Last Post & Highland Cathedral - Flag Lowering Ceremony at Government House, Hong Kong - 1997

[Edwardjsa]

It is a irrecoverable curse to all Hong Kong people !!!

[Ericl633]

Indeed. It was one of the saddest days of my life.

[goodboylihk]

Can UK save HK ?

We don't like the China gov

[Kenneth0421]

大英帝國萬歲

[Kenneth0421]

亡國之苦，永不遺忘

[MarcusCroftCaesarii]

I feel people somewhere were clasping their hands in glee, the end of an era, God save the Queen

[Edwardjsa]

Hong Kong, let's get independent !!!!!! (Some external devices have deleted my previous same post)

[harrysfwong]

Highland Cathedral 聽到已經流咗兩行眼淚。

[Ooilei]

I miss those days. Thing were just better when the British were there. More safe and more stable. Now you notice that things have changed. Life in Hong Kong right now is not as good as it was under Britsh administration. British was truly better. I hope they will come back again and kick the stupid communist back to Beijing.

[MIKEGROOME]

Very sad.

[brutefusion]

Worst day in the history of Hong Kong, we lost our pride, our nationality, the soul of our city. now the bloody chinese flag flies over us. WHAT HAPPENED???!?!?!

[PSD225]

@brutefusion well its more like the bloody communist flag. the chinese flag is the flag of republic of china

[DBPHuguenot]

@brutefusion

Hong Kong has NOT lost it's pride. The soul of the city (that like you, I love) is only gone if the people of Hong Kong let it be so. Please listen carefully to Chris Patten's last speech. He urges you to go on, and all of us are willing you to succeed and keep the old HK values in your hearts.

[TartanBiscuit]

Hong Kong is always in our hearts. God bless the Queen.

[BigBro1043]

my grandma used to tell me many times, the sun never sets on her majesty's empire. not anymore..

[081123372]

Hong Kong is the people of Great Britain

Always ....

[ghejurav]

Well, things have certainly all gone downhill since then, haven't they.

However, I would only call this the second saddest day in HK's history, but not the saddest day. The saddest day should be 25 Dec 1941, the day HK fell to the Japanese.

[GEESUS498]

3:37 Chris Patten's daughters are pretty hot :)

[BigBro1043]

@GEESUS498 i couldnt agree more. how old are they now ya?

[LordSpuggy]

Unfortunately, due to the nature of the power that is now occupying Hong Kong, her people had no say in who was to govern them, I think that it is our ultimate failure to our brothers in Hong Kong that we did not fight for their right to choose to remain under Her Majesty's rule, for this I apologise most humbly. God save the Queen!

[jpinst22]

At the most they should have declared the N.T as Chinese territory under British administration.

China needed Hong Kong the way it was then in order for them to develop, but now the Communist Party is unable to prevent itself from destroying Hong Kong. Its in their nature - a way of self legitimization. Anyway, in 2047, Hong Kong will be folded into the PRC and they are trying to make that as easy as they can.

[eh2681]

HK turning down since 1997-07-01! 

[Edwardjsa]

The fall of Hong Kong

[invokewg]

Patten, I miss you

[Edwardjsa]

Sad......

[Yoshuayovel]

Apocalypse started after the pipes fell.

[GallopingHorse1]

RIP Hong Kong

[UKGezr]

Britain betrayed 6 million souls to the Chinese. Native Hong Kongers have very little in common with their mainland neighbors. They don't even speak the same language. Hong Kong should never have been given to the Chinese. It could have functioned like Singapore even if the New Territories had to have been given up.

[DavBlc7]

@UKGezr It was Mrs Thatcher's government that had betrayed you, not us British people. Sadly you have to accept Chinese rule cos due to 1984 treaty we cannot take back HK cos of promises.

Britain need China for trades and economic reasons and that's why we can't risk the Chinese tearing all trade treaties so had to keep off HK, also avoid any war with China cos of nuclear weapons they have and wishes to avoid war that may lead to endless WWIII that world don't want.

[Yoshuayovel]

@DavBlc7 Then it would be better for them to betray us. Good for you. We are not worthy to become the cause of world war, which will only turn out millions of civilians' death.

[alwellus]

@UKGezr

I completely agree, we should have given back the NT (we should have NEVER leased them, we should have aquired them), and kept what was ours in perpetuality. If China didn't like, then too bad, so sad for them. ONe must remember that by the end of the last century, empires were not politically correct ( That's foolihsness that has ruined western civilization with its ideas of equality that DON'T and NEVER HAVE or NEVER WILL exist) any longer.

[gedp009966]

The sky was crying too...

[Meadic]

EVIL Chinese Empire.....Kills it's owm people

[Edwardjsa]

Hong kong has been dead for 14 years already

[joshua4882003]

肥彭嘅眼神 :~(

[Honeybee930]

@Chemowski

May be the "One country, two systems" policy is not work properly...

[Yoshuayovel]

@Honeybee930 In fact, this was an ideology adopted by the British government when they're ruling over HK.

Well... maybe the new country doesn't work properly.

[DBPHuguenot]

@Honeybee930

Patten was the only voice fighting for some fair result. His back was against Poisonous Percy of the Foreign Office. Martin Lee, for all his good intent, was not helpful. Finally the democratic body Patten helped put in place brought what? CHT and his lovely wife Betty, a grand sell out by HK's wealthy. If Gov Patten had FO support and a bit more time, things might have been quite different. As it is, know that we are all willing HK to succeed while keeping the old values alive

[evachinoy]

This makes me weep.

[bradcto]

R.I.P. Hong Kong is dead in 1997

[Chemowski]

@bradcto Why?

[L42A1]

Do you have the complete video of the ceremony including when the Governor leaves GH?

[Jamesmac30]

Well done to the British! - what a dignified nation, they've left their stamp on the world and all for the better.

[dimastrong2010]

Hong Kong People will support China if the current government there will remove Communism and it must be removed to the history of the world forever.

[sbwords]

Highland Cathedral was composed by a German. It is still played by the Hong Kong Police Band.

[williamlander]

Does anyone know what the song is called that starts around the 1:38-1:40 mark?

[Wouter10123]

@williamlander Highland cathedral, a scottish bagpipe tune:

/watch?v=a7tW3dqYmDo&feature=r­elated

[Edwardjsa]

@williamlander , highland cathedral, Governor's favourite song

[LittleMoron4thjuly]

This is definitely the saddest day in Hong Kong's history...

[samfisherman007]

The saddest day in Hong Kong's history.

[MrSuper0306]

@samfisherman007 I agree!

[evachinoy]

@samfisherman007 Indeed it was. God save British Hong Kong!

[daveduvw]

@samfisherman007

just a sad day for uk.

In the past hundred years, the British lost the glory of their ancestors

ashamed of them.

[VictorWThe1st]

@samfisherman007

not at all...