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• About
• Introduction
• Prehistoric times
  • Stone Age
  • Bronze Age
• Imperial years
  • Qin to Southern Dynasty
  • Tang and Southern Han
  • Song and Yuan
  • Ming and Qing
• →Colonial days ←
  • Early days
  • 1860–1898
  • New Territories taken
  • The Revolution
• Modern age
  • Educational reforms
  • Political reforms
• Epilogue

• Appendices
  • Index
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography

Now that you've taken a good look at the imperial history of Hong Kong, it is time to advance into a period of history where everything is written on paper, found in buildings and so on. It's the colonial years of Hong Kong, from the time when the Brits landed on Possession Point, up to the midnight when Elizabeth II returned Hong Kong, the last colony of the British Empire, to Chinese rule. This part discusses the history of Hong Kong up to the point when Hong Kong Island was taken.

Governors

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