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Chan Yat-sen

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Chan Yat-sen, MBE, JP (1917 – 27 July 2007) was a prominent Hong Kong politician and rural leader. [1]

32 relations: Battle of Hong Kong, Buddhism, Cheung Yan-lung, Chinese Civil War, Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong, Heung Yee Kuk, Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots, Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee, Hong Kong legislative election, 1991, Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories (Hong Kong), Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Justice of the peace, Kowloon, Kowloon Tong, Kuomintang, Lau Wong-fat, List of Rolls-Royce motor cars, New Territories, Order of the British Empire, Politician, Preliminary Working Committee, Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong), Public housing in Hong Kong, San Fat Estate, Sino-British Joint Declaration, So Kwun Wat, St. Teresa's Hospital, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, Tuen Mun.

Battle of Hong Kong

The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Cheung Yan-lung

Benton Cheung Yan-lung, CBE, OStJ, JP (born 18 April 1922) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician with New Territories rural background.

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Chinese Civil War

The Chinese Civil War was a war fought between the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of the Republic of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC).

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Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), also known as the People's PCC (人民政协) or just the PCC (政协), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China.

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Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong

The Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong (abbreviated 穩港協; FSHK) was a pro-Beijing rural political group representing the interests of the New Territories indigenous inhabitants active in the 1990s.

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Heung Yee Kuk

The Heung Yee Kuk (lit. 'Rural Council'), officially the 'Heung Yee Kuk N.T.', is a statutory advisory body representing establishment interests in the New Territories, Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots

The Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots were large-scale riots between pro-communists and their sympathisers, and the establishment.

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Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Basic Law Consultative Committee (BLCC) was an official body established in 1985 to canvass views in Hong Kong on the drafts of the Hong Kong Basic Law.

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Hong Kong legislative election, 1991

The 1991 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was held for members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo).

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Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories (Hong Kong)

Indigenous inhabitants,; Hong Kong Hakka: Ngien2gi1min2, refers to the people descended through the male line from a person who was in 1898, before Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory was signed, a resident of an established village in the New Territories of Hong Kong.

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Japanese occupation of Hong Kong

The Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong (香港日據時期) began when the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to Imperial Japan on 25 December 1941.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Kowloon

Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon.

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Kowloon Tong

Kowloon Tong is an area of Hong Kong located in Kowloon West.

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Kuomintang

The Kuomintang of China (KMT; often translated as the Nationalist Party of China) is a major political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, based in Taipei and is currently the opposition political party in the Legislative Yuan.

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Lau Wong-fat

Lau Wong-fat, GBM, GBS, JP (15 October 1936 – 23 July 2017) was a Hong Kong businessman and politician.

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List of Rolls-Royce motor cars

This is a list of Rolls-Royce branded motor cars and includes vehicles manufactured by.

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New Territories

The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula.

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Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.

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Politician

A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking office in government.

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Preliminary Working Committee

The Preliminary Working Committee (PWC) was a body set up by the Government of the People's Republic of China government for the preparation of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong.

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Pro-democracy camp (Hong Kong)

The pro-democracy camp or pan-democracy camp (Chinese: 民主派 or 泛民主派) refers to a political alignment that supports increased democracy, namely the universal suffrage of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council as given by the Basic Law under the "One Country, Two Systems" framework.

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Public housing in Hong Kong

Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong provides affordable housing for lower-income residents.

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San Fat Estate

San Fat Estate was the first public housing estate in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong, located on reclaimed land near the Tuen Mun River, at the junction of Pui To Road and Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road.

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Sino-British Joint Declaration

The Sino–British Joint Declaration, formally known as the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong, was signed by Premier Zhao Ziyang of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom (UK) on behalf of their respective governments on 19 December 1984 in Beijing.

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So Kwun Wat

So Kwun Wat, commonly pronounced So Kwun Fat, is an area on the south coast of the western mainland New Territories in Hong Kong.

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St. Teresa's Hospital

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Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, commonly known in mainland China as the June Fourth Incident (六四事件), were student-led demonstrations in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, in 1989.

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Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong

The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "the Handover" internationally or "the Return" in Mainland China, took place on 1 July 1997.

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Tuen Mun

Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is a city near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Yat-sen

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