Changes in the colony
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... Title Changes in the colony A time for reflection " Now, Hong Kong people are to run Hong Kong, that is the promise and that is the unshakable destiny.", said the last British governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten, on 1st of July, 1997, the date of the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong. The sunset farewell of the British officially ended 156 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong is now basking in the atmosphere of unity and celebrating her ten years of reunification. It may be a good time for every Hong Kong citizen to re-evaluate and consider retrospectively things they have accomplished and to look back and evaluate the development during these ten years, after the British hand over of Hong Kong to China. When did British rule begin? During the first stage of Hong Kong's development, Chinese culture was very much in evidence. In the 1860s, Hong Kong













