 | Members of the HKSAR Executive Council are sworn in. click to open  |
 | HK Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa takes the oath before Premier of the State Council Li Peng. click to open |
 | Chinese and British officials pose for a photograph. click to open |
 | Chinese President Jiang Zemin shook hands with the Prince of Wales. click to open |
 | HK Handover Ceremony click to open |
 | The Union and Hong Kong flags are lowered, marking the end of 156 years of British colonial rule in Hong Kong. click to open |
 | 1997 Hong Kong Handover: raising the Chinese national and the HKSAR flags. click to open |
 | 1997 Hong Kong Return: Hong Kong's new governor Tung Chee-hwa wavied good-bye to ex-governor Chris Pattern. click to open |
 | Hong Kong returned to China on July 1st 1997. The photo shown the flag-raising ceremony. click to open |
 | Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang and British Prime Minister signed the Joint Declaration on the Issue of Hong Kong on December 19th, 1984. Both sides agreed that Hong Kong will return to China on July 1st, 1997. click to open |
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