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The Hakka came to Hong Kong
One of the first Hakka lands in Hong Kong after the costal evacuation. -
Accepting the trades
In 1756, The Canton System allowed Hong Kong to treade goods and merchandise to and from other countries and cities. -
Addicted to Opium
By 1781, people started to get a bit too addicted to Opium. -
The Mccartney attemted to trade with Hong Kong.
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The McCartney Embassy
Thought the English county had aimed at trading with Hong Kong, the Chinese government did not trust them and said that they shall not trade merchandise from the English people, as India is already our number - one top priority trading country, with the same products to trade as the English. -
The English started trading Indian Opium.
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Silver trade
Bye 1820, people disobeyed orders and started to trade Opium with silver and other expensive merchandise, as they had nothing else to pay iwth. -
Turning point in the British East India Company
The British had stopped selling opium - but carried the trading on to other European countries. -
The Daoguang Emperoro makes a stand
The Daoguang emporor wanted to stop the Opium from coming to China - he thought it was bad for our health, and the population in China was decreasing a bit while the trading was in stock. -
The big trade
About 20,000 chests of Opium were destroyed that day, as of the Chinese traded the British ALL OF THEIR OPIUM. -
The Kowloon Incident
In 1839, a bunch of sailors from England and America came to Hong Kong and vandalised a temple and killed a man, just because they were mad from breaking their opium. -
The War Begins!
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The last killfor the British to the Chinese.
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The BIG increase
During when the British ruled over us, the whole Hong Kong increased over 7,450 chinese residents -
The Deafeat
At the end, the British had defeated the Chinese, and they had to sign their treaty, the treaty of Nanking. -
Fear
There was almost a fear of Hong Kong was going to be attackted by Communists. -
Times start to get painful
In the 19th century,The Hakka had to go to physical, painful labour as a soldier for World War II. -
Owned
Stonecutter's Island and the Peninsula were under the English's fingers, owning the places. -
The even BIGGER increase
But at towards 1870, people had REALLY started to populate Hong Kong, with 115,000 people MORE than 1841. -
The Beubonic Plague
The plague had caused Hong Kong to suffer to almost 5,000 to 10,000 deaths. -
Still ruling
Now, at 1898, the British have taken Lantau Island and the New Territories as well. -
Hong Kong starting to flood
To preven the flood from reaching Hong Kong, The Hakka tried and tried to figure out new ways to block the flood from coming to Hong Kong, and that influences us to cooperate with other citizens of Hong Kong, and be more friendly towards one another. -
Japanese Invasion of China
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Japanese was ruling almost the whole country of China
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Physical abuse to Hong Kong people after the Japanese won
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Sudden attack on the pearl harbor
In the 7th of December, 1941, U.S. Navy ships had to defend Hong Kong against the Japanese in a sudden attack. -
The Japanese started war to Hong Kong.
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Japanese forces crossed Victoria Harbor
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Start of the Japanese Invasion
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Ending of the Japanese invasion
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The signature
On the day after Christmas, 1941, the capitulization was signed in the Peninsula Hotel for the Japanese. -
A first Japanese Governor
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Economics
The economics of money were sorted out with the Japanese and Hong Kong. (4 dollars = 1 yen) -
Yen was made in HK
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Recruited old officers and became a new police force.
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Japanese role Ending
At 1945, The Japanese gave Hong Kong back to the British. -
A concentration camp in Hong Kong brought clinically insane
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Official
Now, the whole Hong Kong is officially owned by the British, since the Chinese signed the Naanking treaty. -
Shek Kip Mei
The fire accident of Shek Kip Mei had left 50,000 people homeless. -
2.2 Million
At mid 1950s, Hong Kong had 2.2 MILLION people living in Hong Kong already! -
The Debates
In the Mid 1950s, The British had considered giving Hong Kong back to China. -
Populations increasing...
The Hong Kong population then became one of the highest in the world. -
Decreasing factories
From the 1950s till the 1960s, factories decreased from 30,000 in Hong Kong to 10,000. -
Creating a new start
In the 1960s, when the Hakka were starting to consider moving into the city, the Hong Kong Government had constructed new government estate houses for The Hakka. -
Smaller
The population in the 1960s had finally became smaller, like the population of Greece or Turkey. -
Population downgraded
The Hong Kong population downgraded to only 600,000 from the Japanese Occupation. -
99.8%
By 1966, 99.8% of children were having a stable primary school, even though the primary schools were not free. -
3 million people.
Arount the 1960s, the Hong Kong population was estimated to have 3 million people. -
Finding Jobs
In the early 1970s, The Hakka started to change their occupations to something else - rather working at the countryside with farmland, crops, fertile lands, the Hakka decided to go to the city and start jobs there. -
Dying Agriculture
In the late 1970s, The Hakka had not stopped twice to think about their past lives, about their traditions and celebrations.
