City image study - description of Hong Kong

City image study (in geographical imagination) - description of Hong Kong

Quotation 1

"The Hong Kong Tourism Board describes the city as “a kaleidoscope of life, a sophisticated fusion of East and West, a city of diversity where new and old meet at every turn.” (url link: https://www.china-mike.com/china-tourist-attractions/hong-kong/).

Quotation 2

"Hong Kong is a perfect fusion of the Oriental and the Western features. Here, you can see a dynamic and contrast-filled city. Hong Kong is a very popular and glamorous attraction for tourists home and abroad. As an important financial market of the world, it is widely well-known as the Pearl of the Orient" (url address: https://www.chinaexpeditiontours.com/china-guide/hong-kong-in-brief.html).

Quotation 3

"It is widely known that Hong Kong is a “Shopping Paradise”. Among the three sections, Hong Kong Island is commonly the most important and popular district for tourists. It is without doubt that this is the heart and soul of the city in almost every sense of the word. Business here is booming. You can see that shopping, business, culture and politics are prosperous. It is this skyline that has made the pages of limitless glossy magazines and postcards graced graceful over the years" (url address: https://www.chinaexpeditiontours.com/china-guide/hong-kong-in-brief.html).


Quotation 4
"A city of 7.2 million people (mid-2013), Hong Kong is a cosmopolitan metropolis where old tradition blends perfectly with Western culture and post-modern trends. Ethnic Chinese make up the bulk of its population, but there is also a sizeable presence of expatriates and people of different ethnicity, all enjoying the freedoms and prosperity of this city, once a fishing village.

Hong Kong is a place of kaleidoscopic variety. Hong Kong people enjoy the freedom of religion under the Basic Law. Then there are as many types of international cuisines as are the number of the ethnic groups in Hong Kong" (url address: https://www.hketolondon.gov.hk/intro/hksar.htm).

Quotation 5

"Hong Kong is frequently described as a place where "East meets West", reflecting the culture's mix of the territory's Chinese roots with the culture brought to it during its time as a British colony. One of the more noticeable contradictions is Hong Kong's balancing of a modernized way of life with traditional Chinese practices. Concepts like feng shui are taken very seriously, with expensive construction projects often hiring expert consultants, and are often believed to make or break a business" (url address: https://www.chronicle.com/academicDestinationArticle/Where-East-meets-West/1/).


Quotation 6
"Industrialisation gathered pace, and by the 1970s Hong Kong had become an "Asian tiger"; one of the region's economic powerhouses. With little room for expansion across its hilly terrain, high-rise Hong Kong has among the highest population density in the world - about 6,300 people per square kilometre. Skyscrapers and temples, shopping malls and traditional markets sit cheek-by-jowl. But amid the urban hustle there are quiet parks and green spaces, beaches and mountain-top views" (url address: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-16525986).

Quotation 7

"More than half of Hong Kong people prefer to worry about their future financial security, rather than enjoy life now" (url address: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1939359/more-half-hong-kong-people-prefer-worry-about-their-future).