HONG KONG
19-JUN-97
Workers set up a giant Dragon lantern June 18
in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Hong Kong is racing to bathe itself with
lights, decorations, countdown clocks and Chinese dragons in
preparation for its July 1 historic handover to Chinese sovereignty.
[Photo by Larry Chan, Reuters] |
HONG KONG, 12-JUN-97: Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Chairman Dr. Victor Fung (R) guides Hong Kong's post handover leader
Tung Che-hwa during a tour of the new extension of the Hong Kong
Convention Center on June 12. The new center will host extravagant
handover ceremonies June 30, as Hong Kong shifts in sovereignty from
British to Chinese rule. [HO, Reuters] |
HONG KONG, CHINA
1-JUL-97: Chinese President Jiang Zemin (L) reacts
as he talks to Prince Charles at the end of the handover ceremony
July 1.The Prince returned the territory to China after 156 years of
British colonial administration. [Photo by Dylan Martinez, Reuters
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HONG KONG, CHINA
1-JUL-97: The Royal Yacht Britannia, carrying a
British delegation including Prince Charles and former Hong Kong
Governor Chris Patten and his family, crosses Hong Kong's neon-lit
Victoria Harbour as it departs from the former British colony July 1
following emotional farewells and a historic midnight handover
ceremony. The futuristic extension of the Hong Kong Exhibition
Center, where China reclaimed the crown colony at the stroke of
midnight, is lit up behind the Britannia. [Photo by Jeff Topping,
Reuters
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