Hong Kong has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world – most surrounding Victoria Harbour. Hong Kong also has the WORLD’s HIGHEST HOTEL BAR & SWIMMING POOL @ THE RITZ CARLTON HONG KONG ! With over 7.4 million people of various nationalities in a 1104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong […]
Hong Kong
Hong Kong has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world – most surrounding Victoria Harbour. Hong Kong also has the WORLD’s HIGHEST HOTEL BAR & SWIMMING POOL @ THE RITZ CARLTON HONG KONG ! With over 7.4 million people of various nationalities in a 1104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world !
WHAT IS THE PO LIN MONASTERY ? Po Lin Monastery is a Buddhist monastery, located on Ngong Ping Plateau on the Lantau Island Hong Kong The monastery was founded in 1906 by three monks visiting from Jiangsu Province on the Chinese mainland and was initially known simply as “The Big […]
Tian Tan Buddha is a large bronze statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. The statue is sited near Po Lin Monastery and symbolises the harmonious relationship between man and nature, people and faith. It is a major centre of Buddhism in Hong Kong, and is also a tourist attraction. The statue is 34 metres (112 ft) tall, weighs over 250 metric tons (280 short tons) and was constructed from 202 bronze pieces
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) is the WORLD’s LARGEST/LONGEST SEA BRIDGE-TUNNEL SYSTEM, which consists of a series of 3 CABLE-STAYED BRIDGES and 1 UNDERSEA TUNNEL as well as 4 ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS (one of them appears in the video) totalling 55 KM that took 9 years to build and 20 billion + USD to complete. It is BOTH the LONGEST SEA CROSSING & the LONGEST OPEN/SEA FIXED LINK the longest open-sea fixed link on earth
Ngong Ping (Chinese: 昂坪) is a highland in the western part of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It hosts Po Lin Monastery and Tian Tan Buddha amidst the hills which is about 34 m tall. There are several hills nearby which are also an attraction to tourists. It is now the terminus of the cable car ride Ngong Ping 360 which travels to Tung Chung. New facilities and tourist attractions have opened including the Ngong Ping Village, Walking with the Buddha, the Monkey’s Tale Theatre and Ngong Ping Tea House. The second highest peak of Hong Kong, Lantau Peak, is at its southeast. I simply love this amazing NGONG PING 360 cableway
The Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong high-speed railway or Jingguangshengang high-speed railway from its Chinese name is a high-speed railway corridor of the CRH passenger service, connecting Beijingxi Station in Beijing and Futian Station in Shenzhen. It crosses the border and follows Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section to West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong. It is 2230 kilometres (1390 mi) long, and is the only Chinese high-speed railway to cross a […]