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According to the census of 1865, Hong Kong had a population of 125,504, of which some 2,000 were Americans and Europeans. [10] In 1914 despite an exodus of 60,000 Chinese fearing an attack on the colony during World War I, Hong Kong's population continued to increase from 530,000 in 1916 to 725,000 in 1925 and 1.6 million by 1941. [12]
United States-Hong Kong Policy Act: 1993: Cable TV Hong Kong a first pay television station Lan Kwai Fong stampede: 1996: Garley Building fire Phoenix Satellite Television a first satellite television station based in Hong Kong: 1997: Tsing Ma Bridge opened. Hong Kong transferred to the People's Republic of China.
An Eastern Entrepot: A Collection of Documents Illustrating the History of Hong Kong. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. p. 293. ASIN B0007J07G6. OCLC 632495979. Tsang, Steve (1995). Government and Politics: A Documentary History of Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. p. 312. ISBN 962-209-392-2.
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Consequently, because ceding Hong Kong came at the end of half a century of decolonisation, and because the handover meant that the United Kingdom became without significant overseas territories, dominions, or colonies for the first time in its history (Great Britain, having been bequeathed the incipient domains of its later empire by ...
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The Hong Kong Story permanent exhibition was a showcase of the history and development of Hong Kong. Occupying an area of 7,000 m 2 (75,000 sq ft), The Hong Kong Story comprised eight galleries located on two floors. Through the display of over 4,000 exhibits with the use of 750 graphic panels, a number of dioramas and multi-media programmes ...
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