The last British Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten, stepped down in 1997, but which country stood down in the neighbouring island of Macau 2 years later?
Consular missions in Macau Consular missions in Macau There are 13 consular missions in Macau, of which 4 are Consulates-General and 9 are Honorary Consuls. 50 Consulates-General and 7 Honorary Consulates in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region are also accredited to Macau. Of the 9 Honorary Consulates in Macau, 2 are subordinate to Consulates-General in Hong Kong. The Honorary Consulate of Portugal in Hong Kong is subordinate to the Consulate-General of Portugal in Macau. During the Second World War, when Macau was under Portuguese rule, there was a British Consul, John Pownall Reeves, who served between June 1941 and August 1946. He remained
Governor of Hong Kong the President of the Legislative Council. The governor appointed most, if not all, of the members of the colony's legislature (known colloquially as LegCo), which was largely an advisory body until the first indirect election to LegCo was held in 1985. Initially both Councils were dominated by British expatriates, but this progressively gave way to local Hong Kong Chinese appointees in later years. Historically, the Governors of Hong Kong were either professional diplomats or senior colonial officials, except for the last governor, Chris Patten, who was a career politician. In December 1996, the governor's salary was HK$3,036,000 per annum, tax-free.