According to the Sino-British Joint Declaration ( 1984 ) and the Basic Law, Hong Kong will retain its political, economic, and judicial systems and unique way of life and continue to participate in international agreements and organisations as a dependent territory for at least 50 years after retrocession.

According to the Ming Shi, these cannons are soon presented to the Jiajing Emperor by Wang Hong, and their design is copied in 1529.

According to legend, the name was chosen because Hong Taiji's father, Nurhaci, had believed himself to be a reincarnation of the bodhisattva Manjusri.

According to Xijing Zaji ( 西京雜記 ) by Hong Ge, Qi had a maid named Jia Peilan ( 賈佩蘭 ) who escaped and later married to a commoner named Duan Ru ( 段儒 ) from Fufeng Prefecture ( west of present-day Xi ' an, Shaanxi ).

According to that the territories comprise the mainland area north of the Boundary Street of Kowloon Peninsula and south of the Sham Chun River which is the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China, as well as over 200 outlying Islands including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau in the territory of Hong Kong.

According to the 2001 census, the population of the New Territories was 3, 343, 046, representing 49. 8 % of Hong Kong's total population.

According to one view, the name Abakhai is wrong: Hong Taiji never mentioned under this name in Manchu and Chinese sources ; it was a mistake done by Russian Sinologist G. V.

According to another view, Hong Taiji was mistakenly, referred to as Abahai in Western scholarly literature, the result of a confusion with Nurhaci's favorite concubine.

According to half historian and half writer Jin Yong, Hong Taiji had the broad and wise views of Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Emperor Wen of Sui, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor Taizu of Song, Kublai Khan, the Hongwu Emperor, and the Yongle Emperor.

According to Octopus Cards Limited, operator of the Octopus card system, there are more than 20 million cards in circulation, nearly three times the population of Hong Kong.

According to QS World University Rankings 2011 / 2012, it was at 22nd in the world and the best in Hong Kong as well as Asia ..

According to a recent study published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research in 2008, PolyU ranks as the fourth most productive institution among all Asian countries in publishing research papers in the area of Operations Research and Management Science, topping other universities in Hong Kong.

According to a Media Credibility Survey conducted by Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2006, Ming Pao was selected as the most credible Chinese language newspaper.

According to the Reporters Without Borders, Hong Kong enjoys " real press freedom " and ranks the second in Asia after Japan in the Press Freedom Index.

According to the company's financial figures from 2010, Tsingtao saw a 6. 6 % year on year revenue increase from sales to Hong Kong and other overseas markets

According to the Crime Ordinance, a seditious intention is an intention to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the person of government, to excite inhabitants of Hong Kong to attempt to procure the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of any other matter in Hong Kong as by law established, to bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against the administration of justice in Hong Kong, to raise discontent or disaffection amongst inhabitants of Hong Kong, to promote feelings of ill-will and enmity between different classes of the population of Hong Kong, to incite persons to violence, or to counsel disobedience to law or to any lawful order.

According to the March 2003 ACNielsen RARD Report, Next Magazine had the second highest readership among weekly magazines in Hong Kong after Sudden Weekly, its sister entertainment news magazine under the same company.

According to a survey conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2001, the Hong Kong Economic Journal as well as Ming Pao were regarded as the newspapers with the highest degree of credibility in Hong Kong.

According to Wray, Jean Harlow had been RKO's original choice, but because MGM put Harlow under exclusive contract during the pre-production phase of the film, she became unavailable and Wray was approached by director Merian C. Cooper to play the role of Ann Darrow, the blonde captive of King Kong.

According to this game, Peach was classified as lighter than Yoshi and Bowser was classified heavier than Donkey Kong, although most Mario games classify Peach being heavier than Yoshi while Bowser is lighter than Donkey Kong.

According to Fay Wray, who played Ann Darrow in 1933's King Kong, Harlow was the original choice to play the screaming blonde heroine.

According to The Challenge of Hong Kong ’ s Reintegration With China, a book written by Ming K. Chan, Wen Wei Po is a " mouthpiece " of the PRC government.

According to the UK National Audit Office, the total cost of The Dome at the liquidation of the New Millennium Experience Company in 2002 was £ 789 million, of which £ 628 million was covered by National Lottery grants and £ 189 million through sales of tickets etc.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had a daily circulation of 100, 951 during the first six months of 2011.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Ireland, the average daily circulation, of the Irish Times was down to 92, 565 for the period January to June 2012.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Ireland, the average daily circulation, of the Irish Independent was down to 125, 986 for the period January to June 2012 ..

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 2. 1 million copies ( including 400, 000 online paid subscriptions ), as of March 2010, compared to USA Today 1. 8 million.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the paper has 1. 8 million copies as of March 2012 compared with The Wall Street Journal 2. 1 million though this figure includes the WSJ's 400, 000 paid-for, online subscribers.

According to Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has the largest circulation among all English-language newspapers in the world, across all formats ( broadsheet, tabloid, compact, Berliner and online ).

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 484, 971 copies as of 2008.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the Andersonstown News has an average circulation of 8, 457 for the Monday edition and 16, 453 for the Thursday edition.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the paper had an average weekly circulation of 9, 687 during the first six months of 2006.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the paper still had an average daily circulation of 94, 540 between June 2004 and January 2005.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Ireland, the average daily circulation was down to 40, 245 for the period January to June 2012 ..

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, as of December 2009 its circulation has dropped to 443, 257.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had an average weekly circulation of 8, 562 during the first six months of 2004.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, by the close of 2005 the magazine's circulation exceeded 260, 000, a 25. 5 percent increase over 2004.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had a circulation of 19, 215 during 2007.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Ireland, the average daily circulation of the Irish Daily Star was down to 75, 293 for the period January to June 2012.

According to a South African Audit Bureau of Circulation ( ABC ) survey in 1996, there were 36 daily and weekly urban newspapers in the country — 29 in English, four in Afrikaans, two in Zulu and one in Xhosa.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had an average weekly circulation of 18, 000 during the first six months of 2007.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had an average weekly circulation of 26, 723 during the first six months of 2004.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had an average daily circulation of 61, 179 during the first six months of 2012.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it had an average weekly circulation of 18, 242 ( ABC Jan-Dec ' 08-12 month figure ).

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Ireland, the average weekly circulation was 57, 783 for the period January to June 2009 .. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, Ireland, the average weekly circulation was subsequently down to 41, 040 for the period January to June 2012 ..