Hong Kong–Malaysia relations by the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia did not establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China until 31 May 1974. Malaysia has a Consulate General in Wan Chai. This was established on 2 July 1971. As Hong Kong was then under British rule, this was then known as a Commission, as were the missions of some other Commonwealth countries. Following the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, the Commission was renamed the Consulate General, and the last Commissioner became Consul-General. In 2010, Malaysia became the 10th largest trading partner for Hong Kong with the
Young Plan (Hong Kong) any form of major electorally based government until in the 1980s during the Sino-British negotiations on Hong Kong's sovereignty. Young Plan (Hong Kong) The Young Plan was a constitutional reform proposal carried out in 1946 attempting to introduce representative democracy in Colonial Hong Kong. Named after the then Governor, Mark Young, it was the first major reform proposal to give Hong Kong inhabitants a greater share of managing their own affairs by widening the base of Hong Kong's political system through the creation of a new Municipal Council. The proposed Council was to consisted of an elected majority based on