Introduction: Hong Kong after the reversion: In search of a post‐colonial order

• Main Author: TANG, Tuck Hong James
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1999
• Subjects: Asian History; Asian Studies; Legal History
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2160; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3417/viewcontent/Introduction_Hong_Kong_after_the_reversion_In_search_of_a_post_colonial_order.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The political handover of Hong Kong on 1 July 1997 turned out to be a non-eventwith little political drama. Emotions ran high when the Union Jack was loweredand was replaced by the Chinese national flag (wuxing hongqi), peacefully endingover one and a half centuries of British colonial rule in Hong Kong. The handovertook place smoothly, despite the heavy rain, without political and social turbulence.The Sino-British disagreement over the abolition of the Legislative Council marredthe occasion, but the swearing-in of a pro-Beijing Provisional Legislative Councilwas largely accepted as a fait accompli.