TNAG-0776-FCO40-980-Kowloon-Walled-City-and-aircraft-safety-in-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 7

INTRODUCTION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

* Reason for producing this paper

* Paper is for background information only

THE HISTORY

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* Its boundaries and area

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Article IV of the Treaty of Peking 1898 stated

* Original reaction to Article IV

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Reason for Article IV

* Change in British attitude to Article IV

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Occupation of the Walled City and de facto cessation of Chinese jurisdiction

Order-in-Council of Dec. 27, 1899, declaring de jure British jurisdiction

* Chinese reaction to the Order-in-Council

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Chinese protests from 1933–1949

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China's position as articulated by the CPG in 1963

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* China's position since 1963

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Britain's position

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Conclusion

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¦ THE POLITICAL SITUATION

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Walled City population's political attitudes

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Community resistance to, and expectations of, governmental activities

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Construction of multi-storey buildings, Method of doing business described.

* Developers are not apparently syndicated

The more significant developers named

* Very little information on syndicated crime

* Political sympathies and affiliations

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