Added: Jul 7, 2008
From: therepublicofHK
Duration: 9:48
BBC documentary (Part three of a five part series) about Chris Patten, the popular last Governor of Hong Kong before Hong Kong reverted back to Chinese rule, and his democratic reforms which were undone by China.He was quite possibly the first and only leader Hong Kong ever had (with the possible exception of Sir Murray Maclehose) that put Hong Kong's interests above that of her colonial masters, be that China, Japan or Britain.Since then the Hong Kong people have become more politically embolden, with 500,000 people marching in 2003 calling for full universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and the resignation of Patten's successor Tung Chee-Wah after a series of spectacular policy failures.Today, Mr. Patten (who left Hong Kong with and %80 approval rating), is welcomed back to Hong Kong with great enthusiasm by the people whenever he returns to visit.
Channel: News
Tags: 97 basic chris democracy democratic free handover hksar hong hongkong kong law patten politics reform 政治 歷史 民主 香港
Rating: 5.00 (7 ratings) Views: 1751' favoriteCount='7 Comments: 2
vmrcardoso Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - What a wonderful job done by the journalist about the HK handover. What about Macau, is there any documentary? It would be interesting to know the relations between Portuguese Macau and the British Hong Kong.Thanks for uploading!
andrewshere Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - this is an excellent series. i remember watching it on bbc many years ago. and 10 years on it's very satisfying to see the odious percy cradock proved wrong. thanks for uploading it. the sound level is a bit too low overall, especially on this one.