1998 In Hong Kong
Events in the year 1998 in Hong Kong. Incumbents * Chief Executive: Tung Chee-hwa Events * 25 January - Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998 * 2 February - All ferry routes from Jordan Road Ferry Pier were open. * 26 April - 17th Hong Kong Film Awards * 24 May - The 1998 Hong Kong legislative election were held for electing the 1st Legislative Council of Hong Kong * 6 July - The Kai Tak Airport, which was the international airport of Hong Kong since 1954 was closed . See also * List of Hong Kong films of 1982 References {{Year in Asia, 1998 Links Years of the 20th century in Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and was further extended when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. Hong Kong was occupied by Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. The territory was handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Hong Kong maintains separate governing and economic systems from that of mainland China under the principle of one country, two systems. Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages,. the territory is now one of the world's most signific ...
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