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The Crown Colony of Hong Kong was ceded by China to Great Britain in Jan., 1841; the cession was confirmed by the treaty of Nanking, in Aug., 1842, and the charter bears date 5 April, 1843, since when Hong Kong has been under British administration, with tho exception of the period from 25 Dec, 1941, to 10 Sept., 1945, when it was occupied by the Japanese.
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Annual Report on Hong Kong, 1952. H.M.S.O., 1953.
Abercrombie (Sir P.), Preliminary Planning Report. Hong Kong, 1949.
Collins (Sir Charles), Public Administration in Hong Kong. London, 1952.
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Davis (S. G.), Hong Kong in its Geographical Setting. Hong Kong, 1949.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1955). Hong Kong. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman's Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270848_12
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