HIS385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kwai Tsing Container Terminals, Mtr, Chinese Civil War
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Impt period bc of achievement and establishment that existed in hk today was initiated during this time. Subway created after wwii (early 1970s) due to new attitude that british colony had, following the. Due to policies, investments that hk govt made after 1945 ; contrast to initial mentality where. Colony reluctant to provide services to citizens, apart from ppl who benefited hk"s economy but after wwii, new attitude and approach from british colony. Most impt: resumptions of british colonial administration. After being under japanese rule and the administration set up by prisoned officer until military came to administrate hk. Military administration was to allow for transition from provisional govt to the return of formal civilian govt in 1946. Mark young resumed his position (governor) after confinement in china in 1946. New attitude due to humiliating defeat: british legitimacy questioned. Lots of colonies got independence from wwii, like indian in 1947; se asian colony (singapore in.
