• The handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China was at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British...
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    The handover ceremony of Hong Kong in 1997 officially marked the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...
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  • of the uncertainties concerning the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. In the decades that followed the handover of Hong...
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    rule and the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, most of the civil functions of this office went to the chief executive of Hong Kong, and military...
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    the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. The garrison is headquartered in Chinese People's Liberation Army Forces Hong Kong Building in Central, Hong Kong. The...
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    the handover of Hong Kong. It replaced Hong Kong's colonial constitution of the Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions. Drafted on the basis of the...
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  • during the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom. Facing an increased crime rate due to immigration from Mainland China, the Hong Kong government...
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    2019–2020 Hong Kong protests (also known by other names) were a series of demonstrations against the Hong Kong government's introduction of a bill to...
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    Emblem of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China came into use on 1 July 1997, after the handover of Hong Kong from...
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    Regional Flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China depicts a white stylised five-petal Hong Kong orchid tree...
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    a wave of emigration from Hong Kong. The handover of Hong Kong on 1 July 1997, returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule, and it adopted the Hong Kong Basic Law...
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    is the executive authorities of Hong Kong. It was established on 1 July 1997, following the handover of Hong Kong. The Chief Executive and the principal...
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    Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, since the handover in 1997, the passport has been issued by the Immigration Department of the Government...
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    the Hong Kong Basic Law, formally came into being on 1 July 1997 with the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China...
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    the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong during the Second World War, the 1967 unrest, uncertainties leading up to the 1997 handover, and the 2019–2020 unrest...
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    pushing for greater democracy both in the transition period and after handover of Hong Kong in 1997. Many also supported greater democracy in China and the...
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    of the handover in 1997 marked the end of this lease. The Chinese government declared in the treaty its basic policies for governing Hong Kong after the...
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    when the PLC moved to Hong Kong and replaced the elected legislature from the 1997 handover of Hong Kong until the 1998 Hong Kong legislative election...
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    Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH) is an international airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is...
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  • Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (英皇御准香港賽馬會). The institution reverted to its original name in 1996 due to the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. Membership of the...
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    the British handover of Hong Kong in 1997, required that a national security law with some of these provisions be enacted by the Hong Kong Special Administrative...
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    Supreme Court of Hong Kong was the highest court in Hong Kong prior to the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China in...
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    Hong Kong. The prominent opposition to integrating with the Chinese mainland was the localism movement in Hong Kong. Before the handover of Hong Kong...
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    July 2022, in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong. The decision to build the museum in Hong Kong has generated much controversy...
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    European imperialism in China and Asia. Handover of Hong Kong One country, two systems Handover Gifts Museum of Macao Time Capsule (Macau) Mayers, William...
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    issued to foreign nationals, they are valid for 5 years. Before the handover of Hong Kong and Macau, "home-return permits" were issued to any ethnic Chinese...
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  • The Hong Kong Basic Law does not specify an anthem of Hong Kong. Since the handover in 1997, the Hong Kong government has adopted "March of the Volunteers...
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    Hong Kong was a British colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, with a period of Japanese occupation from 1941...
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    Western-ness translated for Chinese." After the handover of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong surveyed Hong Kong residents about how they defined themselves...
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  • of life would remain unchanged for a period of 50 years from the date of handover. The Hong Kong handover ceremony officially marked the transfer of sovereignty...
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