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KOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE ON DEPENDENT
TEARITORIES & DECEMBER
1970
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Fact Sheet
Geography
The land area of Hong Kong consists of Hong Kong Island,
The Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories. Hong Kong Island,
the Kowloon Peninsual and three other islands (Stonecutters
Island, Green Island and Ap Lei Chau Island) have full Crown
Colony status. The New Territories, which comprise the rural
arcas lying immediately to the north of Kowloon on the Chinese
mainland, together with some 230 minor islands, were leased
by China to Great Britain in 1898 for a period of 99 years.
The total land aron of Hong Kong is 400 square miles
of which the New Territories constitute 365 square miles. Pozulation Estimates put the total population of Hong Kong
at 4,035,000 or which approximately one-fifth is located in
the New Territories.
External Physical Communications
An important communications centre in the Far East with
a modern port and major international airport.
Constitutional Position
In accordance with the powers vested in him by the Letters
Patent and Royal Instructions, the Governor administers the
Colony assisted by an Executive Council and a Legislative
Council.
The Executive Council consists of 5 ex-Officio, 1 Official
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