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Shakey's Pizza. Shakey's Pizza is a pizza restaurant chain based in the United States and The Philippines. [1] Founded in 1954, it was the first franchise pizza chain in the United States. [2] [3] In 1968, the chain had 342 locations. [4] The chain had about 500 stores globally, and 58 in the United States, as of July 2019.
Hong Kong [e] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With 7.4 million residents of various nationalities [f] in a 1,104-square-kilometre (426 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated territories in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ...
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The history of pizza begins in antiquity, as various ancient cultures produced flatbreads with several toppings. A precursor of pizza was probably the focaccia, a flatbread known to the Romans as panis focacius, to which toppings were then added. [1] Modern pizza evolved from similar flatbread dishes in Naples, Italy, between the 16th and mid ...
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The Big Buddha was constructed beginning in 1990, and was finished on 29 December 1993, which the Chinese reckon as the day of the Buddha's enlightenment. When the statue was completed, monks from around the world were invited to the opening ceremony. Distinguished visitors from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Japan, Korea, Thailand ...
The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the former colony, which began in 1841. Hong Kong was established as a special administrative region of China (SAR) for 50 years, maintaining its own economic and governing systems ...
The tallest building in Hong Kong is the 108-storey International Commerce Centre, which stands 484 m (1,588 ft) and is the 13th tallest building in the world. [4] [5] [6] The total built-up height (combined heights) of these skyscrapers is approximately 333.8 km (207 mi), [7] [8] making Hong Kong the world's tallest urban agglomeration .