Talk:Hong Kong/Archive 5

message: Here is the FULL article at the original point of merge, 02:51, 21 May 2006:
Original article:
"Hong Kong, China" (Chinese: 中國香港, Zhōngguǒ Xiānggǎng ?) is the designation that Hong Kong, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, uses to join international organisations as member, and to take part in international sport events, as prescribed by the Basic Law – the constitutional document of the territory."
Merged article:
"The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區 [pronunciation]) is one of the two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ..."
"As a special administrative region, Hong Kong is guaranteed by the Basic Law to have a relatively high degree of autonomy until at least 2047, fifty years after the transfer of sovereignty. Under the "One Country, Two Systems" policy, it retains its own legal system, currency, customs policy, and immigration laws."
Original Article:
"Before the transfer of the sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1997, the crown colony of Hong Kong joined international organisations and participated in international sport events under the name "Hong Kong". After the transfer of sovereignty, according to the Basic Law, the special administrative region continues to have its own delegations and teams to the organisations (that are not restricted to sovereign states) and sport events, separate from those under names such as "China", "People's Republic of China" or "China PR", which represent the rest of the PRC other than Hong Kong (and Macau after 1999)."
Merged Article:
"It was a British colony from 1843, until it was handed back to the PRC in 1997."
"After the transfer of sovereignty, Hong Kong maintains its own delegation but changes her designation from "Hong Kong" to "Hong Kong, China" in most international organizations, such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, and to international sporting events, such as the Olympic Games. Only the defence and the diplomatic relations of Hong Kong are the responsibilities of the Central People's Government in Beijing."
Does that cover it?
CPAScott 19:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks so much. It's good you're providing what user:SchmuckyTheCat and user:Winhunter has yet to provide, despite being requested. IMHO, the " original article " (i.e. Hong Kong, China article) has a much clearer focus. Constitutional and historical background, as well as the outcome as at this moment, is presented in a more in-depth manner. You might say the Hong Kong article already conveys roughly the same idea, but that's hardly clear and adequate. Sub-articles for sections of country articles are not uncommon. — Instantnood 21:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Evidence of duplicity

message: I have attempted to format the references but 4 of them are not working, could someone confirm that the ones I have marked are not working? Even with these, that would make 15 which is still sparse. Skinnyweed 20:22, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: 3 out of 4 are confirmed. The one marked empty is not though, still viewable as it is. --Hunter 13:55, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  References (and dead references)

message: I noticed that the infobox footnotes disappeared.  I have tried restoring the previous information on, but proved rather difficult now that infobox Hong Kong has disappeared.  Eventually I found a copy on answers.com and restored data.  Formatting changes may be required.
On the issue of the infobox, I think it is odd that Sha Tin District gets such a prominent mention.  Also, the coordinates (22°17′N 114°08′E) ought to go right under the map.
--mintchocicecream 00:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox footnotes 

message: I reverted to version by kimchi.sg because:
*218.102.153.134:  "from 2005" for Tsang is redundant - we're talking about 2005 for the entire paragraph!!
*Winhunter:  The paragraph was about HK post-1997 - clarification on olympic team name "Hong Kong" before handover is not necessary  (this, however would fit in a HK olympics page or something...
:It's used in more than Olympics, basically any international organization it joined it used such designation before 1997. If you consider the lead paragrah inappropriate, then I would suggest adding it to the history paragraph. --Hunter 01:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: All right - agreed.  I think the way it is added now is good.  --mintchocicecream 19:22, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Revert explanation 2006-06-05 01:13 GMT 

message: I pretty much doubt that Mandarin is one of them.
Although we learn Mandarin in school, mandarin is not practised in most occupations. Whilst some occupations requires English. 80.229.89.236 17:45, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No - "Chinese" is the official language; Cantonese AND Mandarin are both generally considered de-facto official languages.  See:  http://www.info.gov.hk/info/hkbrief/eng/ahk.htm  --mintchocicecream 17:59, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: And the locally used English name for (Standard) Mandarin is Putonghua. — Instantnood 21:46, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  official language 

message: There's something wrong with the layout, the usual bar on the right side that's in all articles about cities, countries etc. doesn't exist. I can see the coding but something is wrong with it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 85.224.44.194 (talk) 19:48, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Layout

message: User:BlueValour has tried to add into the article a new "public protection" section with the information, "There are 75 fire stations in Hong Kong"  and says that it is a "seed heading for police, ambulance etc to be added" . I question the need for this section due to the article size, and have reverted the addition again. Kimchi.sg 20:34, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There should be a pointer to an existing article. Fire Services Department (Hong Kong) SchmuckyTheCat 22:17, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks; now done. BlueValour 21:23, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of information on fire stations, etc. 

message: Hey congratulations on a much deserved recognition.  Great work, guys.  --Ideogram 07:12, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Congratulations on CD selection