Hong Kong under British rule

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British colony Crown colony dependent territory

Hong Kong under British rule was a British Crown colony and major Asian trading and financial hub governed by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century until its 1997 handover to China.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Hong Kong	3
British occupation of Hong Kong Island	1
Government of Hong Kong (British colonial administration)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ Crown colony ⓘ dependent territory ⓘ
capital	Hong Kong Island ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong (Victoria) Victoria City ⓘ
coatOfArms	coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997) ⓘ
commonLanguage	Cantonese ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Hong Kong dollar ⓘ Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pound sterling
demographicFeature	predominantly ethnic Chinese population ⓘ
economicRole	international financial centre ⓘ major Asian trading hub ⓘ
educationSystem	British-style education system ⓘ
endEvent	handover of Hong Kong ⓘ
endTime	1997-06-30 ⓘ
flag	Blue Ensign ⓘ surface form: Blue Ensign with Hong Kong badge
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
highestCourt	High Court of Hong Kong ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Hong Kong
includesTerritory	Hong Kong Island ⓘ Kowloon ⓘ surface form: Kowloon Peninsula New Territories ⓘ
JapaneseOccupationEnd	1945 ⓘ
JapaneseOccupationStart	1941 ⓘ
legalSystem	English law ⓘ surface form: English common law
legislature	Legislative Council of Hong Kong ⓘ
locatedIn	Pearl River Delta ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ
majorTreaty	Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory ⓘ Convention of Peking ⓘ Hong Kong Joint Declaration 1984 ⓘ surface form: Sino-British Joint Declaration Treaty of Nanking ⓘ
notableIndustry	finance ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ shipping ⓘ trade ⓘ
notablePolicy	laissez-faire economic policy ⓘ low taxation ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
policeForce	Hong Kong Police Force ⓘ surface form: Royal Hong Kong Police Force
portType	free port ⓘ
representativeOfHeadOfState	Chris Patten ⓘ surface form: Governor of Hong Kong
significantEvent	Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ⓘ
startEvent	Hong Kong under British rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British occupation of Hong Kong Island Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ surface form: First Opium War
startTime	1841 ⓘ
successor	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
timeZone	Hong Kong Time ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ

Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps → partOf → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Hong Kong

Jackie Chan → placeOfBirth → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Hong Kong

John Lee Ka-chiu → placeOfBirth → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Hong Kong

Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region → replaced → Hong Kong under British rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of Hong Kong (British colonial administration)

Hong Kong under British rule → startEvent → Hong Kong under British rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British occupation of Hong Kong Island