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speech, depicted in an 1876 lithograph by Currier and Ives and now housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. " Give me liberty or give me death! " is a quotation attributed to American politician and orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond ...
Chow at a rally in 2017. Tonyee Chow Hang-tung [1] (Chinese: 鄒幸彤; born 24 January 1985) [2] is a Hong Kong activist, barrister and politician. During the crackdown by authorities on the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which began in June 2021 and was mainly based on national security charges over the Alliance's annual vigils in remembrance of the ...
Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee GBM GBS JP (Chinese: 葉劉淑儀; née Lau; born 24 August 1950) is a politician in Hong Kong. She is currently the Convenor of the Executive Council (ExCo) and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), as well as the founder and current chairperson of the New People's Party. She was formerly a prominent ...
December 20, 2022 at 1:42 PM. There’s a new spot for seafood and Chinese food along one of the busiest commercial corridors in Lexington. Friends House Chinese and Seafood recently opened at 100 ...
Chris Patten. Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, KG, CH, PC (Chinese: 彭定康; [3] born 12 May 1944), is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. He was made a life peer in 2005 and served as Chancellor of the University of ...
Repulse Bay in the 1930s, viewed from Eucliffe, with the Repulse Bay Hotel in the background. Repulse Bay or Tsin Shui Wan is a bay in the southern part of Hong Kong Island, located in the Southern District, Hong Kong. It is one of the most expensive residential areas in the world. [1][2]
Hong Kong[e] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities [f] in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded ...
Sunbeam Theatre. Coordinates: 22.291332°N 114.200051°E. Sunbeam Theatre on King's Road. Lobby of Sunbeam Theatre. Liza Wang Exhibition in 2012. Sunbeam Theatre (Chinese: 新光戲院) is a landmark theatre in Hong Kong showcasing Cantonese opera. It is located at 423 King's Road, North Point, [1] near the intersection with Shu Kuk Street. [2]