'Big Buddha' is a 34m tall statue located on a Lantau Island. It is the second-largest outdoor sitting Buddha in the world.

Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, which means that it enjoys greater political and social autonomy than mainland China, separate administrative and legal systems (based on British common law) and a separate currency (the Hong Kong Dollar, HKD$).

The name 'Hong Kong' is Cantonese for 'fragrance harbor'.

Hong Kong consists of three main territories - Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories - plus more than 260 smaller (and mostly uninhabited) islands, located where the Pearl river meets the South China Sea.

Hong Kong had been under the British Crown rule for 155 years, from 1842 untill 1997.

Both Chinese and English are the official languages in Hong Kong. English is widely used in the Government and by the legal, professional and business sectors.

HK ranks #1 among the cities with the most number of skyscrapers in the world.

Victoria Peak or commonly known as 'The Peak' is the highest point on Hong Kong Island and offers a breathtaking view over Victoria Harbor.

Snake soup is a Chinese delicacy that contains as many as five different types of snake meat. Boiled with ingredients such as pork bones, chicken, and spices, this thick and flavorful soup is especially popular in Hong Kong during the winter months.

In 2008 'The Dark Knight' came to HK to film a scene in which the caped crusader captures mob accountant Lau. The building in question is Two International Financial Centre, over 400m tall and at the time the tallest in the city.

The International Commerce Centre rises above the city skyline to 484m and is the tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong.

My face is my career.

I don't know if hep C is called 'the quiet killer,' but it easily could be, so unnoticeably does it nestle into your body before crankin' up the screws and letting you race to figure out what's going on.

Most of my family are good athletes.

Patriotism can be good or bad. Knee-jerk patriotism can be very bad. I'm patriotic almost to the point of self-consciousness, but I love my country the way I love a friend or a child who I would correct if she was going the wrong way. Who I expect the very best from.

There's many things that I am. And all of those things come together at some point. If somebody wants to limit me, you know and they'll say, 'Well, this is Walter Mosley, the mystery writer.' I don't like that. Because I do many things.

There are some jobs where you think, 'There's no way! This would be too, too good. The universe would love me too much were it to actually happen.'

Healing yourself is connected with healing others.

I'm just a regular girl who likes to go snowboarding and picks her nose like anybody else. I just like to drive into things and take risks.

Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.

Our objective should be to firmly deal with terrorism and its sponsors, financiers, and arms suppliers. At the same time, our doors should always be open for processes which would restore peace, development, and progress to societies which have been devastated by terrorism over many generations.

Take mankind in general, they are vicious-their passions may be operated upon.

The biggest issue by far is that carbohydrates are absolutely at the cornerstone of all of our major degenerative conditions.

Radio stations play what they believe is in, and they all talk to each other.

I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now.

One of the things that is very important to me is how I feel about my team. And not just what their jobs are but what they mean to one another.

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?

We had everything from the BBC on our TV, so British drama seems very close to home.

When I met Judd Apatow, he told me I should start writing screenplays. They'd be really bad at first, but the more I did it, the better I'd get.

Whoever hired me might've just heard 'Refugee.' Well, I'm not the secret to 'Refugee.' The secret to 'Refugee' is the song. But if somebody really good calls me up to play on something because they like the way I played on 'Refugee,' then I wind up playing on another really good song.

Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.

I go to bed when the kids go to bed because I get up when they get up at 5.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

It is important to express oneself provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.