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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Asia's busiest international airport, Hong Kong, competes largely with Chinese airports--notably Guangzhou's and Shanghai's.

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Other destinations to highly in the best airport category this year include Hong Kong International and Beijing Capital International, carrying on a tradition of strong Asian performance at the awards.

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Other destinations to rank highly in the best airport category this year include Hong Kong International and Beijing Capital International, carrying on a tradition of strong Asian performance at the awards.

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But in Hong Kong, which has comparable tropical weather patterns to Indonesia, nearly one in 500 arriving and departing flights have reported significant wind shear at the international airport since its opening in 1998, according to the Hong Kong Observatory's website.

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