| | | Doggy bagged: Natasha with Goofy and Pluto | • Kkavyanjali's shoot was held in various Hong Kong attractions including Disneyland, Ocean Park, Avenue of Stars, Murray House and Symphony of Lights. • The Hong Kong Disneyland project was announced in November 1999 as a venture between The Walt Disney Company and the Hong Kong SAR Government. • 2006 has been declared Tourism Year by the Hong Kong tourism board and the focus is on getting more Indians into the country.
The campaign is expected to bring total arrivals to a new record of 27 million. Total tourism expenditure is likely to exceed the HK $ 100 billion mark to reach HK $114.7 billion. | | | Castles in the air: Natasha and Chaitanya Chaudhury find the perfect spot for a chat | • In 2004, 2,44,364 Indian residents visited HK, the highest number ever. And figures for the first 10 months of 2005 showed an 11.2 per cent growth in arrivals. • Since HK has been granted the 'one country, two systems' promise by China, it has the thrilling and mystifying mix of contradictory influences, part Asian, part Western. • A port city, Hong Kong gets its namesake from the Cantonese word for 'fragrant harbor'. Hong Kong island's total border is just 30 km. In this area of 1,098 sq km fits a population of 68,98,686 (July 2005). The official language of China is Mandarin, but the Cantonese dialect is the lingua franca of Hong Kong. | | | My, what big ears you have!: Dumbo gets Hiten Tejwani and Nandini Singh off to a flying start | • Hong Kong's film industry is the third largest in the world after Bollywood and Hollywood, spawning both silly jokes on 'Hong Kollywood' and superior talent like Wong Kar Wai, Bruce Lee, Chow Yun Fat and John Woo. • Hong Kong has the world's largest double-decker tram fleet in the world. • A major multi-brand shopping mall in Hong Kong pays tribute to the Big Apple. It was opened in April 1994, is spread over 9,00,00 square feet and 16 floors and has retail, entertainment, recreational and dining areas. It's name — Times Square. • The World of Suzie Wong is a 1957 | | | Show me the Minnie!: Amrita Singh worries a little at Chaitanya Chaudhury | novel written by Richard Mason, which has since been adapted into both a play and a film. The story follows English artist Robert Lomax, who visits Hong Kong and falls in love with the mysterious prostitute Suzie Wong.
The Luk Kwok Hotel featured in the story still exists on Harcourt Road in Wanchai. Unlike the hotel in the book, the modern hotel is not a pseudo-brothel but one of many smaller smart hotels on Hong Kong Island. |