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  • Beyond Chinese TV media images, a red sun sinks behind late cloud in the west, a glowing red sky illuminates Hong Kong's harbour, this scene is symbolic of the decline of empire, the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) two years after this picture was taken, often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight of that day signified the end of British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. From this famous ferry terminal that protrudes out into the busy waters of this colony's harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood in the days before China ceded its territory to the British for 155 years until the 1997 deadline.
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  • While still a British colony, 1990s street advertising including one for the cigarette Marlboro Man, on 21st April 1995, in Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
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  • A Buddhist monk prays in Jordan Road, Kowloon, on the eve of the handover of sovereignty from Britain to China, on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong14-30-06-1997.jpg
  • In heavy monsoonal rain, crowds gather at the stroke of midnight beneath umbrellas to witness the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. From the on the roof of Ocean Terminal shopping mall, the skyline is filled with fireworks but the glowing red comes from giant advertising lettering behind the viewer on the top floor of the building which protrudes out into Hong Kong harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory.  Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
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  • In heavy monsoonal rain, crowds gather beneath umbrellas on the roof of Ocean Terminal to witness the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. A cruise liner is moored s small distance away but the glowing red comes from giant advertising lettering on the top floor of the shopping mall which protrudes out into Hong Kong harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory.  Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
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  • Three citizens from the Chinese Special Economic region Hong Kong stand along a vertical banners filled with Chinese characters on a sunny day in Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon side in 1995. This is dated two years before the ransfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" on June 30, 1997. But at the time of this picture, these people are still under British rule and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China has still to happen. They are therefore still British subjects, with British passports, living under British law.
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  • While still a British colony, a Western couple stand with a backdrop of Hong Kong Harbour waters, on 21st April 1995, in Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    hong_kong_waterfront-21-04-1995.jpg
  • In light monsoonal rain, a lone pedestrian is seen from a high viewpoint, crossing a zebra crossing with a yellow grid box junction to his right in Central Hong Kong on the last day of British rule. The junction is empty and without any traffic but the word 'Look' is stencilled in white letters for the benefit of unwary pedestrians. An umbrella used by the unrecognisable person is a colour match with the painted striped road markings, identical to the British highway traffic code. The transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), often referred to as "The Handover" occurred at midnight on June 30, 1997, signifying the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
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  • As rain starts falling, a chinese husband and wife wait for a bus on Nathan Road in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui
    hong_kong_handover03-21-04-1995.jpg
  • Passers-by ignore destitute bag-lady in Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui street on the Kowloon side.
    street_beggar01-20-01-1995.jpg
  • Crowds gather at the stroke of midnight beneath umbrellas to witness the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), on 30th June 1997, in Hong Kong, China. Midnight signified the end of British rule, and the transfer of legal and financial authority back to China. From the on the roof of Ocean Terminal shopping mall, the skyline is filled with fireworks but the glowing red comes from giant advertising lettering behind the viewer on the top floor of the building which protrudes out into Hong Kong harbour from the Kowloon side of the territory. Hong Kong was once known as 'fragrant harbour' (or Heung Keung) because of the smell of transported sandal wood.
    hong_kong_handover-30-06-1997_1.jpg
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