Every day in June, we'll look back at how we covered the handover 20 years ago.
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SCMP, June 2, 1997: Giant lanterns for the
#HongKong handover spectacular came together in this workshop in Jiangmen#throwbackpic.twitter.com/n5MkMIQLWm
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SCMP, June 3, 1997: HMS Chatham sails into
#HongKong as the communication base for British forces in their last days in the city#throwbackpic.twitter.com/EIJYwsVsLt
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SCMP, June 4, 1997: Governor Chris Patten throwing himself into the music on RTHK Radio Four as part of a special recording
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SCMP, June 5, 1997: A sea of candles in Victoria Park marks the final pre-handover anniversary of China’s pro-democracy crackdown
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SCMP, June 6, 1997:
#HongKong’s hippest jewellers jumped on the handover souvenir bandwagon with these bauhinia flower pendants#throwbackpic.twitter.com/wxcsTk9zPv
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SCMP, June 7, 1997: A broken opium pipe in Humen, a city flourishing with
#HongKong’s help, and planning a handover celebration#throwbackpic.twitter.com/OmSFZQkDMF
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SCMP, June 8, 1997: ‘I no longer sleep as many hours as I used to’, admits Stephen Lam, director of the handover ceremony
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SCMP, June 9, 1997: One country, two systems, no Cenotaph in Central… when the future of the
#HongKong war memorial was unclear#throwbackpic.twitter.com/X57XI1F9X4
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SCMP, June 10, 1997: I’ll quit if my principles are put at risk,
#HongKong’s first chief executive Tung Chee-hwa said#throwbackpic.twitter.com/xNeXDVMepP
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SCMP, June 11, 1997: 100,000 grabbed forms for #HongKong SAR passport on the 1st day #throwbackpic.twitter.com/OFaVOD85Rm
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SCMP, June 12, 1997: Nope, that’s not Prince Charles - just an impersonator confusing a tourist outside Government House
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SCMP, June 13, 1997: 1,997 pigeons are freed in a handover event at the
#HongKong Sports Institute#throwbackpic.twitter.com/GFVtqH4auO
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