港府 (Gǎngfǔ): Hong Kong government

Meanings

1 Hong Kong government
2 the HK SAR administration (abbreviation of 香港政府)

Characters

港

Gǎng

(short for 香港) Hong Kong; harbor

府

fǔ

government office; seat of authority

Examples

港府宣布将出台新的房屋政策。

Gǎngfǔ xuānbù jiāng chūtái xīn de fángwū zhèngcè.

The Hong Kong government announced it will roll out a new housing policy.

记者会上，港府发言人回应了多个问题。

Jìzhěhuì shàng, Gǎngfǔ fāyánrén huíyìngle duō ge wèntí.

At the press conference, the Hong Kong government spokesperson responded to several questions.

Tips

usage

Standard journalistic shorthand for 香港特别行政区政府 (Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū Zhèngfǔ, 'HKSAR Government'). You will see it constantly in headlines: 港府表示..., 港府决定.... Compare with 京 (Beijing), 沪 (Shanghai), 台 (Taiwan) — single-character region abbreviations are a staple of Chinese news writing.

history

Before the 1997 handover (回归 huíguī), 港府 referred to the British Hong Kong colonial administration; after 1997, it refers to the SAR government under the 'one country, two systems' (一国两制 yī guó liǎng zhì) framework.