hong kong became part of china in 1898.
hong kong became part of china in 1898.
when did hong kong became part of china?
1898
shenzhen bay port is part of the hong kong–shenzhen western corridor, which the corridor was proposed by the shenzhen municipal government to the chinese central government well as colonial british government of hong kong in the 1990s. hong kong became the first special administrative region of china (sar) on 1 july 1997. in march 2001, a feasibility study by the hong kong government, suggested to build the hong kong–shenzhen western corridor. a further inter-government meeting in july 2001 concluded that, the border checkpoint of the corridor should be co-located in the same place, thus the birth of shenzhen bay port, which was sub-divided into hong kong port area and shenzhen port area. the name shenzhen bay port () was agreed by another inter-government meeting in august 2004. hong kong government also entrusted shenzhen municipal government to build the facilities of the shenzhen bay port hong kong port area in july 2004. some of the facilities was also sub-contracted to hong kong firm, such as hsin chong–aster was responsible for the electrical and mechanical engineering of the passenger terminal building (hong kong side) of the hong kong port area.
shenzhen bay port
indian traders and the british east india company had already commenced commercial activities in macau (1654) and canton (1771) long before hong kong became a british colony in 1841. at the time when the union jack flag was hoisted in january 1841 there were around 2,700 soldiers and 4 merchants from the indian subcontinent. indian troops and traders played an important role in the early development of hong kong. in the early years of british hong kong, the indian gold mohur and the rupee were legal tender. hong kong and shanghai banking corporation (hsbc) was created in 1864 with 2 parsees and 1 indian jew among the 13 founding committee members. in 1877, 43.24% of goods imported into hong kong were from india and 17.62% of exports from hong kong went to india. by 1913, trade with india had effectively collapsed with hong kong importing just 13.78% from india while exports from hong kong were reduced to 2.30%. indian businessmen were engaged in society building in hong kong through significant philanthropic contributions: hormusjee nowrojee mody figured prominently in the founding of university of hong kong (hku). star ferry was founded by abdoolally ebrahim in 1842 and developed by dorabjee naorojee from 1888. staff for the engineering services of the kowloon-canton railway were recruited from india. prior to world war ii, 60% of the police force were sikhs from punjab. in 1949, jehangir hormusjee ruttonjee founded ruttonjee sanatorium. large number of indians served in the military, police and prison services of british hong kong till india gained independence from britain on 15 august 1947. in 1952 business leaders of the indian community founded the indian chamber of commerce hong kong (icchk). it aims to promote and improve the image of indian trade in hong kong and southern china. as early as 1955, india was asked by governor alexander grantham to weigh-in on china as to the well-being of hong kong residents when the colony would revert to china.
south asians in hong kong