Hong-kong

Hong Kong Hong-Kong Hongkong Hồng Kông English Proper noun en Hong Kong. en The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art 1841 Philadelphia E. Littell & Co. 362 The harbour of Hong-kong is famed among foreign residents in China for its extreme healthiness; and many a sojourner at Macao, after trying what medicine and exercise could do for him there, has at length repaired to Hong-kong, and found what he had so long sought in vain. en The Annual Register, or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1842 1843 London Chapter XI. 264 We stated in our preceding volume, that in the month of August last year, Sir H. Pottinger and Sir W. Parker had sailed for Hong-kong, which was the place of rendezvous for the ships destined for the expedition to the northward. en The Indian Mail, a Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia 1844 296 Art. XV. provides for debts, incurred by Chinese dealers or merchants at Hong-kong, being recovered through the English courts of justice. Should the debtor fly from Hong-kong to the Chinese territory, and be known or found to have property, real or personal, the fourth clause of the general regulations will be applicable to the case, on application being made by the consul.