[PGR88]

Beijing paid British investors a miserly $39 million upon the takeover of Hong Kong in 1987.

The hand-over of Hong Kong took place on July 1, 1997.

[Oratam]

The hand-over of Hong Kong took place on July 1, 1997.

I remember watching it on TV. The actor Brian Blessed served as MC. I remember a NY anchorette, Dana Tyler, commenting "Wow! The end of colonialism. Amazing."