KONG

Date "KONG" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references)

"KONG" is a common misspelling or typo for: king.

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: KONG

Hungarian (to bong, to clang, to peal, to sound hollow, to tinkle, to toll), Tagalog (I, mine, my).

I fell off a building, I got beat on, and ran through Hong Kong butt naked (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson)

Not a cop, an officer, a legend all over Hong Kong. (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf)

If this was Hong Kong, you'd already be dead (Lethal Weapon 4; writing credit: Shane Black; Jonathan Lemkin)

They told me you were assassinated in Hong Kong. (James Bond; writing credit: Themes . search . forum . members . store . about)

Hey, Hong Kong Fooey (Scooby-Doo; writing credit: William Hanna; Joseph Barbera)

Neon King Kong standin' on my back ("The Message"; performing artist: Grandmaster Flash)

Badder than old King Kong (Bad, Bad Leroy Brown; performing artist: Jim Croce)

Hong Kong, Tokyo, passion (PASSION; performing artist: Rod Stewart)

Hong Kong Phooey (1974)

All About Kong (1973)

Sikijo ryoko: Hong Kong bojo (1973)

Hwanggeum 70 Hong Kong jakjeon (1970)

Nuestro paso por Hong Kong (1969)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Beijing Development (Hong Kong) Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• China Travel International Investment Hong Kong Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• China-Hong Kong Photo Products Holdings Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Chu Kong Shipping Development Co Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Hong Kong and MacAu/at Cost (reference)

• Hong, Kong, MacAu & the Muddy Pearl (reference)

• Lonely Planet Hong Kong, Macau (10th Edition) (reference)

• Maverick Guide to Hong Kong, MacAu, and South China (1st Ed) (reference)

• Moon Handbooks Hong Kong: Including MacAu and Guangzhou (Hong Kong Handbook, 3rd Ed) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Hong Kong Accountant (reference)

• Hong Kong Anthropologist = Hsiang-kang Jen Lei Hsueh Chia (reference)

• Hong Kong Leather Goods & Bags (reference)

• Red Book : Hong Kong & China Guide To Creative Services (reference)

• American Chamber Of Commerce In Hong Kong (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Donkey Kong Country: Legend of the Crystal Coconut (reference)

• Rumble in Hong Kong (reference)

• The Road to Hong Kong (reference)

• A Countess from Hong Kong (reference)

• Hong Kong (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• King Kong (1933 Film) / This Is Cinerama (1952 Film) / Death Of A Scoundrel (1956 Film) [3 on 1] [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• King Kong Frown [IMPORT] (reference)

• Hong Kong (reference)

• Global Underground: Live in Hong Kong (reference)

• Hong Kong [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• E-Reader with Donkey Kong (reference)

• Donkey Kong Country (reference)

• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Hong Kong. Credit: CDC.

Hong Kong at night. Credit: CDC.

Hong Kong, China 1979 Fall. Credit: Small World.

The outfit of the heroin addict. / Official photograph issued by the Narcotics Bureau, Hong Kong Police. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Off Hong Kong in 1898, wearing grey "war paint". Credit: NAVY.

Water flows aft over the bow as the cruiser makes a stormy passage from Manila to Hong Kong, 6 March 1929. View was taken from the foremast, with the ship's forward twin 6"/53 gun turret in the foreground. Credit: NAVY.

British lion with "Hong Kong" firecrackers and "Gibraltar" knot tied on tail. Credit: Library of Congress.

The great stone quarries, Hong Kong, China. Credit: Library of Congress.

Japanese ladies under a beautiful Mauritius Palm (Chrysolidocarpus) Public Gardens, Hong Kong, China. Credit: Library of Congress.

Queens Road, Hong Kong. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

The fundamental but separate works by Yersin and Kitasato in 1894 on the discovery of the etiologic agent of plague in Hong Kong opened the way for investigating the disease and how it is spread. (references)

Business

He remains in Hong Kong. (references)

Japanese firms occupied 14% of the Hong Kong market. (references)

Most of the merchandise is imported from Hong Kong and Japan. (references)

Children

Hong Kong

Government estimates based on household surveys indicated that in 2000 there were approximately 344,500 persons with disabilities in Hong Kong, including 270,000 with restricted body movement or difficulties with seeing, hearing or speech, and 74,500 with mental illness or autism. (references)

Hong Kong

A proposed bill on Prevention of Child Pornography that the Government plans to introduce before the Legislative Council in 2002 would criminalize the making, production, distribution, publication, advertising, and possession of child pornography and prohibit the procurement of children for making pornography, extend the application of certain sexual offense provisions to acts committed against children outside of Hong Kong, and prohibit any arrangement or advertising relating to commission of those acts. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hong Kong

These criticisms had little or no effect on activities in Hong Kong. (references)

Discrimination

Hong Kong

The Committee also urged Hong Kong to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and age. (references)

Hong Kong

The Bill of Rights Ordinance, which provides for the incorporation into law of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as applied to Hong Kong, entitles residents to the civil and political rights recognized therein "without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status." However, the ordinance binds only the Government, public authorities and persons acting on their behalf; that is, not private persons or entities. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

Subdivisions: Hong Kong, Kowloon, New Territories. (references)

Human Rights

Hong Kong

Human rights groups have complained that Hong Kong does not have a human rights commission. (references)

Hong Kong

Prominent human rights activists who focus on mainland China also operate freely and enjoy permanent resident status in Hong Kong. (references)

Hong Kong

The National People's Congress vehicle for interpretation is its Committee for the Basic Law, composed of six mainland and six Hong Kong members. (references)

Political Economy

HONG KONG

These restrictions limit the expansion of U.S. carrier services in the Hong Kong market. (references)

HONG KONG

U.S. film and music distributors also report increasing levels of legitimate sales in Hong Kong. (references)

HONG KONG

In 1999, Hong Kong courts handed down a first conviction for unauthorized dealer hard-disk loading. (references)

Political Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

The two seats from Kong, where Ouattara planned to run, remained unfilled as the RDR, the only party running in that electoral district, boycotted the elections. (references)

Hong Kong

A report in May 2000 compiled by the Hong Kong Federation of Women stated that only between 16 to 22 percent of judges, Executive Council members, advisory board members or top civil servants are women. (references)

Hong Kong

Politicians and human rights activists criticized the selection process as undemocratic and lacking transparency and noted that Central Government Liaison Office (formerly the New China News Agency) Director Jiang Enzhu, who is not a Hong Kong permanent resident, is one of Hong Kong's 36 delegates. (references)

Trade

Hong Kong

Commercial trade financing is available in Hong Kong for qualified customers. (references)

Hong Kong

U.S. Trade and Development Agency programs are available for Hong Kong and Macau. (references)

Hong Kong

The list of Hong Kong based banks with correspondent U.S. banking arrangements is too large to include here. (references)

Travel

Hong Kong

Most people who are familiar with Hong Kong know that Hong Kong means business. (references)

Hong Kong

Americans encounter few if any cultural problems when conducting business in Hong Kong. (references)

Hong Kong

Most Hong Kong business executives speak English, and are accustomed to dealing with Westerners. (references)

Worker Rights

Indonesia

Host countries include Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Korea, and the Persian Gulf states. (references)

China

A large number of citizens are trafficked through Hong Kong to the United States, Europe, and other regions. (references)

Nepal

Citizens reportedly also have been trafficked to Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, and other countries in the Middle East. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "KONG": hong kong ♦ Hong Kong Chinese ♦ Hong Kong dollar. Additional references.

Beginning with "KONG": kong-based, kong-born, kong-bound, Kong-china, kong-controlled, kong-financed, kong-led, kong-listed, kong-quoted, kong-registered, kong-style.

Ending with "KONG": Hong-kong.

Containing "KONG": Hong-kong-based, un-hong-kong-like.

Albanian

hongkong (hong kong). (various references)

Bulgarian 

хонконг (hong kong). (various references)

Chinese 

香港人 (Hong Kong person|people), 香港 (Hong Kong), 港人 (Hong Kong person or people), 港幣 (Hong Kong currency, Hong Kong dollar). (various references)

Czech

hong kong (hong kong). (various references)

Danish

hongkongsk dollar (Hong Kong dollar), hongkonger (Hong Kong Chinese), Hongkong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, The Crown Colony of Hong Kong), Hong Kong dollar (Hong Kong dollar), HKD (Hong Kong dollar), HK (cheval-vapeur, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, horse power, horsepower), Det Særlige Administrative Område Hongkong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China). (various references)

Dutch

Hongkong (Hong Kong, Hongkong). (various references)

Finnish

Kiinan kansantasavallan erityisalue Hongkong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China), Hongkongin dollari (Hong Kong dollar), hongkongilainen (Hong Kong Chinese), Hongkong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China), HKD (Hong Kong dollar), HK (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China). (various references)

French

Hong Kong (Hong Kong). (various references)

Frisian

Hongkong (Hong Kong). (various references)

German

hongkong (hong kong). (various references)

Greek 

Ειδική Διοικητική Περιοχή Χονγκ Κονγκ της Λαϊκής Δημοκρατίας της Κίνας (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China), χόνγκ-κόνγκ (hong kong), Χονγκ Κονγκ (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China), δολάριο Χονγκ Κονγκ (Hong Kong dollar, Hong Kong dollar-ISO code), HKD (Hong Kong dollar), HK (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China). (various references)

Hungarian

Hongkong (Hong Kong, Hongkong), hong kong (hong kong). (various references)

Italian

Hong Kong (hong kong). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

香港返還 (return of Hong Kong), 香港 (Hong Kong). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほんこんへんかん (return of Hong Kong), ほんこん (Hong Kong). (various references)

Pig Latin

ongkay.(various references)

Portuguese

Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China). (various references)

Russian 

гонконг гонконгский (hong kong), гонконг (hong kong). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

hongkong (hong kong). (various references)

Spanish

Hong Kong (hong kong). (various references)

Swedish

Hongkongdollar (Hong Kong dollar), Hongkong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China), HKD (Hong Kong dollar), HK (Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China), från Hongkong (Hong Kong Chinese). (various references)

Tagalog

Hongkong (Hong Kong, Hongkong). (various references)

Turkish

hong kong (hong kong). (various references)

Misspellings

"KONG" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Coong, Cung, Ekong, Kaeng, Kango, Kaon, Kenge, Kengo, Klong, knog, Koang, kog, Kogl, konge, Konh, Koni, Konje, Konni, Kyng, Okon. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: nog.

-2 letters: go, no, on.

+1 letter: klong.

+2 letters: coking, gingko, ginkgo, hoking, jingko, joking, kalong, klongs, poking, toking, yoking.

+3 letters: angakok, bangkok, bonking, booking, broking, choking, cocking, conking, cooking, corking, docking, evoking, forking, ginkgos, gunlock, hocking, holking, honking, hooking, howking, jouking, kalongs, kampong, kayoing, kerogen, kingdom, knowing, konking, locking, looking, mocking, nocking, oinking, okaying, pocking, rocking, rooking, smoking, soaking, socking, spoking, stoking, troking, working, yocking, zonking.