[Dx-qsl] Entities
Bruce Small
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Sun Sep 15 09:48:01 2002
Macao, like Hong Kong, has a separate administration. They have their own
currency, postage, police, customs and immigration, etc.
I was there briefly in April, and my passport is stamped "Macau," not China.
Unfortunately, had no time to play radio :(
-KM2L
Ron Notarius WN3VAW wrote:
> I think Hong Kong is still being treated as a "separate administrative
> area." I don't know what the story is with Macao, if it's also being
> treated that way or not. Also, I believe HK has an IARU society, but Macao
> at present does not, but may have one soon -- that's also part of the entity
> criteria. To be honest, I fully expected both to move to the Deleted list
> after they were turned back over to the Bejing government.
>> As far as the prefixes go, Hong Kong retained the VS & VR prefixes -- that's
> why Pitcairn changed from VR6 to VP6. I don't know if Portugal handed over
> the XX prefix along with the territory.