From water polo competition to the busiest port in the world: Port of VictoriaAn annual average of 220,000 ships call at this port for both commercial and tourism purposes. Victoria Harbour, located in Kowloon, Hong Kong was renowned as the busiest port in the world and served as Hong Kong's export and import hub. Located in the South China Sea, Victoria Harbor provides the resting place for exhausted sailors traveling through this sea. Tourists in Hong Kong can witness the most famous night view from this port, where the famous skyscrapers of Hong Kong are lined up and illuminated along the banks of the port. Especially on the second night of Chinese New Year, when the annual fireworks are displayed. Before retaking the busiest port in the world, the beginning was rather unknown. Short-term recreational activities such as swimming races and water polo competitions were organized in the 1850s by the Victoria Recreation Club. This not internationally famous port will soon have the eyes of the whole world upon it. January 1855 Taiping fleet of warships fighting Britain's battleships on this coast in an attempt to drive British imperialism out of China. This incident however led to the Second Opium War in mainland China, then the Qing Dynasty, which lasted from 1856 to 1860. The reasons for this war were due to similar reasons to the First Opium War, the conflict of Chinese officials' attempts to drive the drugs out of China while the British government uses them as a method to demolish China from within. The port of Hong Kong has since changed its name to what is now known as Queen Victoria Harbour. Due to its strategic location and natural deep waters, Victoria Harbor had grown as the center of the commercial port of Hon......middle of paper. .....and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. On 11 December 1996, Tung won the first election for the position of Chief Executive of the People's Republic of China by a wide margin. Kong Special Administrative Region. He assumed office on 1 July 1997 for a five-year term and was elected unopposed for a second term commencing on 1 July 2002. He was the first Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region . of the People's Republic of China. Currently, Tung is the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, People's Republic of China. Prior to the appointment, Tung served as Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), People's Republic of China, from July 1997 to March 2005.