RM2E7WC75–China's gold medal-winning diver Guo Jingjing reacts during a demonstration in Hong Kong August 30, 2008. Chinese gold medallists are visiting Hong Kong for three days to demonstrate their skill. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA)
RM2E7MP69–China's gold medal-winning divers (L-R) Huo Liang, Wang Xin, and Chen Ruolin perform during a demonstration in Hong Kong, August 30, 2008. Chinese gold medallists are visiting Hong Kong for three days to demonstrate their skills. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA)
RM2E7WY5M–China's gold medal-winning diver Guo Jingjing smiles during a demonstration in Hong Kong, August 30, 2008. Chinese gold medallists are visiting Hong Kong for three days to demonstrate their skills. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA)
RM2E78W0K–Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping makes a speech at the Government Flying Service in Hong Kong, July 8, 2008. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)
RM2E749JM–In this combo picture, debris is strewn at a hotel near the popular Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand December 29, 2004 after a tsunami slammed the coast (top) and foreign tourists enjoy the weather at the same hotel five years after, December 10, 2009. As the world prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of the tsunami that killed 226,000 people in 13 Asian and African countries, scars have yet to heal even after homes have been rebuilt, tourists have returned and foreign aid has ended. To match feature TSUNAMI-ANNIVERSARY/THAILAND REUTERS/Kin Cheung (top) and Damir Sagolj (THAILAND - Tags:
RM2E720EK–Hong Kong's graffiti king Tsang Tsou-choi poses with a Daihatsu car he decorated with his calligraphy during the 'Japan@Cool Expo' show in Hong Kong in this August 22, 2002 file photo. Tsang died on July 15, 2007 due to sickness in a hospital at the age of 86, his fashion designer friend William Tang told reporters on July 25, 2007. Tsang, also known as 'Kowloon Emperor', is dismissed by many people as just another old grubby loony, but his calligraphy graffiti have won international recognition as art, including sales at Sotheby's. For over four decades, he has been writing Chinese characters
RM2E77EEG–China's gold medal-winning diver Guo Jingjing swims during a demonstration in Hong Kong, August 30, 2008. Chinese gold medallists are visiting Hong Kong for three days to demonstrate their skills. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA)
RM2E73C3X–Chinese President Hu Jintao speaks during the welcome dinner in Hong Kong June 30 2007. Hu has urged Hong Kong's leaders to heed the public more during a visit to mark the former British colony's 10th anniversary under Chinese rule. REUTERS /Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA)
RM2E6THM7–U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (L) of New York and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina visit a control room for monitoring the containers scanner at a Hutchison International container port in Hong Kong March 25, 2006. In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is negotiating with Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd on a contract involving nuclear detection devices at Freeport, Bahamas, that would monitor cargo passing through to the United States. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool
RM2E7174H–U.S. Senators Charles Schumer (R) of New York and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina visit a Hutchison International container port in Hong Kong March 25, 2006. In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is negotiating with Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd on a contract involving nuclear detection devices at Freeport, Bahamas, that would monitor cargo passing through to the United States. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool
RM2E7M5FK–Chinese President Hu Jintao inspects troops of the People's Liberation Army stationed in Hong Kong June 30 2007. Hu is on a weekend visit to Hong Kong to oversee the 10th anniversary of the city's return to Chinese rule. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA)
RM2E6BPK3–Staff members of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison serve drinks to guests during a reception at the Central Barracks to celebrate the 87th anniversary of the founding of the PLA, in Hong Kong July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS ANNIVERSARY)
RM2E6NB16–Senior Vice President-America of Hutchison Port Holdings Gary D. Gilbert shows a slide of the new scanner to the U.S. Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina at the Hutchison International container port in Hong Kong March 25, 2006. In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is negotiating with Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd on a contract involving nuclear detection devices at Freeport, Bahamas, that would monitor cargo passing through to the United States. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool
RM2E5P8ED–Officials from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, wearing protective suits, scan a box of vegetables imported from Mainland China at the Food Control Office during a nuclear emergency drill in Man Kam To, the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China, April 27, 2012. The monitoring of food imported from Mainland China is part of the two-day Daya Bay Nuclear Plant Contingency Plan exercise held to raise preparedness at handling possible accidents at the nuclear plant at Daya Bay, near Hong Kong. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER FOOD)
RM2E60NRP–An official from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, wearing a protective suit, scans a box of vegetables imported from Mainland China at the Food Control Office during a nuclear emergency drill in Man Kam To, the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China, April 27, 2012. The monitoring of food imported from Mainland China is part of the two-day Daya Bay Nuclear Plant Contingency Plan exercise held to raise preparedness at handling possible accidents at the nuclear plant at Daya Bay, near Hong Kong. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA - Tags: DISASTER FOOD)
RM2E60D1H–(From 2nd L to R) former Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, Major General Tan Benhong, commander of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Hong Kong Garrison, and Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong Zhang Xiaoming, toast during a reception at the Central Barracks to celebrate the 87th anniversary of the PLA's founding, in Hong Kong July 31, 2014. REUTERS/Kin Cheung/Pool (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY ANNIVERSARY)
RM2D4BJGW–Spain's Olympic champion David Cal (C) wears his gold medal as he stands on the podium with Germany's silver medallist Andreas Dittmer (L) and Hungary's bronze winner Attila Vajda (R) after the men's C1 1000 metres finals at the Athens 2004 Olympic Summer Games August 27, 2004.
RM2D41357–Leung Kwok-hung, 47, heads to the district office for registration as a candidate for next month's Hong Kong Legislative Elections next month October 14, 2003. [Leung, a radical champion of democracy and rights who has been jailed four times and is standing yet another trial, is running in the district elections next month. Activist Leung is challenging pro-government heavyweight Choy So-yuk in the District Council elections.]
RM2D3XG11–Hong Kong actor Tony Leung waits for questions in front of a poster showing a shark being dumped into the ocean after fishermen had sliced off its fins for trade during a news conference in Hong Kong March 15, 2001. Leung has been named the Enviromental Ambassador of WildAid, an international conservation group campaigning for the protection of sharks.
RM2D468M5–Hong Kong actress-singer Cecilia Cheung poses after a news conference for the Hong Kong film awards presentation ceremony at 'The Avenue of Stars' in Hong Kong February 1, 2005. The presentation will be held on March 27, 2005.
RM2D4CK42–Bodies are laid in Phang-Nga,110km (69 miles) north of Phuket, Thailand December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history.
RM2D4281K–Former Taiwanese actress Young Charlie Michelle, now the executive director of First Asia Entertainment, attends a news conference in Hong Kong June 26, 2001. First Asia Entertainment and German production house G.A.T. film-und fernsehproduktion signed a long-term cooperation understanding on Tuesday to produce programmes for Asia and Europe.
RM2D422YK–Emanuel Silva of Portugal celebrates as he qualified to the final of the men's K1 1000 metres kayak flatwater race during the Athens 2004 Olympic Summer Games August 25, 2004.
RM2D4AYHD–Singer-actress Cecilia Cheung poses for a Hong Kong Magazine in Hong Kong December 2, 2002. [Cheung recently starred in 'When A Mouse Loves A Cat' with Hong Kong pop star Andy Lau.]
RM2D4JD9M–A model for Korean designer Park Sun Hee presents a creation at the Asia-Pacific Fashion Designer Show as part of the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2001 January 17, 2001. More than 800 local and foreign exhibitors participate in the four-day long exhibition.
RM2D44H70–Japanese pop queen Ayumi Hamasaki walks out of a Hong Kong restaurant in Central after lunch February 22, 2002. [She took home an award for the most influential Japanese singer in Asia during the MTV Asia Awards in Singapore earlier in the month.]
RM2D49CWB–A man walks past buildings in central business district in Hong Kong December 16, 2002. [Hong Kong's unemployment rate stood at 7.1 percent in the three months to end November on a seasonally adjusted basis, the government said on Monday. The figure stood at 7.2 percent in the August to October period.]
RM2D3YYJ8–A model presents a creation of Indonesian-Chinese designer Ika at the 'The Pinnacle of the East' show as part of the Hong Kong Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2002 programme July 12, 2001. A total of 506 exhibitors from 19 countries and regions participate in the event, reflecting a resumption of the industry momentum after recovery from the Asian economic turmoil.
RM2D49GDX–A painting by Fernand Leger is displayed at the preview of Christie's 'Impressionist and Modern Art Sale' in Hong Kong April 14, 2004. The Leger painting will be offered at auction in [New York] May 4-5, 2004 and is expected to sell for around US$ 2,000,000-3,000,000.
RM2D49YAF–(From L) Hong Kong singer Ken Zhu, Vic Zhou, Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung attend at the music presentation of the Jade Solid Gold Best 10 Awards for year 2002 in Hong Kong January 5, 2003. REUTERS/Kin Cheung REUTERS KC
RM2D4D1R8–- PHOTO TAKEN 02APR03 - A girl wears a fashionable mask in Hong Kong to protect herself against the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) April 2, 2003. Millions of residents in the territory wear masks on streets as the killer virus spread around.
RM2D458AA–French eyewear designer Alain Mikli attends a news conference on anti-counterfeiting in Hong Kong July 12, 2004. Mikli intends to liaise and cooperate with governments and industry-related organisations to stop such counter-feiting. The 'alain mikli' brand has an annual sales close to 40 million euros ($49 million) and 450,000 eyewears are sold per year.
RM2D422JB–A model presents a creation of Hong Kong designer Christy Song with title 'Wish of Star' during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2005 in Hong Kong July 15, 2004.
RM2D4FPHW–A model presents a creation of U.S. brand Playboy during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2005 in Hong Kong January 21, 2005. The Fashion Week will be held from January 18-21.
RM2D4HNB9–A model presents creation of Hong Kong designer Kitty Lam with title 'Hip-Pop Corset' during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2005 in Hong Kong July 15, 2004.
RM2D406E9–A model presents a creation of Hong Kong designer Ika Butoni during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2005 in Hong Kong July 13, 2004.
RM2D4K7BC–A model presents a creation of Hong Kong designer Kelvin Tsoi with title 'London's Burning' during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2005 in Hong Kong July 15, 2004.
RM2D4CFGA–A model presents a creation by South Korea fashion designer Yem Sang Boon during the Hong Kong Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2004 show in Hong Kong January 14, 2004. [Hong Kong Fashion Week and the fashion fair 'World Boutique' invited 190 exhibitors offering over 300 brand names and designers from Australia, Canada, Mainland China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Macau, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and United States.]
RM2D49EKW–Chinese-American singer Coco Lee poses at a news conference in Hong Kong June 20, 2003.
RM2D461HY–Hong Kong actor Stephen Chiau speaks at a news conference to promote a Hong Kong brand of beer in Hong Kong July 8, 2002. [Chiau directed the award-winning comedy 'Shaolin Soccer' and has been quoted as saying that he is in talks with several film companies in the United States over plans for the sequel, following the success of the most profitable film in Hong Kong movie history.]
RM2D4J94A–A model presents a creation by South Korean designer L.S. King during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2005 in Hong Kong January 19, 2005. The Fashion Week will be held from January 18-21.
RM2D4K2C7–A model presents creation by Hong Kong designer Dorisee during Hong Kong Fashion Week for the Fall/Winter season January 15, 2003. The show runs until January 17.
RM2D4C5A0–-PHOTO TAKEN 10DEC04- An elderly woman stands at her door inside the 'Yuchang' earth buidings located at Village, Xiayang town, Yongding county, in east China's Fujian Province in this picture taken December 10, 2004. The State Bureau of Cultural Relics has applied to UNESCO to place Earth buildings on the World Cultural Heritage List. They are called earth buildings because of their height and their strong, outer shell, which were built with soil and wood by the Hakka people. The mushroom-like structures were once a defense against bandits and marauders. There are about 30,000 earth buildings
RM2D41FT5–Live models in a window display living room setting present an underwear collection at a department store in Hong Kong's main business district February 27, 2004. Marks & Spencer unveiled the display to promote its spring-summer lingerie and underwear collection.
RM2D44FRK–Police face a leather-clad demonstrator who tied himself to the police station in central Hong Kong August 19, 2001, to protest against a recent raid of a live sex show. Police arrested 26 people during the August 12 raid for taking part in 'indecent or obscene' live performances.
RM2D4C9M4–Hong Kong residents celebrate after Beijing won the Olympic bid as they watch the live broadcast from Moscow on the International Olympic Committee's vote for the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games, July 13, 2001. Thousands of people in Hong Kong attended various outdoor shows to celebrate Beijing's win, cheered and applauded after the news was announced on giant television screens.
RM2D4HREC–A model presents a creation of South Korean designer Eun Mi Cho during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2005 in Hong Kong January 19, 2005. The Fashion Week will be held from January 18-21.
RM2D3XY76–Hong Kong's Health Minister York Chow speaks during an interview in Hong Kong March 23, 2005.
RM2D4GK28–Models present creations by Hong Kong fashion designer William Tang at the Hong Kong Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2004 show in Hong Kong January 14, 2004. [Hong Kong Fashion Week and the fashion fair 'World Boutique' invited 190 exhibitors offering over 300 brand names and designers from Australia, Canada, Mainland China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Macau, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and United States.]
RM2D4FPGN–A model presents a creation by South Korean designer Seung Moo Lee during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2005 in Hong Kong January 19, 2005. The Fashion Week will be held from January 18-21.
RM2D4CMDP–Li Jiao of the Netherlands serves at the women singles round four match against [Moon Hyun-jung of South Korea] at the 48th World Table Tennis Championship in Shanghai, China, May 4, 2005. Li won 4-3.
RM2D45B4B–-PHOTO TAKEN 27MAY05-Chinese workers sew T-shirts at the Bo Tak garment factory in Dongguan city in Guangdong province, southern China May 27, 2005.[U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez arrived in Beijing on Thursday for a three-day visit to try to ease tensions in a growing trade row over surging textile exports from China.] Picture taken on May 27, 2005.
RM2D4CMYT–French 'Spiderman' Alain Robert has a drink while climbing up the 62 floor, 283 metre 'Cheung Kong Centre' in central Hong Kong June 11, 2005. Robert, using bare hands and feet, has climbed many world's most renowned structures including [the Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei 101 in Taiwan.]
RM2D47RJE–Young monks from Shaolin Martial Monks Troupe of Songshan perform Shaolin Kung Fu during the rehearsal of performance 'Shaolin Heroes' in Hong Kong July 20, 2001. The performance will be held in the territory in July.
RM2D3Y9YD–Italy's men's Olympic quadruple sculls team participate in the qualification match at the Schinias, Athens 2004 Olympic Summer Games Rowing venue outside of Athens, Greece August 15, 2004. Italy finished the match at 5:45.84.
RM2D4C8G8–A model for Hong Kong designer Ika presents a creation at the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2001 January 17, 2001. More than 800 local and foreign exhibitors participate in the four-day long exhibition.
RM2D47WAX–- PHOTO TAKEN 29MAR02 - Karl Taro Greenfeld, the newly appointed editor of the Asian edition of Time magazine, poses with a toy bunny at his Hong Kong office. [With his pony tail, trendy clothes and candour about former drug abuse, the 37-year-old Greenfeld, who was born in Kobe, Japan and grew up in Los Angeles, may appear more at home in New York's wild and varied media set than in button-up Asia. Picture taken March 29, 2002.]
RM2D4B58W–Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, speaks at the 'Luxury 2004: the Lure of Asia' conference in Hong Kong December 1, 2004. Luxury brands powerhouse LVMH delivered a cautionary note on Wednesday about expecting quick and easy profits from fast-developing China, saying it could take up to a generation for sales to match other key regions. 'It takes time to build a brand. If we go too fast it will be a disaster,' said Bernard Arnault on the sidelines of the luxury goods conference.
RM2D458X5–'Parade', one of Pablo Picasso's most famous works is displayed at a shopping mall to celebrate the year of France in China in Hong Kong October 11, 2004. The piece, on loan from the Centre Pompidou in Paris, has only been on public display 10 times in over 50 years and this is the first time it has been shown outside of a museum environment. After the Hong Kong exhibition, Parade will rest for 20 years before another public appearance.
RM2D49HY0–Germany's Olympic champions Christian Gille (L) and Tomasz Wylenzek cry during the medals ceremony after they received their gold medals in the men's C2 1,000 metres finals at the Athens 2004 Olympic Summer Games August 27, 2004. Germany won gold in a time of three minutes 41.802 seconds.
RM2D3XTRA–Jasper Tsang Yok-sing (C), former chairman of Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB) party, Hong Kong's biggest pro-China party, and other party members waves during during their kicked off campaign for September's legislative elections in Hong Kong July 25, 2004. [Hong Kong's biggest pro-China party said on Friday it will push for universal suffrage in 2012 as campaigning intensifies for September's hotly contested legislative elections.]
RM2D4HK07–British singer Sting, 52, attends a new conference to promote his new album 'Sacred Love' in Hong Kong November 2, 2003.
RM2D3XDHC–Financial Secretary Henry Tang presents his annual budget at the news conference in Hong Kong March 16, 2005. Tang presented what analysts called a 'responsible' budget on Wednesday, announcing Hong Kong's first fiscal surplus in five years and abolishing estate duty.
RM2D3XW5H–Germany's rowers, ( L-R) Birgit Fischer, Maike Nollen, Katrin Wagner and Carolin Leonhardt paddle to win the gold medal in the women's K4 500 metres finals at the Athens 2004 Olympic Summer Games, August 27, 2004. Germany won gold in a time of one minute 34.340 seconds.
RM2D4CCA0–Containers are prepared for loaded at Hong Kong's container terminal October 9, 2002. [Shipping companies and exporters in Hong Kong, the world's busiest port, cheered on Wednesday as a U.S. court ordered West Coast ports to reopen and start clearing a massive backlog of cargo. About HK$10 billion (US$1.28 billion) in goods from Hong Kong have been stranded by the lockout, and it could take more than a month to clear them.]
RM2D3Y4NY–(From L-R) Chairman of HSBC Holdings Plc, David Eldon, Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings Plc, John Bond and Chief Executive Officer HSBC Asia Pacific, Aman Mehta attend the company's press conference announcing the 2002 interim results in Hong Kong August 5, 2002. HSBC Corp said on Monday its net profit fell 10 percent in the first half of 2002 as mounting personal bankruptcies and credit defaults more than doubled its bad debt charges.
RM2D4BB6N–U.S. folk band The Brothers Four, (from left) Mark Pearson, John Paine, Bob Flick and Terry Lauber, performs in Hong Kong November 24, 2001. The Brothers Four has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, said on Tuesday they are glad to record a song that might have a message of love, peace and harmony, and what they are singing has new and fresh meaning after four decades.
RM2D4AY37–China Southern Airlines president Wang Changshun speaks during an interview in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou September 6, 2002. China Southern, the mainland's largest airline, said on Friday it aims to raise four to five billion yuan ($483-604 million) in a forthcoming domestic currency A share offer to fund expansion. [The long-planned offer would raise much-needed cash for the highly-geared carrier to acquire more than 20 Boeing aircraft to be delivered between the second half of this year and 2005.]
RM2D4JN11–A model presents a creation of Hong Kong designer Ika Butoni during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2005 in Hong Kong July 13, 2004.
RM2D4JD9F–A model for Hong Kong designer Baldwin Pui presents a creation at the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2001 January 18, 2001. More than 800 local and foreign exhibitors participate in the four-day long exhibition.
RM2D3YK34–A university staffer stands beside a projected image showing virus-infected cells inspected under a microscope during a news conference March 22, 2003. Hong Kong researchers said on Saturday they had designed the world's first diagnostic test for the killer pneumonia and grown the virus causing the mysterious spreading disease, moving closer to developing a cure. Virologists and microbiologists at the University of Hong Kong said the test could tell a patient had the disease within four to 14 days, ensuring appropriate treatment.
RM2D3YC3P–Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan arrives at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards in Hong Kong March 27, 2005. Chan received a Professional Achievement award in the event on Sunday.
RM2D3XAGJ–The painting by Claude Monet is displayed at the preview of Christie's 'Impressionist and Modern Art Sale' in Hong Kong April 14, 2004. The painting by Monet will be offered at auction in [New York] May 4-5, 2004 and it is estimated it will sell for around HK$14,040,000-19,500,000 (US$1,800,000-2,500,000).
RM2D46NBB–A worker clears debris from a massive tsunami that hit the Thai resort island of Phuket December 29, 2004. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia over the weekend, unleashing a series of tidal waves which devastated coastal areas of [Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist isles] in Thailand, killing tens of thousands of people.
RM2D4EM3T–Germany's world champion rower Marcel Hacker drinks water as he wears a stuffed animal around his waist after a first place finish in the group B men's single sculls semi-finals at the Athens 2004 Olympic Summer Games August 19, 2004.
RM2D3YDTG–A model for Hong Kong designer Rowena U presents a creation at the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2001 January 17, 2001. More than 800 local and foreign exhibitors participate in the four-day long exhibition.
RM2D40156–Turkey head coach Senol Gunes speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong May 22, 2002. Turkey is drawn in group C with [Brazil, China and Costa Rica] for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Finals starting May 31.
RM2D4KPTW–A model presents a creation of South Korean designer Kiok Kang during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2005 in Hong Kong January 19, 2005. The Fashion Week will be held from January 18-21.
RM2D4BN3W–French 'Spiderman' Alain Robert climbs up the 62 floor, 283 metre 'Cheung Kong Centre' in central Hong Kong June 11, 2005. Robert, using bare hands and feet, has climbed many world's most renowned structures including [the Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei 101 in Taiwan.]
RM2D484FX–An activist dressed as a condom protests during World Aids Day in Hong Kong December 1, 2004. The man said he is protesting against the lack of adequate sex education in Hong Kong schools, and that the level of HIV infections will rise dramatically as many in the territory are not having protected sex.
RM2D4GY05–A models present the creaction of Indonesia-Chinese designer Ika at the 'The Pinnacle of the East' show as part of the Hong Kong Fashion Week Spring/Sumer 2002 programme July 12, 2001. A total of 506 exhibitors from 19 countries and regions participate in the event, reflecting a resumption of the industry momentum after recovery from the Asian economic turmoil.
RM2D43CTB–Bjoern Goldschmidt of Germany competes in the semifinals of the men's K1 1000 metres kayak flatwater race during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 25, 2004.
RM2D3XP9B–Asian martial arts star Michelle Yeoh of Malaysia smiles in Hong Kong August 13, 2003. Yeoh has been working on her new action film 'Silver Hawk', which is expected to be released in January 2004.
RM2D498JM–Chickens sit in a cage prior to being slaughtered in Hong Kong May 19, 2001. Hong Kong continues to kill all of its 1.2 million live poultry on Saturday to halt the spread of as avian bird flu. The government effort was designed to stop the strain from mixing with other viruses which may harm humans. The poultry trade is expected to receive compensation totalling HK$80 million (US$10.26 million) from the government as a result of the ongoing effort to slaughter all poultry in Hong Kong.
RM2D49HRH–Olympic men canoe team from ( front to back ) U.S., Germany, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Canada and Slovakia compete in the heat of the men's C2 canoe flatwater race during the Athens 2004 Olympic Summer Games August 24, 2004.
RM2D4FD3F–Model presents a phoenix sew creation from local designer Tony Chow during a fashion show sponsored by Asia's fourth largest airline Cathay Pacific Airway in Hong Kong July 10, 2001. The glamourous occasion took place against the backdrop of a bitter labour dispute between the airline and its pilots over pay and working conditions, which has caused hundreds of cancelled and delayed flights since July 3.
RM2D48TNT–Workers unload a steel bar at a construction site in Hong Kong December 19, 2001. [The construction industry has been hard hit as the territory's jobless rate reached 5.8 percent in the September-November period, its highest level in nearly two years.]
RM2D400GR–Models present locally manufactured lingerie from Pollyform Lingerie during the body and intimate wear show at the Hong Kong Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2002, January 17, 2002. [Despite the economic downturn, more than 900 exhibitors from 19 countries have signed up to showcase their wares. ]
RM2D402BR–Models present creations by South Korean designer Esther Lee during Hong Kong Fashion week for the fall/winter season January 14, 2003. The show will continue until January 17.
RM2D4BJCC–Italy's coxless four bronze medallists, including Lorenzo Porzio, Dario Dentale, Luca Agamennoni, and Rafaello Leonardo celebrate with their medals during the awards ceremony at the Athens 2004 Olympic Summer Games, August 21, 2004.
RM2D46524–British singer Sting, 52, performs during a new conference to promote his new album 'Sacred Love' in Hong Kong November 2, 2003.
RM2D484XY–Flower are placed under a tree in Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand for victims of the tsunami January 8, 2005. The death toll in Thailand sprawled to over 5,000 after massive tidal waves, caused by a magnitude 9.0 quake off the northern Indonesian coast on December 26, devastated the southern tourist isles and beaches.
RM2D4DN48–Models present a creation by Hong Kong designer Peter Lau with title 'Opera' during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2005 in Hong Kong January 19, 2005. The Fashion Week will be held from January 18-21.
RM2D4JDA2–A male model for Hong Kong designer William Tang presents this creation at the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2001 January 18, 2001. More than 800 local and foreign exhibitors participate in the four-day long exhibition.
RM2D4BXCY–British techno-classical violinist Vanessa Mae attends a news conference in Hong Kong to promote her concert in Hong Kong September 18, 2002. Mae will start her Asian concert tour from Hong Kong on September 19, then to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok.
RM2D48TXC–Vocalist for the British music group Jamiroquai, Jay Kay, poses for photographers during a news conference in Hong Kong January 20, 2002 to promote their latest album 'A Funk Odyssey'.
RM2D43ER8–Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew speaks during a business luncheon organised by Citibank in Hong Kong March 30, 2005. [Lee is the first Singaporean leader to meet acting Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang after former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa quit earlier this month.]
RM2D4J95A–A model presents a creation of collection brand Blythe during the Hong Kong Fashion Week for Fall/Winter 2005 in Hong Kong January 21, 2005. The Fashion Week will be held from January 18-21.
RM2D4DHAF–Miss Ireland Rosanna Davison (L) is crowned Miss World (news - web sites) 2003 by Miss World 2002 Azra Akin from Turkey in Sanya, on China's tropical island of Hainan, December 6, 2003. China played host to the event on Saturday, putting the world's most populous country officially on the beauty pageant map.
RM2D43AWJ–Miss Ireland Rosanna Davison (C) poses with her parents singer Chris de Burgh (L) and wife Diane after being crowned Miss World 2003 in Sanya, in China's tropical island of Hainan, December 6, 2003.
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