2011年12月9日 星期五

A Brief History of the Fall and Decline of the Great City of Hong Kong (1)



By Hong Kong Golden Forum

1984 - 1985 Sino-British Joint Declaration, but the Hong Kong people didn’t get to decide their own future.

1992 Chris Pattern became the last governor of British Hong Kong. He made several major electoral changes and abolished all the appointed seats in Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He also lowered the minimum voting age from 21 to 18.

1992 The legislative council which was elected under Patten's governorship was dissolved upon the handover of Hong Kong to the PRC and replaced by a Provisional Legislative Council. Chris Patten was also denounced by the PRC government as the “wrongdoer who would be condemned for a thousand generations”.

1995 Urban Council Election. 32 Urban Council members were elected using single-winner voting system.
1st July 1997 The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China. (Even the sky cried on that date.)

1997 The Collective Bargaining laws were abolished by the Provisional Legislative Council shortly after the transfer of sovereignty. 

1997 George Soros attacked on Hong Kong dollar.

1997 The first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee-hwa outsourced some Hong Kong government services and the average wage of Hong Kong has been decreased.

1998 Implementation of Mother-tongue Education

1998 A corruption scandal and Non-Prosecution of a media tycoon, Sally Aw began the dark age of Hong Kong judicial system.

1998 Real estate bubble of Hong Kong reach unsustainable level causes deflation which lasted for 5 years.



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