One British influence that certainly no longer exists: Free Speech.
@AvengerieАй бұрын
It doesn’t exist in Britain either.
@LeeKelly-dj4rfАй бұрын
@@Avengerieit doesn’t exist anywhere.
@K1pp3rsАй бұрын
You obviously isn’t aware of HK history, and the so called democracy protests where anyone voicing support for our government were mobbed. I guess free speech only applies when convenient and with western narratives. Smh
@Kevork1970Ай бұрын
Go read a book - there was no ‘free speech’ under colonial sedition laws.
@K1pp3rsАй бұрын
Wow. I think my comment was deleted cuz I called the 2019 incident a ri ot. Woohoo. Free speech 🗽
@MrMilanoLau Жыл бұрын
HK's milk tea originates from the UK, but it is way way way way stronger. For each cup of tea, the locals use 6 to 8 times more tea leaf. They don't just use milk, they use evaporated milk. Many people in HK drink several cups of milk tea each day. Perhaps, this is the reason why HK is a city that never sleeps.
@MoTui-dc4us10 ай бұрын
True. I drank one cup of milk tea at 10 pm before taking SAT, and I stayed up for the whole night.
@loganstroganoff12848 ай бұрын
@@MoTui-dc4usdid you get projectile diarrhea?
@MoTui-dc4us8 ай бұрын
@@loganstroganoff1284 Luckily no. My digestive system is strong, despite caffeine works pretty well on me.
@Jeremyho4395 ай бұрын
Espresso too.
@MrMilanoLau5 ай бұрын
@@MoTui-dc4usDon't expect this will always be the case. As one gets old, the body becomes weaker and weaker.
@happyhappy6735 Жыл бұрын
The Anglican Church in Hong Kong have also established the most academically excellent, all-rounded and reputable schools in Hong Kong. All those anglican schools in Hong Kong are still the most competitive, popular and desirable schools for all HK parents and children today!
@elenamichaels9658 Жыл бұрын
ACtually Signoapore ranks number one in the world in academic performance.
@elenamichaels9658 Жыл бұрын
And if your hong kongnese schools were so academically competitive, why did the graduating class in physics from Fudan in 1983 basically find spots on academic faculty the world over?
@QTPie Жыл бұрын
@@elenamichaels9658 Seems that you have some inferiority complex and psychological distortions. We were talking about the Anglican and English schools being the most popular and excellent in Hong Kong, not comparing them with other countries, e.g. China / Fudan or Singapore, and we are not saying HK english schools are the best in the world either. You obviously have mainland Chinese inferior and boasting mindset. Pity you!
@Jeremyho4395 ай бұрын
Hong Kong’s Christian Times reported that on the morning of October 1st, the St. John’s Cathedral of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui held a Mandarin-language communion service with the flag of the People’s Republic of China displayed on the pulpit. This marked the first time in the history of St. John’s Cathedral that the Five-Star Red Flag was displayed inside the church.
@michaelan96882 жыл бұрын
The narrator's accent is another influence
@Stamsite111 Жыл бұрын
The Hongkong Police Force used brittish traditions until 2021 when it was changed out with chinese marsch and prussian goose stepping.
@jamesg9468Ай бұрын
The entire territory of Hong Kong is a British influence. At the time it was given to the British, it was just a fishing village.
@SDM5432 жыл бұрын
You missed another big point. Many HKers have an English name for regular and daily use but have a different Chinese name on official documents.
@geronimowindow2 жыл бұрын
I think this is also becoming more common on the mainland nowadays but I can see this practice originating in HK under British rule
@yuegonghuamei66852 жыл бұрын
Western powers and Amerikkka ate crashing now lot Asian Chinese not realize yet till too late like couple more year anything influenced by Amerikkka is silly dumb outdated.
@louisliu5638 Жыл бұрын
@@geronimowindow Five names on four Passports from three different countries. Prepare to blow Dodge City.
@share_accidental11 ай бұрын
same in singapore 😂
@FakeslimshadyАй бұрын
If you consider "Fish", "Bobo", "Fruit", "Salad" etc to be English names, sure...
@adamlim16442 жыл бұрын
I believe the Peak Tram and the Star Ferry was also installed during the British rule of Hong Kong
@TAL1422 жыл бұрын
They were not uniquely British.
@Wongwanchungwongjumbo2 жыл бұрын
The Famous Double decker Wooden Bodied Trams 🚊, that were Fully Refurbished till Today 2022 that still operating between Kennedy Town to Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island 🏝
@user-zs5nr8dd1z7 ай бұрын
@@TAL142Yes they are. The ferries are a design used all over the British Empire including her in Auckland until the 1980s. The Peak tram funicular is also a British designed emulated in may places in the empire including in NZ's Capitol, Wellington.
@indochinajames3372 Жыл бұрын
Please mention that though signs and documents are in British English, but most young people in Hong Kong (unfortunately) speak like Americans nowadays.
@kawings2 ай бұрын
no they still speak English with a very thick cantonese accent...something like UNCLE ROGER (search him in youtube) speaks
@Tsicloh2 жыл бұрын
The English language still having an important place in HK. I am but skeptical about that. I once met some guy who moved from Hong Kong to Singapore as a child after the handover. He said the greatest hurdle he faced in adapting to Singapore is having to learn and speak English more often. He spent his childhood in what was still a British territory and moved to a country that gained independence more than thirty years prior and yet the latter is where he gained most of his English skills 😕 I guess it's like what you see in a lot of African countries where a European language is an official language but it doesn't mean the masses really use it much even at school.
@samartz2 жыл бұрын
Yeah many restaurants when i went to hk in 2018 only spoke cantonese
@Wongwanchungwongjumbo2 жыл бұрын
Yes and Singapore 🇸🇬 has 4 main languages English, Chinese Manadarin, Malay and Tamil and 16 Dialects same as its Larger Neighbours Malaysia 🇲🇾 and Indonesia 🇮🇩.
@funkyplasmaman2 жыл бұрын
English is the international language of the world, business, international law, diplomacy,air travel and maritime laws are all set up for the English language so it will continue to be important
@Wongwanchungwongjumbo2 жыл бұрын
Singapore 🇸🇬 is part of the British Commonwealth countries too and having Very Strong 💪 Histrionic links ties to the United Kingdom 🇬🇧.
@rociomartines9162 жыл бұрын
@@funkyplasmaman I DONT KNOW 100 YEARS IS A LONG TIME FOR EVEEYONE TO LEARN CHINESE
@rockmist74054 ай бұрын
The arguably largest and most important gift of gratitude from British to HK was the legal system and business environment, which made it into one of most prosperous places on Earth.
@CCP_Operative2 ай бұрын
sadly Britain has lost that skill now
@RRaymerАй бұрын
@@CCP_OperativeBritain is no different to what it was in the empire.
@K1pp3rsАй бұрын
And in return, a whole bunch of brits got crazy wealthy. It wasn’t a one way street nor out of the goodness of their hearts. It was on the backs on the older generation of Hong Kong people. Something the younger generation should really read up on, rather than just thinking it was cuz the brits gave us “freedom”
@puccalandАй бұрын
Being a Tax haven, a hub for corruption and money laundering, the Triades and the fact it's an important port made HK one of the most prosperous places in the world.
@kadafi4lyf12 күн бұрын
@@K1pp3rs yeah cos billionaire mainland chinese totally haven't enslaved hongkongers -.-
@Milkedsplooge2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget about the statue of Queen Victoria at Victoria Park
@jkdfjufseytjreyj40032 жыл бұрын
People in Macau,India,Pakistan,South Africa,Australia,New Zealand,Indonesia,Jamaica,Malaysia,Mozambique,Zambia,Cyprus, Japan etc also still drive on the left-Hand side of the road
@choualberto8852 жыл бұрын
Ironically Indonesia, Mozambique, Thailand, and Japan weren't colonized by the Brits.
@jkdfjufseytjreyj40032 жыл бұрын
@@choualberto885 In 1872 the first Japanese railway was up and running thanks to the British. A massive network of railways spread out from there, all of which were left-side running. And as we all know, Japan loves their trains. If American or French railways had been built instead, Japan would probably be driving on the right side of the road today.
@funkg2 жыл бұрын
St Lucia too and probably Barbados et al.
@dzulkafleysamad49802 жыл бұрын
The left side is the right side of the road to drive.
@share_accidental Жыл бұрын
singapore too 😁
@share_accidental11 ай бұрын
i’m from singapore & my family went to hong kong from guangzhou for a day trip. what a stark contrast! i saw so many similarities between us as well, which makes sense given singapore was under the british too 😂
@RockinFootball_232 ай бұрын
Same but I’m from Australia. It was a huge breath of fresh air for me. Felt more like home. Actually, in a sense it may be more like home than home in a way. I speak both Cantonese and English (can’t read much Chinese though), so everywhere I went it felt like I was surrounded by “my people”. I’m sure there are many cultural differences still, but on the surface it felt like I fit in (not that I don’t in Australia, just a very different feeling when 90% of the people on the street look and sound like you).
@josfort3719 Жыл бұрын
“Mine!”- Winnie the pooh
@m0rtale19523 күн бұрын
"Sure!" - King Charles III
@funkyplasmaman2 жыл бұрын
City’s where there’s a fusion of cultures are some of best places to visit,
@GG-hi5if2 ай бұрын
Just not ones run by communist dictatorships
@PaliAha2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know the tram was known as the _"Ding Ding"_
@mastermatthewr2 ай бұрын
This must infuriate the chinese
@nickryan67872 жыл бұрын
Really cool how the brits made their colonies quite similar. Coming from Kuching, Sarawak we were governed by the White Rajahs for 105 years XD
@pepelepew12272 жыл бұрын
your city is a dump. cant hail a cab anywhere
@comaneci_nadia2 жыл бұрын
Same goes to Brunei, the most notable British's colony
@chan65652 жыл бұрын
Here in Selangor too
@Rowlph8888 Жыл бұрын
British Culture, although sometimes exploitative has also beeen great, in many ways, for the modern world.The entire Anglosphere is shaped by it, and beyond(Evey Modern constitutions are based on the Principles inside the documents therein from the initial Anglo-Saxon common law (1041), onto the Charter of liberties (1100), through the Magna Carta (1215), and culminating in the English Bill of Rights (1683). E.g. The economic, legal and political structures, of the USA are all based on the UK model
@kk7420 Жыл бұрын
@@Rowlph8888 british culture is fine but it's a shame that the invaders completely destroyed the native culture in most colonies.
@sel90532 жыл бұрын
I’m from another former British colony (it’s a port city too) It looks so much like my city (trams, double decker bus, British street name, driving on left, food, culture, city planning, etc… everything is same)😂😂 looks like brits just copy pasted the entire city To me Hk is super nostalgic (even tho I‘ve never been there)
@abhiram72062 жыл бұрын
lol. Are you from Singapore?
@MuhammadSharifulAlamSaad2 жыл бұрын
Singapore
@comaneci_nadia2 жыл бұрын
Brunei too but without trams & double decker bus lol
@alanooi10052 жыл бұрын
@@abhiram7206 Singapore no longer have tram
@Wongwanchungwongjumbo2 жыл бұрын
So to Singapore 🇸🇬, Also a Former British Colony, but became an Independent country on August 9th 1965. Singapore 🇸🇬 has Both single and Double decker buses 🚌, Driving on left lanes and Retained Restored All Former British Colonial Architectures such as Forner Supreme Court ,CityHall building and St Andrews Cathedral etc.
@0animalproductworld5582 жыл бұрын
This kind of video needds to be longer! 🐇 We want an hour of peace, joy, and adventure watching a documentary like this with the beautiful voice of the narrator 🐒
@Rowlph8888 Жыл бұрын
That's just a standard Brit accent What do you mean? I guess you're American
@0animalproductworld558 Жыл бұрын
@@Rowlph8888 yeah i live in america and i find brit accent pretty interesting at times… like a burd chirping
😂 So Britain gets a sleepy fishing village and turns it into one of if not the most important cities in Asia after a hundred years… CCP gets control of it for 20 years and now it’s just another Chinese city😢 I used to go to Hong Kong, but never again.
@LaluBhaiya12332 ай бұрын
The CCP transformed China, look at how far it has come in the last 50 years
@rice45502 ай бұрын
Learn about economic imperialism and you’ll understand how Hong Kong was turned into a mega city
@user-xy2gf5kb3h2 жыл бұрын
I first read the title as "25 years after hangover"🤣🤣
@midnyte61952 жыл бұрын
😂I saw that too
@ShizukaOG2 жыл бұрын
@@midnyte6195 *So do I.*
@midnyte61952 жыл бұрын
@@ShizukaOG I think who ever titled the video went fast and it came out as hangover instead 😄
@TheLooking4sunset Жыл бұрын
I am mesmirised by the city i have never visited, thanks to the unusual merger of two cultures and systems as well as the home of Jackie Chan! My childhood hero!
@netric40112 жыл бұрын
Its the mix of east and west, including different Chinese intra ethnic groups, not just the British.
@cyberdiver70762 жыл бұрын
And the Middle East as well. The local Arab ethnicity always get forgotten.
@netric40112 жыл бұрын
@@cyberdiver7076 Sorry, and the southeast asian community as well. My bad.
@nonamelenina1046 Жыл бұрын
@@cyberdiver7076 What local Arab community ? They are not a significant minority
@Dublintaxitours Жыл бұрын
Double decker Wrightbus buses shipped from Northern Ireland to HK. Car registration plates still have BS AU **** (British Standard AUto ). Macau also strangely drives on the left for a former Portugese territory
@jakezyxАй бұрын
Nothing 'strangely' about it; Portugal used to drive on the left, like most European countries. When Portugal switched to right-side driving in 1928, many of its colonies refused to follow suit. Some Portuguese colonies eventually did many years later; but Mozambique, East Timor, and Macau all stuck with their original left-side driving. This is the same reason that many former Dutch colonies (Suriname, Indonesia) also drive on the left-side, unlike their former colonial master (The Netherlands) which switched to driving on the right-side in 1795.
@AJS_117Ай бұрын
And the MTR trains shipped from Birmingham.
@Dublintaxitours29 күн бұрын
@@jakezyx Netherlands, 1795...??
@serniebanders28588 ай бұрын
Life was better under the English
@NTL578Ай бұрын
Hong Kong forever.
@afamouswriter21 күн бұрын
For the elite yes, for the working class definitely not.
@serniebanders285821 күн бұрын
@@afamouswriter now you can get arrested for writing the wrong Facebook message
@char19817 күн бұрын
@@afamouswriter How so?
@NazriBuang-w9v14 күн бұрын
Lies again? Health Hub USD SGD
@benworden75102 жыл бұрын
I wasn't aware the Master Chief was British, you can't hide that bus number from me. 0:19
@user-mx6sh2hy8x2 ай бұрын
It is refreshing to see the influence of British rule portrayed in a positive way for a change. I first visited Hong Kong in 2000. It was streaks ahead of many other cities in Asia in terms of development and living standards at that time. The British played a role in that.
@lauraqueentint2 жыл бұрын
haven't you heard? hong kong was never a colony according to the gov now.
@starwarz84792 жыл бұрын
Lol
@456415604564056405632 жыл бұрын
Interesting, like the Vietnamese love of bakeries that shows their French influence. Humans are such bower birds.
@diegoaespitia2 жыл бұрын
i mean... making Bread isnt a French thing, Bread is a Global food. Koreans make bread too and they werent hit by the French. its coffee that was given from the French.
@456415604564056405632 жыл бұрын
@@diegoaespitia You may want to look into the Vietnamese love of bakeries and where that came from a little more. But I certainly hope disagreeing for the sake of it gave you a sense of empowerment and improved your day.
@brendon16892 жыл бұрын
huh, bower bird. haven't heard that one before. cheers.
@sammysusuu2 жыл бұрын
@@diegoaespitia jour les tour which a famous korean bakery brand literaly inspired by the french and i dont know about other south east asian but jour les tours is very popular in vietnam dispite be very expensive
@xXxSkyViperxXx2 жыл бұрын
@@sammysusuu Tous Les Jours is also in the philippines
@EsJam_es2 жыл бұрын
I hope the CCP won't mess up with Hong Kong. It's really painful when the CCP gets involved in everything.
@thesmithersy2 жыл бұрын
Too late
@jkdfjufseytjreyj40032 жыл бұрын
Another British Colonial Influence in Hong Kong : Horse racing
@alanblanes28762 жыл бұрын
Terrific video!
@kawings2 ай бұрын
Our Malaysian version of milk tea is called teh tarik but with added some acrobatic pulling tea technique from high up cup to bottom down thus creating a smooth taste and thick foam
@Monitor2023 Жыл бұрын
There are too many influences existing in HK right now. I think it needs many episodes to tell them all.
@Wongwanchungwongjumbo2 жыл бұрын
Yes and so to Another Former British Colony, Singapore 🇸🇬. Singapore 🇸🇬 was a British Crown 👑 Colony for 140 years before gaining Full Internal Self Government, Merged Temporary with Malaysia 🇲🇾 in 1963 and eventually Independence on August 9th 1965.
@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-52 жыл бұрын
We're Sarawakian always respect our ex British colony neighbour 🏴🤝🇸🇬
@IamSuperEffective6 ай бұрын
@@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-5respect
@a.wilson4380 Жыл бұрын
Two other British things missed out, car number plate design and electricity outlets.
@hlching2325Ай бұрын
The rest of Canton province used to drive on the left.
@beautifulthailandsoundofnature2 жыл бұрын
This is unique and bring people to travel to Hong Kong. And its not feel like its in China.
@jaker31512 жыл бұрын
China and Chinese businesses benefited immensely from Hong Kong and it's legal system. And China could still benefit from Hong Kong unique status in the future but it seems the old men in Beijing are more keen on eroding away Hong Kong's uniqueness and just making Hong Kong into another Chinese city. Short sighted imo.
@andro78622 жыл бұрын
It will retain it's low tax open economy and common law for commerce past 2047, that has been confirmed by Beijing. Politics has no practical value on the other hand.
@thinkingaloud53792 жыл бұрын
Jake R:The British benefitted even more by milking billions from HK and plundering its resources.If not for the national security law,they would continue to use HK as their hub to spy and destabilise China.They must be seething in anger to see that HK managed to survive the riots and is now stable and prosperous.
@juki0h3912 жыл бұрын
The old men in Beijing said they will keep the one country, two systems in place.
@hypoyt0015 Жыл бұрын
and you know nothing, outsider
@Rowlph8888 Жыл бұрын
Exercising control, It's always about control
@tykki-2 жыл бұрын
Foreign influence that doesn't cause less freedom, enriches the locals.
@SL-lz9jr2 жыл бұрын
Except the Chinese locals were treated like second class citizens under British rule. But, okay. No harm. Lots of freedom.
@danielwhyatt32782 жыл бұрын
Couldn’t agree more. Seems video frankly makes me feel heartbroken seeing as there was so many of these positive influences, and now I’m scared that they could be chipped away at in favour of more Chinese CCP approved cultural in governing laws. Especially most of all units elections. It feels like a nightmare happening and we are doing so little to help. It honestly feels like it would be better if Britain was involved in a territory again (at least to protect it) over what is happening now.
@weilee11552 жыл бұрын
Hong Kong is so much better when the British leave
@kamalyandluri42982 жыл бұрын
Western influence is what culture less looks like.
@PrincessDarknessable2 жыл бұрын
@@weilee1155 I beg to differ
@NormanThe_FreedomHope22-52 жыл бұрын
Hong Kong really awesome place to stay. you already knew alot about British stuff in there without going to the UK
@Wongwanchungwongjumbo2 жыл бұрын
Yes and also can consider another location, Singapore 🇸🇬
@megapangolin10932 ай бұрын
Charming, interesting and educational video. I am so pleased that the old traditions continue to play a part in the life of HK. Thank you for this.
@johnlouiemagararu69952 жыл бұрын
British Hong Kong is the best
@ckzf1842Ай бұрын
Loved the Star Ferry and Peak trams when visiting ( from Singapore ) my grandma in HK !
@awumbah3 ай бұрын
Why did you not mention that the former Legislative Council Building was originally the Supreme or High Court of Hong Kong?
@jontsang7334 Жыл бұрын
How sad, Common Law in HK is dead.
@rice45502 ай бұрын
Chinese judges similar to British judges still make law where the legislature hasn’t made it yet which is called “common law”
@adithepr2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, I saw British horse hair wigs and gowns being worn in court. At first, I think they are just acting in the movie.
@haozzy2 жыл бұрын
Average UK hairstyle
@envsf035 ай бұрын
My nan was so upset 😢
@rizaradri316 Жыл бұрын
You didn't mention bagpipes are still played in Hong Kong.
@taskfroce80th952 жыл бұрын
“Hanover hangovers”… that’s a tongue twister of a thumbnail
@shrekwithawillsmithface4652 жыл бұрын
4:21 hey! that's a symbol of my language
@BoredMatt Жыл бұрын
im about to ride on a *ding ding*
@kietvo26332 жыл бұрын
Hk literally little England or London if you want to call .
@georgelazenby36078 ай бұрын
The first time I was in HK, was after about a year in Guangzhou. It was incredibly strange to step into a city that was Chinese, yet was so similar to cities in the UK. I haven't been back except to the airport, so I'm interested to see what has changed in the last five years.
@georgeclaytonАй бұрын
You’ll be very surprised to find how much it’s changed. I’ve been 3 times and every time I found it to be less and less British influenced
@nukiolbartes62792 жыл бұрын
from the otherside of the equation : I wonder whats the number of brits who actually learn n can speak cantonese. or expats in general. or how many hk / cantonese culture imported into uk?
@choualberto8852 жыл бұрын
Probably minimal...
@keithkyli2 жыл бұрын
There were a number of British officials or scholars who could speak some level of Cantonese, but the most fluent ones came from the Indian subcontinent - they worked for the Brits, were less well-off and had to mingle with the locals more often. Some of their descendants have become permanent residents, studying in local schools and working in different kinds of jobs as fluent speakers of Cantonese. For the second part of the question, I know that "dim sum" is now in the Cambridge Dictionary, but not much else. Well, the tea culture itself was the biggest impact for the Brits but it occurred before Hong Kong was a thing.
@nukiolbartes62792 жыл бұрын
@@keithkyli thanks for the insight
@wildeyshere_paulkersey8532 жыл бұрын
You have to understand that being English is a major crutch, because English is so used, it doesn't force us to learn other languages, so we're at a huge disadvantage.
@randomcow5056 ай бұрын
It's unbelievably hard to learn Cantonese in HK, everything is so fast-paced that people get frustrated and starts speaking English 😂
@kerrymark26692 жыл бұрын
Does Hong Kong tea houses still have a no dog, no Chinese policy.
@paksyeikhtv_23732 жыл бұрын
Not just Hong Kong, Malaysia to, MALAYSIA a part British empire
@jp44312 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info except this video isn't about Malaysia. You're like that colleague who jumps into other people's conversations screaming "what about me? ME ME ME!" Sit down and wait for your turn.
@breadiztasty2 жыл бұрын
@@jp4431 Malaysia boleh mah, always need to mention something in their country
@justinliu73572 жыл бұрын
Also internalized racism. Can't believe you guys forgot that one.
@orangeblue35312 жыл бұрын
Yep, white worship, self hating/mainland Chinese hatred and deep seeded racism towards south east Asians. Especially those with darker skin.
@cosmoray97502 жыл бұрын
British colonial is simply a nicer way of saying British Occupation.
@slickrick24202 жыл бұрын
@@SerBallister The British empire did awful things on literally a global scale and is responsible for much more deaths than Genghis Khan. Even he would be horrified.
@guillaumedenimal7872 Жыл бұрын
Wumao detected
@GG-hi5if2 ай бұрын
Hong kong was and would be nothing without britain
@Tuisto6 күн бұрын
The British should have never handed it over. The agreement was made with Imperial China, and the Communists have vehemently denied any legality to anything from the Imperial (or brief Republican) period... except for their double-standard with Hong Kong and Macau. They wanted THOSE legal agreements honored. The name "Tony Blair" should be used as a curse.
@laughingvampire75552 ай бұрын
I bet Hong Kong people miss being under British rule
@afamouswriterАй бұрын
Only the rich miss being ruled by the British.
@benderbendingrofriguez33004 ай бұрын
can you guys make Macau? It was also hand over to the Chinese back in 1999, putting an end to the Portuguese empire.
@kendalson71005 ай бұрын
Nice video.
@BlaqjaqshellaqАй бұрын
During Japan's WWII occupation of Hong Kong Queen's Road was temporarily renamed Meiji Dori! (Des Voeux Road became Shouwa Dori.)
@kimjongun92322 жыл бұрын
Nice video
@muffledwhispers6 күн бұрын
Widely spoken? Debatable. I went there last year and I had a hard time looking for locals who can understand and speak basic English.
@1pasupaty2 жыл бұрын
Wow that's a lot of remnants to reminisce about
@chimmichua19862 ай бұрын
Hong kong is now a mini china. Curre t Law is not from UK
@singhmaster42 жыл бұрын
I thought the British still had a lease on Hong Kong for a few decades. I remember seeing protests against China in Hong Kong on the news. What was that all about?
@JKMT2 жыл бұрын
No the protests is about China intervening with our basic law allowing China transporting what China considers as fugitives back to mainland to be judge with China's lawsystem. Hongkong people consider that as breaking the law system of Hong Kong which means no freedom, China can just port whoever they think is a fugitive back to China instead of getting judged in HK
@pepelepew12272 жыл бұрын
@@JKMT i thought china was given charge over security matters including secession
@singhmaster42 жыл бұрын
@@JKMT So is Honk Honk in full control of China now? Does the British still have a lease on the land or is the lease over?
@drunkenmonkey18872 жыл бұрын
@@JKMT it was also in part due to the law being set down from the CCP bypassing the usual local courts and judges and that the extradition as outlined in that law bypasses normal extradition rules and once again, bypasses local courts and judges. That is why it is interferance with the Basic Law. Everything about its writing and what it permits bypasses the local courts.
@thinkingaloud53792 жыл бұрын
@@drunkenmonkey1887 The Court of Final Appeal has held the extradition agreement is legal and I accordance to the Basic Law.You seem to think you know the law better than this highest court lol!
@paulgerrard9227Ай бұрын
English language is not officially encouraged. Many families encourage english to assist prospects for their kids.
@Nonameinit2 жыл бұрын
Becareful of the wording SCMP! The Chinese are saying Hong Kong was never a colony!
@haozzy2 жыл бұрын
Where are you seeing this? I've never heard a chinese person say that.
@breadiztasty2 жыл бұрын
@@haozzy recently there has been changed to students textbooks where they say Hong Kong was never a British colony
@Nonameinit2 жыл бұрын
@@haozzy I’m referring to the Chinese authorities - CCP, HK govt, HK legislators…
@gnhansen292 жыл бұрын
I thought that tea was Chinese?
@xiaolieliu1860 Жыл бұрын
just add milk and sugar, then export it back to the Chinese in Hongkong and voila! new identity! efficiency at it's best!
@debbieanne7962Ай бұрын
English widely spoken? Not in my experience. And that includes the help desk at the international airport. English in Singapore yes. In Hong Kong no
@ULHISАй бұрын
Same names as Belfast Northern Ireland. After the same people too.
@AlexS-mf2kc4 ай бұрын
its obviously a Pastel de Nata , totally Iberian (Spanish - Portuguese)
@nagasako7Ай бұрын
If English language is one day stopped being taught In HK, HK will lose its relevance.
@SuperKonjacАй бұрын
You’re welcome, Hong Kong
@simonbrown7455 Жыл бұрын
A hangover is a bad thing haha
@joshuawindsor895 Жыл бұрын
Keep crying
@simonbrown7455 Жыл бұрын
@@joshuawindsor895 I still cut my wrists over the Roman Empire.
@tftfgubedgukm79112 жыл бұрын
Of all, they only showed HK.
@OBIIIIIIIII2 ай бұрын
freedom, democracy, government accountability and transparency noticeably absent from the list
@exterminccp2 ай бұрын
i still drink earl grey today
@jamirajamira73032 жыл бұрын
Note the negative connotations for the word ”hangover".
@ridhobaihaqi1442 жыл бұрын
Social credits -10,000 points who display it
@Bencilu2 жыл бұрын
So is illegal to drink tea in hk?
@101MRSPICE2 жыл бұрын
Jardine Matheson and HSBC built by those Scottish Tai Pans and perhaps a conduit for the East India Company + British Empire.
@jasonquigley2633Ай бұрын
I'll point out several more that I noticed as an Irishman: 1. Same plugs. 2. Double decker busses are the same manufacturer as Dublin bus. 3. Paving stones are the same as well.
@misterbig90252 жыл бұрын
0:44 Can she do that in India?
@KH-fv3vq2 жыл бұрын
Why?
@skawerafferfdswlokjsadghd Жыл бұрын
Thanks to British colonization, Hong Kong can become one of the most prosperous cities in the world.
@elenamichaels9658 Жыл бұрын
In sixth grade I watched a video of hong kong people living on boats in crowded conditions due to being priced out of their city. And I don't know why a subject of the British monarchy is so blatantly supportive of their antics- they don't benefit you- dost citizen?
@obsidianhorn41337 ай бұрын
@@elenamichaels9658 Those living on boats are largely Tanka people and they do that by choice. There are public housing built every year from 1960s all the way to the handover. Housing crisis that you talked about pricing people out did not become a thing until 2000s.
@user-mx6sh2hy8x2 ай бұрын
I agree 100%. I visited Hong Kong and Shanghai in 2000 and 2001. Everyone in Hong Kong were driving cars, everyone in Shanghai were driving old mopeds. Case closed.
@afamouswriterАй бұрын
Prosperous for a few, not for the majority. Back then you couldn't be promoted to the highest ranks in the civil service or in business if you were ethnically Chinese.
@roller_turtle2 жыл бұрын
What is going to happen after 25 years ?
@josenwushangkehan19 күн бұрын
Hongkong Yuenyeung beverage is still the best....there are replication made outside of HKG, but still the original in HKG is still the better one and the best....
@skepticseeker Жыл бұрын
Hong Kong handover to China and Macao handover to China are disasters. Those two cities would have thrived as mega city states like Athens and Sparta with Cantonese/English & Cantonese/Portuguese mix.
@daddydallas4789 Жыл бұрын
They have always been historically Chinese and today they still are, and that’s how it should be.
@skepticseeker Жыл бұрын
@@daddydallas4789 chinese what? mandarin or cantonese? there are many chineses... get your facts right, I never said they dont belong to chinese, I said they dont belong to china/beijing
@elenamichaels9658 Жыл бұрын
I guess that's why hong kong parliament was throwing raw American pork on the tables to protest the importation of American pork because Hong Kongers don't want american additives such as ractopamine in their pork.
@aoshimagrace98382 жыл бұрын
I was born in HK before 1997, I'm Chinese speaks Cantonese and HK today is China Hong Kong, I love my country (mainland China) as well as the British, and I agreed that HK was ever a British colony. They are my parents, I don't want to see any conflict among them...
@Deepak-st9gd2 жыл бұрын
I think there is a combination of the China and British culture in the Hongkong.
@brendon16892 жыл бұрын
next you're going to tell me that the us is between mexico and canada!
@luked72562 ай бұрын
Colonialism is obviously a terrible thing but it’s cultural fusion that can give a city its unique culture. Unfortunately, Pooh bear and his cronies will try to destroy that.
@user-mx6sh2hy8x2 ай бұрын
Is that right??? When I first visited Hong Kong in 2000, shortly after handover, everyone there was driving cars. The same year I visited Shanghai, everyone there was driving old mopeds. If you look at footage of Hong Kong in the 1990s under British rule, living standards were higher generally than mainland cities. Britain and Hong Kong can be proud of shared heritage in building one of the world’s leading cities.
@thankqwerty2 жыл бұрын
But Hong Kong was not a colony of Britain, ask the new chief executive.
@colin50642 жыл бұрын
Not only that but Beijing Tiananmen square massacre never happened, or so they would like you to believe
@d34ler82 Жыл бұрын
and where is Jackie Chan house.?
@Reddy29342 жыл бұрын
My condolences to the 9,582 Americans who lose their lives every hour due to mass shooting.
@wynn30772 жыл бұрын
And condolences to the millions who died under the rule of the CCP. 😢
@thtupid2 жыл бұрын
That is just false. But 17 people do die a day to guns in USA.
@danghoangluong29422 жыл бұрын
My condolences to the millions who perished during Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution.😢😢😢
@Reddy29342 жыл бұрын
My condolences to the millions who perished every year due to mass shooting in america.
@thtupid2 жыл бұрын
@@wynn3077 Pretty sure millions have died under all forms of government. There are only two certainties in life: Death and taxes.