Cantaloupe Safety 101. The whole cantaloupes now available in the stores are safe to eat â as long as basic food-safety practices are followed â and they have no connection with the Listeria-contaminated cantaloupes that as of Sept. 24 have sickened at least 61 and killed 10 or more people, several food-safety experts told Food Safety News.
LOCATION AND SIZE. Hong Kong is located in eastern Asia. It borders the South China Sea to the south, west, and east, and shares a land border with mainland China to the north.It consists of 4 main areas: Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the New Territories, and the Outlying Islands.he New Territories link Hong Kong to mainland China. The Outlying Islands are made up of 234 islands in the proximity of Hong Kong, excluding Hong Kong Island where the capital city (Hong Kong) is located; the island is in the southern part of the territory.
Hong Kong is officially known as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Under the constitutional principle known as 'one country, two systems', Hong Kong will operate broadly under its own political, legal, economic and financial auspices for fifty years after British Rule ended.n 214 BC, Hong Kong became part of mainland China for the first time when the first Chinese Emperor, Qin Shi Huang defeated the Baiyue tribes, and over the following centuries Hong Kong was used as an important military defense and trading post by the Chinese.