Farewell Ceremony of Hong Kong Handover 1997 Part F

[jlpt69]

The British flag and Hong Kong flag are always in the air in everyone's mind

[fairplay381]

The weather speaks it all, doesn't want Hong Kong back to the bloody communist party.

[max0715]

港英最後一天的日落 好希望這旗會有一天重新掛在金紫荊廣場

[hkspiceboy]

@max0715 香港旗應該重新飄揚係香港, 但金紫荊廣場真係唔該拆左佢, 老套肉酸又俗氣. 除左大陸人之外根本冇人會去.

[Jamesmac30]

The British have certainly left their stamp - they aren't perfect, but it's a good thing it was their empire, and not somebody else!

[Meadic]

@Jamesmac30 ...But it's far more better than Present HKG & Bloody Communist

Chinese fighting Chinese ***

[hick1231]

I failed to stop my tear when they playing " AULD LANG SYNE ".

[bonnehumeur09]

Only the British would choose this hymn, The Day Thou Gavest, to play at such a moment. Written at the height of Victoria's reign, its last verse speaks of "Earth's proud empires passing away." Vivat Regina Elizabetha

[andrewcklam]

英國及香港旗落下時奏的並非Last Post, 而是Sunset

我反而有興趣知降旗前果首叫乜名 (即本片片頭果首)

[wongch8315]

@andrewcklam

The hymn is called "Crimond" played before the "Sunset".

[wongch8315]

更正：這首 Evening Hymn 是 "The Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended"，非常優美的聖詩。

[HKUK94]

This was not a happy day, 5 million people sent into a communist regime overnight.

[SeaKingRN]

As someone that was there in the Royal Navy Honor gaurd on that night, I was glad I could be part off history it's self.

The One thing that sticks in my mind the most was the shear amount off people in the streets begging us not to leave them, Men women even children all crying and begging us not to leave I felt we were kinda abandoning them to the unknown.

It Will be a night I will never forget, even I was able to be part off history in the making.

[jlpt69]

The retreat of the British rule marks the decline of Hong Kong. Whether UK becomes a so called second class country is not important, UK really contributes to the world for the past centuries, as well as HK. Without UK, there would not have been a Hong Kong.

The so called return to the communist regime is a really tragedy for both HK and the world.

[hcn9]

are u fuckin joking? imperialists brits are the worst criminals in the world and million of chinese suffered becuz of them. u fuckinwhite british pig. i laugh at brits getting killed by the taleban

[chrismonc87]

@hcn9

fuck you where you from i bet britian has got more history then you im proud to be british im proud to be joining hm armed forces id be happy to die for britannia like other have doen before more and will do after me two words RULE BRITANNIA

[mwan061]

got it? this is ur destiny. coz u do deserve the success you had-- @ the cost of whole chinese ppl's welfare.

所以与其留恋的舔英国主人的屁眼, 与其做一个被人抛弃的二奶, 不如想想wat you can do for china. 搭上顺风车, 免得在大陆的崛起中越来越没落.

英国现在自己都沦落成一个2流国家了, 自己都要越来越顾忌中国的脸色了, 哪有空搭理你们这些前2等公民?

这个仪式本身很好看.

[alvindurochermtl]

@mwan061 香港現在又不是一樣是個大陸二奶，被大陸人看低？你現在要香港檢­討有什麽可以幫大陸，難道你不知道韓戰大陸被禁運時香港人已一直­以船運違法地為大陸同胞提供物資？試問現在一代的大陸人，又有幾­多人知道這件事情而感謝過香港人？英國可能是個二等國家，可沒有­不文明至有毒奶粉，假醬油，貪官汎濫等等。

[mwan061]

because communist china shut her door to the west and then hk became her only gateway to the outside world

THAT'S HOW U HK PPL TOOK ADVANTAGE OF CHINA'S FAILURE TO MAKE UR OWN 'MIRACLE', WHILE MOST OF CHINESE WERE SUFFERING.

now time to pay back, the raise of chinese mainland is lowering the importance of hk. less and less advantages you can take from mainland china anymore.

hk's fall is natural, reasonable and inevitable, no matter under whose rule.

[alvindurochermtl]

@mwan061 What kind of stupid statement is that? Hong Kong people broke international embargo during the Korean War to ship supplies to mainland Chinese people. Took advantage? You love China so much why does your profile say you are located in New Zealand? What is it in NZ that your beloved country can't offer you? Speaking like a true hypocrite.

[mwan061]

woow, what a bounch of british leftovers i saw here.

let me tell you sth: HK's success in the past, was not because of a fine british system --- it had failed in many of her colonies;

not because of smart HK ppl neither --- stats data shows HK's average IQ are lower than many other chinese regions.

in fact HK was no better than any other major Chinese cities even b4 1960s, how ur brit masters could suddenly outperform their history after that?

Think abt it!

[alvindurochermtl]

@mwan061 If anything, the Brits gave Hong Kong the rule of law, which China is still learning what it is. The Brits also gave HK the Independent Corporation Against Corruption, which China doesn't have, hence even something as simple as baby formula can be fake in China. IQ tests are known to be biased and methodologically problematic. Only retards believe in them as if they were some kind of revelations.

[aaaaaq27]

hongkong government is fucked up

china government please fuck off

british hongkong is fucking great

please come back again , ORZ

start a war to china , can you ? lol

[HKUK94]

It was actually quite rainy that night, the skies were crying for Hong Kong.

God Save the Queen

[aaaaaq27]

yes... that night was so scary

we are going from the heaven to the hell

[HKUK94]

The Chinese Government will ruin HK

[peterK333]

英屬香港旗，代表住香港整整一代人在這麼的辛勞和成果，代表著光­榮，自豪，對這裡的信任

12年淪陷，中共的走狗在港不斷賣港人利益，把上一代的辛勞，這­一代的自由，下一代的希望一一埋葬

[takchun213]

英屬香港比香港特別行政區更好

[lugiadoom]

GB please come back!! Go to hell PRC!

[imwongsw]

英國佬年代政府有良心好多, 中國接手之後政府低技術工作外判, 壓低了好多人人工, 連帶市場低技術工作的薪金一年低過一年... 97前市政掃街都可以養妻活兒, 而家掃街夠住唔夠食...

[jifzx]

好想呢枝旗再掛返上去

[angelb28]

please! come back!

[jellybluenose]

that was i pulling the union jack down

[chrismonc87]

if it was you would now as a sailor that it wasn't at that point the Union Jack but the Union Flag as you should know that its is only known as the Union Jack when it is hoisted on a Royal Navy Warships Jack Staff.

[jellybluenose]

ok slip of the flag i do appologise but why would i bullshit about it. not a funny one to make a joke about. i was hms illustrious at the time but the ship was at sea and we got flown off specially for it. i have newspapers of me in it and a book from the ocean wave trip the illustrious done with the picture of me lowering it. sorry mate but its the truth.

[aaaaaq27]

no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­! hongkong is yours , hk belongs to britain take it back please orz hongkong government is crazy there is no democracy in hongkong there are lots of problem here now can't tell them all here but the government is still creating problems they don't want to solve it the problem of corruption of the government is very serious , damn it i am always dreaming that britain will rule hongkong again in the future ....

[terrykuok2007]

what's the song about 4:02

[soojeesai]

Deep feelings with it. Do you have a much better version for us? Also, when the flag was coming down the song is not Last Post, but Sunset.

[darkwhite77]

就当是投资潜力股吧 香港的朋友请不要沮丧 发挥你们自由民主廉洁的精神 让我们共同努力 让这个共同的家 更美好（ 不需要骂我了，我就是被洗脑了，我相信自己的国家）

[darkwhite77]

看到一些评论真的很难过 这些都是我们喊作同胞 却不认可我们的人 如果说共产党教育过我你们是我的同胞就叫洗脑的话 我承认 但我们都清楚英国对香港的贡献 收回国土说白了是政治因素 是尊严 虽然真的在短期内不会对香港人民带来任何好处 但起码证明了中国在成长 在壮大

[jlpt69]

非常懷念港英政府!

沒有港英管治, 便沒有香港的光輝!

不過這已成歷史!

香港的前途已隨著英國國旗下降而消逝

[tommyroc]

睹物思人, 彷如隔世.

英國政府永遠欠香港人一個正式的英國國籍.

[dorialee00]

英國人出賣香港人.

將一個自由地方就咁出賣俾獨裁國家.

[arsenalweb]

英國人係出賣香港人, 完全忽視中英聯合聲明

但係現在英國國力極速下降亦唔見得有值得留戀的地方

[dorialee00]

佢國力強定弱關我叉事.

我淨係知九七前,香港人在思想自由,司法獨立,政府廉潔.

淨係英國呢d民主國家先維持到.

中國?!佢強定弱都係一個屠夫政權,更加唔值得留戀

[arsenalweb]

你有冇搞錯啊, 如果英國國力強, 你估中國可唔可以唔俾香港推行民主??

中英聯合聲明係兩個國家的條約, 英國唔監視中國, 仲向中國認屎認屁, 咁你話英國同中國一樣係唔係都冇野值得留戀?

[NotesCollector]

12 years on..

[hkspiceboy]

It's really sad to watch the farewell ceremony again, especially when you think about the SAR governent showed us how sucks it was in the past 11 years.

[allnippon1051]

what was the song in around 4:00

[percydanvers2]

This is one of the saddest things I've seen. I feel more sorry for the people who live in Hong Kong who will, if gradually, fall under communism's tyranny

[jlpt69]

Long Live British administration in Hong Kong. Without British administration, there would not have been a prosperous and stable Hong Kong before 1997!

[VESTAZD]

两岸猿声啼不住

轻舟已过万重山～

属于自己的拿回来，天经地义～

只能怪日不落无能，只知道野蛮的开疆拓土，却守不住～

[harrylcy118]

一個時代的結束......

[eason1234deng]

what was the song in around 6:50

[kenjisamuraisamurai]

Auld Lang Syne

[topsan20]

Das ist auch für mich als Deutscher traurig... Da bin ich doch ganz Bruder mit den Briten!

[RuleBritannia12357]

Acrually Chinese government really care about HK.Because China has the largest population,they cannot be so perfect.The problems they have are understandble.

[darkwhite77]

i really agree with you, but also the history and multination reasons. thankx for understanding. i still have strong believe in my country, my people. when the chinese people dying for hunger, western said such a beatiful country. and now, said poor freeless people....

[darkwhite77]

sorry for my bad spelling...:-)

[07070138]

英军威武！

[gangwen]

香港同胞非常愛國,但他們痛恨的是中國政府

[aw96b663]

内地知道 可内地比你们还痛恨政府~

[gattetto]

We come back!

[cyklonb1989]

a sad day for hong kong and its people

[wertyhhp]

could someone get back to me if they know what the name of the song that the British flag was lowered to?

[rudolphchen]

I know band played "the day thou gavest ,lord,is ended " was before lowering a flag .

[britgirlcats]

It's called Commemoration of the Battle of the Atlantic 1943. It's available for download on itunes.

[britgirlcats]

It's called Commemoration of the Battle of the Atlantic 1943. It's available for download on itunes.

[horselee]

God Save Hong Kong

[jlpt69]

We miss British Hong Kong very much

[ngai1842]

i wish we could one day rise the REAL Hong Kong flag again!

[Synthe]

the empire had ended now shutup

[jlpt69]

How poigant moment it is! Hong Kong under the British Administration was always in everyone's mind!

[5pav]

can any other nation on earth, put on a show like our boys!!!!

[joo6769]

I had always admired the british for such shows. Only they could put up such pomp and pageantry in ceremonies of such.

[cheowyonglee]

the end of the british empire!!!

[mrpoliushko]

actually by definition its still going

[mrpoliushko]

cheowyonglee by definition its still going

[hax0r99999]

ReppinDaNiel: And your mum's my bitch.

[Cammie2035]

I am voting for JOHN HOWARD.

[samfisherman007]

no, kevin rudd

[ianmann64]

Hong Kong is British. God save the Queen.

[jallymatt]

The Brits do Pomp & Circumstance the best. Farewell Black Watch, last regiment British Forces Hong Kong.

[KeganBryanOCarr]

what was the flag folding song the lone piper was playing?

[cjk91]

Immortal Memories, I think.

[wyloh76]

The choice of music is quite appropriate. This segment begins with "The day that Thou gave us, Lord, is ended". Very poetic and quite poignant indeed.

[myjoola]

The British Army of today is no match for the world largest Chinese PLA forces.That's why Britian had no choice but to surrendered Hong Kong to the Communist China.Last time Britian defeated the Qing China Imperial navy.Now, i think it will be the opposite way.Great Britian of today simply can't fight Communist China alone without the U.S help!Think about it

[SaluteToQueen]

Hey man, does PLA really the largest army of the planet? Don't forget US Army. And British Navy didn't defeated the Qing Navy, have a look at your history book again!

[ZhangtheGreat]

The PLA is currently the world's largest standing army. Note that standing armies do not count reserve troops on standby, who are considered demobilized.

[SaluteToQueen]

Well, quantity does not means all.

[zumwane]

farewell deomcracy!!

[wtanoto]

i love the song

[pookerville]

I would like to see Hong Kong become an independent country free of the PRC's control!

[CaptainCool07]

They should've joined the Republic of China ROC.

[AJK91210]

Terrible,HongKong should have been declared sovereign like every other brit land.but prc were too stuborn to do so.HongKong will fall, traditions will be lost.Prc will make a standard writing in place of the traditional writing system which were used for 1000s years and even through british colonization.And HongKong will be NOTHING,with out the british who invested in building HK.And remenber article 23.Freedoms will be lost all for the world most corrupt goverment.HongKong for independence

[913du]

Declared sovereign when all HK water and food supply are being supplied by China? I think not... Article 23 was proposed to protect the national security. Go Home and pick up the basic law and see what's the 1st article is all about.

[AJK91210]

"The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is an inalienable part of the People's Republic of China". Yeah well law are made to be broken, China breaks laws all the time and being independent doesnt mean trading has to stop.

[913du]

Then what makes HK being so righteous when they are not abiding the principles and laws set by their own country? Stop kidding yourself, when HK declare its independance, China can and will stop the supplies coming in. HK is part of China and it is depended on China's supply link. Learn to become a Chinese if you are one.

[madeinmacau97]

In part G of the ceremony, does any one know the song the children are singing at the very end?

[cjk91]

'fraid not, sorry.

It annoys me too when I don't know the name of a song =(

[madeinmacau97]

Thanks for the reply. Appreciated.

[dym99]

Scotland the brave

[cjk91]

Auld Lang Syne I think?

What you sing at New Year I believe.

[1Azzure1]

Thank you!! :)

[madeinmacau97]

I was wondering if you knew what song is playing at the very end of the farewell ceremony. It can be seen in part G of the ceremony posted here on youtube. Thanks in Advance.

[SaluteToQueen]

that 's it.Auld Lang Syne

[1Azzure1]

Does anyone know the name of the last song when they're marching?!

[mohammari]

i think the song was sayonara from japan

[lauwai4life]

Anything Japanese would be the last thing anyone would play or sing in Hong Kong on an occasion such as this. Too many people remember the horrors of the Japanese occupation.

[cjk91]

What's the music at the start? I've forgotten the name.

[Mattythewelshman]

The Evening Hym followed by the Last Post.

[cjk91]

Ah! Evening Hymn! Thanks.

I don't think the next one's Last Post though. I think it's 'Sunset'.

[Mattythewelshman]

Possibly but I am 90% sure it is the last post.

[cjk91]

Bugle music all sounds alike. I'm not sure whether I can link you to a yotube video with Last Post in it, but search one and I don't think it sounds very similar. Though I'm not sure either.