British colonial administration in Hong Kong

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_colonial_administration_in_Hong_Kong

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Victoria_City
gptkbp:coatOfArms	gptkb:Coat_of_arms_of_Hong_Kong_(1959–1997)
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Hong_Kong_dollar
gptkbp:endDate	1997
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Han_Chinese gptkb:Indian British Portuguese
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Flag_of_Hong_Kong_(1959–1997)
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:state_order gptkb:Executive_Council_of_Hong_Kong gptkb:Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British colonial administration in Hong Kong
gptkbp:legalSystem	English common law
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Hong_Kong
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:Hong_Kong_Basic_Law_(drafted_before_1997)
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Royal_Hong_Kong_Regiment gptkb:University_of_Hong_Kong gptkb:Hong_Kong_Police_Force gptkb:Hong_Kong_and_Shanghai_Banking_Corporation gptkb:Royal_Hong_Kong_Jockey_Club gptkb:Royal_Observatory_Hong_Kong
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Sir_Edward_Youde gptkb:Sir_Murray_MacLehose gptkb:Chris_Patten gptkb:Sir_Mark_Aitchison_Young
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Chinese English
gptkbp:population	over 6 million (1997)
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Qing_dynasty_rule_in_Hong_Kong
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Hong_Kong gptkb:handover_of_Hong_Kong gptkb:1967_Hong_Kong_riots gptkb:Vietnamese_refugee_crisis establishment of Legislative Council expansion of Victoria Harbour introduction of public housing launch of Mass Transit Railway
gptkbp:startDate	1841
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Hong_Kong_Special_Administrative_Region
gptkbp:treaty	gptkb:Convention_of_Peking gptkb:Convention_for_the_Extension_of_Hong_Kong_Territory gptkb:Treaty_of_Nanking
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Cession_of_Hong_Kong_to_Britain
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6