Due to high urban density, there are not many filling stations ; Petrol in Hong Kong averages around US $ 2. 04 per litre, of which over half the cost is taxes.

Due to discontent towards the proposal of political reform made by the Hong Kong government, the Civic Party and the League of Social Democrats joined together to carry out " Five Constituencies Referendum " in early 2010, by having one Legislative Councillors ( from either one of the parties ) in each constituency resigned, forcing the government to carry out a by-election, thus giving a chance for all voters to show their will towards universal suffrage and the abolishment of functional constituencies. Quite often, it is refereed as " De facto referendum ".

Due to their status as colonies of foreign states during the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the phrase " mainland China " excludes Hong Kong and Macau.

Due to frequent rain and other difficulties in Hong Kong, the filming was nearly abandoned.

Due to Hong Kong's handover from the UK to China, the TDBG was closed down in December 1994.

Due to integration with the Japanese export market, NTSC laserdiscs were used in the Hong Kong market, in contrast to the PAL standard used for broadcast ( This anomaly also exists for DVD ).

Due to high labour cost and limited space, vending machines have been introduced to Hong Kong.

Due to the growth of the economy and business sectors, the water, waste and air pollution cause an adverse effect on the balance of ecology in Hong Kong.

Due to the density of Hong Kong's population and the economies of scale of mass developments, there is the tendency of new private tower block developments with 10 to over 100 towers, ranging from 30-to-70-storeys high.

Due to dense population and government control of land use, the most common form of residential housing in Hong Kong is the high-rise housing estate, which may be publicly owned, privately owned, or semi-private.

Due to the severe weather conditions forecast for Hong Kong, the flight crew had prepared to divert the flight to Taipei if the situation at Hong Kong was deemed unsuitable for landing.

Due to the height of the mountain, it is claimed to be Hong Kong's most misty area, as it is often covered in clouds.

Due to a typhoon, Wang finally landed in Hong Kong for the first time, though he was confined to the airport's restricted zone as he had no Hong Kong visa.

Due to a lack of interest, Blythe dolls were only sold for one year in the U. S. ( produced in Hong Kong ) and also in Australia, during 1972.

Due to the large ethnic Chinese presence in Vancouver — especially represented by multi-generation Chinese Canadians and first-generation immigrants from Hong Kong — the city has been referred to as " Hongcouver " ( a term considered derogatory by some Chinese ).

Due to the inherent differences between standard written Chinese and written Cantonese, the Hong Kong Government recognized the need for a standardized set of proprietary characters that would allow for the streamlining of electronic communication ; at the time, the Big5 Chinese encoding scheme did not contain a vast majority of these characters ( some were erroneously cross-listed with similar characters ).

Due to the overwhelming positive response to the new album from both the public and the press, the band were able to secure deals that brought their music across to a much wider audience, with licenses in Japan ( Soundholic Co. Ltd ), Brazil ( Hellion Records ), Poland ( Mystic Productions ), Romania ( Rocris Disc ), Bulgaria ( Rocris Disc ), Thailand ( S. Stack Co. Ltd ), Russia ( Irond Records Ltd ), Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China ( Magnus Music ).

Due to the disturbance of the Chinese Civil War, he moved very briefly to Hong Kong before graduating.

Due to boating activity, the nets also float 4m or more below the surface and do not connect with the shoreline ( excluding Hong Kong's shark barrier nets ) thus allowing sharks the opportunity to swim over and around nets.

Due to heavy subscriptions, the greenshoe ( i. e. over-allotment ) placements were exercised and ICBC's take rose to US $ 21. 9 billion ( 17 % of ICBC's market value before the IPO ), divided in US $ 16 billion in Hong Kong and US $ 5. 9 billion in Shanghai.

Due to China's rapid social and economic development and Hong Kong's location in the Pacific Rim, the program courses focus mostly on Chinese commercial law, human-rights law and international corporate and financial law.

Due to the commencement of the KCR West Rail in late 2003 and KCR Ma On Shan Rail in late 2004, Transport Department of Hong Kong requested KMB to reduce its fleet size, so the registration of these four batches of KMB Enviro500 were delayed and some of them were stored for a long time before entering service.

Due to the relatively large strength of the electromagnetic force, black holes forming from the collapse of stars are expected to retain the nearly neutral charge of the star.

Due to the lanthanide contraction of the elements in the sixth period, zirconium and hafnium have nearly identical ionic radii.

Due to their nearly hopeless situation, and in part because they were trapped in the Dust Bowl, the Joads set out for California.

Due to the severe loss of jobs, the city's population decreased by nearly 30, 000 during that period.

Due to the difficulty of proving the high standard of a due process error, nearly all such cases involved the death penalty.

Due to label problems, the album was shelved for nearly a year, finally seeing the light of day in 1995.

Due to the wretched attendance figures, the other NL teams refused to come to League Park, as their cut of the revenue wasn't nearly enough to cover their hotel and travel expenses.

Lake Bonneville is a famous example: Due to the weight of the water once held in the lake, the Earth's crust subsided nearly to maintain equilibrium, when the lake dried up, the crust rebounded.

Due to its access to grazing and water, it was used as the City's main livestock market for nearly 1000 years.

Due to Charell's choice to announce points in three languages instead of two, the voting went on for nearly an hour, stretching the Eurovision contest past three hours for the first time ever.

Due to Swedish inaction Russians seized the initiative and struck first with army of 16 000 men under Field-Marshal Peter Lacy advanced from Vyborg (, ) towards Villmanstrand () and using nearly four fold superiority in numbers inflicted a major defeat on the Swedish garrison led by General Carl Henrik Wrangel.

Due to M82's high disk surface brightness, nearly edge-on orientation (~ 80 °) with respect to us, and the presence of a complex network of dusty filaments in optical images, the arms were not previously detected.

Due to its strategic location in one of the most populous areas in the world ( nearly 100 million people in Henan alone ) and in China's railway, road and aviation transport networks, Zhengzhou is increasingly attracting domestic and international investment as well as migrants from other areas, transforming the city into one of the largest economic centers in China.

Due to the state of the tomb, and to Carter's meticulous recording technique, the tomb took nearly a decade to empty, the contents all being transported to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

Due in part to the heat, the Rangers scheduled nearly all of their games from May through September at night, a practice that continues today.

Due to the efforts at ECUPROJECT. com, tuning can be accomplished by the car's owner now through the open source program called T7Suite which allows the ability for nearly infinite power and torque possibilities.

Due to a combination of improper preparation and treatment of the dies, excessive wear, and overuse, die deterioration doubling has occurred on nearly every series issued by the US mint in recent times.

Due to illegal ( i. e. non-state-sanctioned ) sales of tickets and other underground methods, these concerts pulled in sums of money unimaginable in Soviet times, when almost everyone received nearly the same small salary.

Due to the ependyma and pia mater ’ s high permeability, nearly anything entering the CSF is able to enter the brain interstitial fluid.

Due possibly to FCC regulations, the US version of the Xtreme is limited to a 500 feet ( 152. 4 meters ) outdoor range, while the UK model, at 300 meters ( 984. 25 feet ), is nearly double.

Due to a misinterpretation of the age of the structure and lack of translated written accounts as well as the different names given this structure and others incorrectly, nearly the entire rostra was torn down and dismissed as a medieval building.

Due to his nearly invincible tennis play, Ryoma has earned the label ' prodigy ' by the age of twelve.

Due to his very conservative stances on nearly all issues and an emphasis on taking good care of his constituents ( most of whom had never been represented by a Republican before ), he became very popular in his district.