Book 6 Ch.1 Notes

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P.2
1. Look at Tom and his father's stamp and coin collections. 
Before 1997, Hong Kong was ruled by Britain. Therefore, the British emblem, the Queen, the crown, or the name 'Hong Kong' was on all the stamps and coins.

 After the handover in 1997, bauhinia, the city flower of Hong Kong, became the new emblem. All the stamps and coins have this new emblem or the name 'Hong Kong, China' on them.

2. Besides the old stamps and coins, what else can show that Hong Kong was once ruled by Britain?
Old British-style named after former Governors and the Royal family like Pottinger Street, King's Road in east Hong Kong Island, Prince Edward Road, and the Queen Victoria statue in Victoria Park.

P.3
Hong Kong had been ruled by Britain for more than 100 years.
In early 19th century, the Qing Government opened the port in Guangzhou for trade with forgigners. The British took this chnace to smuggle in opium for profit-making. When a Chinese official, Lin Zexu, ordered the British to stop smuggling and seized all opium, Britain used it as an excuse to start a war against China. The Qing Government was defeated and was forced to sign unfair treaties.

After the First Opium Was in 1842, Britain started to rule Hong Kong Island. 
Britain started the Opium Wars. In the First Opium War, the Qing Government was defeated and Britain started to rule Hong Kong Island in 1842.

The British erected a Kowloon boundary stone where Boundary Street is today.

Britain started to rule the Kowloon Peninsula south of Boundary Street, and the Stonecutters Island in 1860.

In the Second Opium War, Britain and France attacked China. The Qing Government was defeated. Britain started to rule the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860. 
Britain leased the New Territories in 1898. The area included the Kowloon Peninsula north of Boundary Street to the south of Shenzhen River, including 235 islands nearby.

P.4
1. What is Basic Law? 
The Basic Law is a constitutional document that prescribes various systems practiced in the HKSAR.

2. When was Hong Kong reunited with China? How was the Basic Law produced?1st July, 1997. After being drafted, brought to consultation and modified, the Basic Law was adopted by the National People's Congress in 1990. It came into effect in 1997.

P.5
3. How does the HKSAR Government celebrate the HKSAR Establishment Day every year?
Sometimes it is a firework display, sometimes it is a parade.

Hong Kong was handed back to China on 1st July, 1997, On that day, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was established and the Basic Law came into effect. 1st July therefore became the HKSAR Establishment Day.

P.6
How similar are the national flag of China and the regional flags of HKSAR? What are the differences between them?
Similarities: Both of them are red and there are five stars.
Difference: There is a bauhinia on the regional flag, representing Hong Kong.


P.7
1. Why are the two emblems displayed like this?
Hong Kong is part of China. Therefore the national emblem is bigger and is placed higher than the regional emblem.

2. Besides the Central Government Offices, where can you find the regional emblem?
In Executive Council, Legislative Council, Courts, District offices of Home Affairs Department, overseas Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices, and on printed matters and documents issued by the HKSAR Government.

P.8
1. When and where are the national flag and the regional flag displayed? The national flag and the regional flag are displayed every day at the official residence of the Chief Executive, Government house, the Hong Kong International Airport and all border check points. The flags are also displayed on every working day at major government offices and buildings.

The flags will also be displayed at other government offices, headquarters, hospitals, schools, sports and cultural venues on the National day, the HKSAR Establishment Day, and the New Year's Day.

2. From the pictures below, find out how the flags should be displayed. 
The displaying of the flags is to increase our sense of belonging and to remind us of our attachment to Hong Kong and to the country.