Adelson hoped to recreate his success in Vegas, but Chinese authorities slapped fresh restrictions on travel to the former Portuguese colony, now a special administrative region.

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On July 6, the Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok opened for business, five days after the territory celebrated its first year as a special administrative region of China.

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Whether living in a Cheung Kong apartment, switching on a Fortress appliance powered by Hong Kong Electric, buying groceries at Park 'N Shop or toiletries at Watson's, listening to Metro Radio, or, soon, connecting via a PCCW-HKT line, people in the Special Administrative Region are a captive market.

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For the first time, they directly represented the new special administrative region, rather than forming a part of the delegation from Guangdong province.

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