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Hong Kong is a British Crown Colony consisting of H.K. Island (29 sq. mi.), the Kowloon Peninsula (3-1 4 sq. mi.), and the New Territories (365-1 2 sq. mi.). Of the total 3,700,000 (1970) population, over 99% is Chinese, the majority being Cantonese with that dialect prevailing, but English is commonly known in the urban areas. Of the 50,000 non-Chinese most are British Commonwealth subjects, with 5,000 American, 2,000 Portuguese, and 2,000 Japanese. handled predominantly in the Victoria Central District; and the wealthy residents predominantly on H.K. Island. Average wages run HK$ 150 500 with the largest expenditure being rent (25( HK to SI per sq. ft.) followed by food (HK$30 $50 per month per Chinese). Regarding economics, the Colony was originally established as a merchantile and military station and not as a settlement. During the 1800 ' s entrepot trade was built up but after WWII the emphasis switched to manufacturing, especially due to influx of Shanghainese with their textile factories. As for climate. Hong Kong is just within the tropics and in general is monoonal. Temperature rarely dips below 60 F or rises much above 80 F. The humidity is quite high all year round (70% 85%), but rainy days are confined mostly to the springtime with three quarters of 85 annual rainfall between May Sept. The colony ' s farming is predominantly in the New Territories; its industry predominantly in Kowloon and nearby New Territories; its commerce Hong Kong ' s name is derived from Heung Kong , meaning Fragrant Harbor , which was the Chinese name for an anchorage at Aberdeen (after Lord Aberdeen) so named because ships would take on fresh water from a spring nearby. Kowloon ' s name, meaning Nine Dragons is derived from an incident 800 years ago when boy Emperor Ping counted 8 hills and remarked there must be 8 dragons because of ancient belief that a dragon inhabits every mountain. His prime minister told him there were 9 dragons ( kow-loon ) since another ancient belief held that Emperors were dragons. 59
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