Week One
~ The Colonial Model ~
Hong Kong and Benevolent Paternalism.
Hong Kong and the Ah Lum incident and the second Opium War.
Hong Kong and China and the decline of China
Hong Kong and the New Territories.
Hong Kong and China: Shanghai and Nationalism.
Hong Kong and the first world war.
Hong Kong on the eve of the fall and the nineteen thirties.
The lead up to the Second World War and the fall of Hong Kong.
1945 and all is well.
1945 -1950. And the PRC with the new Hong Kong economy.
The situation just after the war and the Chinese economy.
The new economic situation in the 1950's and explanations for it.
The model of the new opportunities for Hong Kong
Quiz:
What was the name of the Treaty, which assigned Hong Kong to Britain in perpetuity?
In what year did Hong Kong acquire Kowloon and Stonecutters Island
In what year did Britain acquire the New Territories?
For how long was the New Territories ceded to the Britain?
Can you name the major documents, which outlined the way Hong Kong was to be governed as a Colony?
Name the three major offices of governance in Hong Kong in the nineteenth century.
Which is the biggest in size Hong Kong Island or the New Territories?
What is Legco?
What is Exco?
Where was the Kowloon Walled City to be found? Hong Kong, Kowloon or the New Territories.
What is the name of the largest island in Hong Kong?
What was the population of Hong Kong Island in 1840 immediately before the British came.
5000, 10,000, 15,000, 50,000, 100,000
When did the First World War break out and end?
Who presented the 21 demands to China?
When was the Chinese revolution, which overthrew the Manta (Ding) dynasty?
When did the Sino- Japanese war break out?
When did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?
When did the Japanese surrender?
Which is the biggest area Singapore or Hong Kong?
Name to last governor of Hong Kong.
Name the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong.
When did the PRC come into existence
What was the date of the Korean War?
When was the Joint Declaration signed?
What is the population of Hong Kong?
When was the Basic Law promulgated
What is the exchange rate on the US$ to the Hong Kong $?
Name the largest non Chinese group living in Hong Kong