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 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
SCMP, June 4, 1997: Governor Chris Patten throwing himself into the music on RTHK Radio Four as part of a special recording #throwbackpic.twitter.com/7UK4fqymKp
SCMP, June 5, 1997: A sea of candles in Victoria Park marks the final pre-handover anniversary of China’s pro-democracy crackdown #throwbackpic.twitter.com/8H1RMBBjc3
SCMP, June 6, 1997: #HongKong’s hippest jewellers jumped on the handover souvenir bandwagon with these bauhinia flower pendants #throwbackpic.twitter.com/wxcsTk9zPv
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
SCMP, June 8, 1997: ‘I no longer sleep as many hours as I used to’, admits Stephen Lam, director of the handover ceremony #throwbackpic.twitter.com/wvsNsqSglz
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
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
SCMP, June 11, 1997: 100,000 grabbed forms for #HongKong SAR passport on the 1st day #throwbackpic.twitter.com/OFaVOD85Rm
SCMP, June 12, 1997: Nope, that’s not Prince Charles - just an impersonator confusing a tourist outside Government House #throwbackpic.twitter.com/dEPrUbWZVn
SCMP, June 13, 1997: 1,997 pigeons are freed in a handover event at the #HongKong Sports Institute #throwbackpic.twitter.com/GFVtqH4auO
SCMP, June 14, 1997: Police Tactical Unit officers out for a drill - that’s a ‘violent demonstrator’ on the left #throwbackpic.twitter.com/N5yVxPbXEW
SCMP, June 15, 1997: Handover ceremony gets its venue - new extension of #HongKong Convention & Exhibition is lit up #throwbackpic.twitter.com/1UGwLlFev6
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