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The British Consulate-General, Hong Kong, located at 1 Supreme Court Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong Island, is the largest British consulate-general in the world and is bigger than many British embassies and high commissions abroad.〔(About the Consulate-General )〕 It is responsible for maintaining British ties with Hong Kong〔(UK in Hong Kong - the British Consulate-General Hong Kong and Macao )〕 and Macao.〔(UK in Macao )〕 The British Consulate-General was also the Regional Passport Processing Centre, handling passport applications from British citizens resident elsewhere in Asia.〔(Passport application changes for Brits living abroad )〕 Previously, it also processed applications received by the British Trade and Cultural Office in Taipei, Taiwan.〔(British Trade and Cultural Office - About us )〕 Besides, it also receives registrations of marriages from British nationals in the Republic of China, although there is no legal requirement for British nationals to do so.〔(British Trade and Cultural Office - How to register a marriage )〕 Due to Hong Kong's unique status, the consul-general reports directly to the Foreign Office, instead of going through the British Embassy in Beijing, the Chinese capital.〔''Hong Kong Economic Journal'', 3 July 2007, Page 34.〕 The consulate-general was designed by British architects Terry Farrell and Partners. Occupied in October 1996, it was a HK$ 290 million project, with the British Council in an adjoining building opened in the following December. Together with the United States Consulate General, the Consulate General of Malaysia, and the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, the British Consulate-General is among the few consulates-general in the territory to have its own buildings. The Consul General resides at rented flat at Opus Hong Kong since 2013.〔http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/10108703/Britains-Hong-Kong-Consul-General-in-35-million-flat.html〕 ==List of British Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macao〔http://ukinhongkong.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-consulate-general/our-consul-general/ http://ukinhongkong.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-consulate-general/our-consul-general/previous-consuls-general〕== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Consulate-General, Hong Kong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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