from MOFA 's in wholesale trade . Referring to a well-known study of a cold outbreak at the Eagle Heights Apartments in Madison , Wis ., and to an early theory that the outbreak of more than 300 SARS cases in the Amoy Gardens apartment complex in Hong Kong was spread by cockroaches , he said : " Do n't blame the cockroaches . At the same time , Chinese overreaction to events on the ground in Hong Kong was also seen as a risk . The people of Hong Kong are not going to accept anything less .