New Territories, abbreviated to NT or N. Tai Po ( (sometimes written as Taipo refers to the area of the traditional Market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui T. , is a region in Hong Kong excluding Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Stonecutters Island. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Hong Kong Island ( is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong, China. Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east Stonecutters Island or Ngong Shuen Chau ( Chinese 昂船洲 is a former Island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. Historically, it is the region described in The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory. The Convention Between Great Britain and China Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory or the Second Convention of Peking was a Lease signed between Qing According to that the territories comprise the mainland area north of the Boundary Street of Kowloon Peninsula and south of the Sham Chun River which is the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China, as well as over 200 outlying Islands including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau in the territory of Hong Kong. This does not cite its references or sources. Please help improve The Kowloon Peninsula, commonly referred to as Kowloon, is a Peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong, Sham Chun River (also called Shenzhen River or Shenzhen He) serves as the natural border between Hong Kong and Mainland China, together Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term synonymous with the area that is under the jurisdiction Outlying Islands ( is groups of islands surrounding mainland New Territories and Kowloon, and Hong Kong Island within the territories of Hong Kong Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak ( lit Hung shing ye beach lamma island hong kongjpg|right|300px|thumb|Lamma Power Station and Hung Shing Yeh beach]] Lamma Island ( also known as Pok Liu Chau ( or simply Cheung Chau ( Pinyin: Chángzhōu lit "Long Island" is a small Island 10 km southwest of Hong Kong Island. Not to be confused with Ping Chau (平洲 also known as 東平洲 an island in Mirs Bay in northeastern Hong Kong

Later, after the establishment of New Kowloon, the extension of urban Kowloon between the Boundary Street and the Kowloon Ranges spanned from Lai Chi Kok to Lei Yue Mun, the New Kowloon was gradually urbanised and absorbed into Kowloon and finally excluded from New Territories. New Kowloon is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Lion Rock, Lai Chi Kok ( is an area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It locates east of Kwai Chung and west of Cheung Sha Wan. Lei Yue Mun ( literally "Carp's channel" (aka Lyemun, Lye Moon Passage, Ly-ee-moon Passage) is a short channel between Hence, the New Territories now is only the mainland north of the Kowloon Ranges and south of the Sham Chun River, as well as the Outlying Islands. It comprises an area of 952km² (368 sq mi). [1]

The New Territories were leased from Qing China to the United Kingdom in 1898 for 99 years in the Second Convention of Peking (The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory). Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom from 1 January 1801 until 12 April 1927 Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Convention Between Great Britain and China Respecting an Extension of Hong Kong Territory or the Second Convention of Peking was a Lease signed between Qing Upon the expiration of the lease, it was transferred to People's Republic of China in 1997, together with the Qing ceded territories of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Peninsula. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar

In 2006, New Territories had a population of 3,573,635 and its population density was 3,748 per km². Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

History

18 districts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; those numbered 1 to 9 are the new territories

Lease of New Territories

Hong Kong Island was ceded to Britain in 1841 and Kowloon south of Boundary Street and Stonecutters Island in 1860. Hong Kong Island ( is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong, China. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east Stonecutters Island or Ngong Shuen Chau ( Chinese 昂船洲 is a former Island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. The colony of Hong Kong attracted a large number of Chinese and Westerners to seek their fortune in the city. Its population increased rapidly and the city became over crowded. The outbreak of bubonic plague in 1894 became a concern to the Hong Kong Government. Bubonic plague is the best-known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly known as The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( see pronunciation; conventional short There was a need to expand the colony to accommodate its growing population. The Qing Dynasty's defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War has shown that it was incapable of defending itself. Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China The First Sino-Japanese War ( 日清戦争 Romaji: Nisshin Sensō ( 1 August 1894 – 17 April 1895) was a war fought between Victoria City and Victoria Harbour were vulnerable to any hostile forces launching attacks from the hills of Kowloon. Victoria City, or the City of Victoria, was one of the first urban settlements in Hong Kong after it became a British Colony in 1842 Victoria Harbour is a natural landform Harbour situated between Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong.

In January 1898, Germany was given a lease of Jiaozhouwan (Kiaochow) following the murder of two German missionaries by bandits in Shandong (Shantung) province. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Jiaozhou Bay ( was a German colonial concession which existed from 1898 to 1914 ( is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. Seeking to expand its own influence in northeastern China, Russia demanded Port Arthur (Lüshunkou) in the nearby Liaodong (Liaotung) peninsula in March 1898. Lüshun city or Lüshunkou or (literally Lüshun Port ( formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun, is a town located at the extreme southern The Liáodōng Peninsula ( is a Peninsula in the Liáoníng province of northeastern China, historically known in the west as southern east- Manchuria One month later, France was granted a lease for Guangzhouwan (Kwang-Chou-Wan) in Guangdong (Kwangtung), close to its existing colonies in Southeast Asia. Kwang-Chou-Wan (also spelt Guangzhouwan or Kwangchowan) was a small Enclave on the south coast of China ceded by Qing China to Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the First French interventions See also France-Vietnam relations France-Vietnam relations started as early as the 17th century with the mission of the Jesuit

Alarmed by European encroachment in China, Britain also feared for the security of Hong Kong. Using the most favoured nation clause that it had negotiated with Peking, the United Kingdom demanded the extension of Kowloon to counter the influence of France in southern China in June 1898. Most favoured nation (MFN also called Normal Trade Relations in the United States, is a status awarded by one Nation to another in International In July, it secured Weihaiwei in Shandong in the north as a base for operations against the Germans in Qingdao (Tsingtao) and the Russians in Port Arthur. Administrative divisions The Prefecture-level city of Weihai administers 4 county-level divisions, including 1 districts and 3 county-level cities Chinese officials stayed in the wall cities of Kowloon City and Weihaiwei. The Kowloon Walled City ( originally known as 九龍寨城 was a tiny Chinese enclave in the middle of British Hong Kong for decades

The extension of Kowloon was called the New Territories. The additional land was estimated to be 365 square miles (945 km²) or 12 times the size of the existing Colonial Hong Kong at the time^[1]. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of

British assumption of sovereignty

Although the Convention was signed on the 9 June 1898 and became effective on 1 July, the British did not take over the New Territories immediately. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. During this period, there was no Hong Kong Governor and Wilsone Black acted as administrator. The Governor of Hong Kong ( abbreviated 港督 was the head of the Hong Kong Government, ex-officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral This page is about Major-General Wilsone Black who acted as Administrator of Hong Kong in the late 1800s Steward Lockhart, the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, was sent back from England to make a survey of New Territories before formal transfer. Sir James Haldane Stewart Lockhart KCMG (1858–1937 was a British colonial official in Hong Kong and China for more than 40 years The Chief Secretary for Administration ( commonly known as Chief Secretary and abbreviated as CS, is the second highest position of the Hong Kong Government The survey found that the new frontier at Sham Chun River (Shenzhen river) suggested by Wilsone Black was far from ideal. It excluded the town of Shenzhen (Sham Chun), and the boundary would divide the town. Shenzhen is a city of sub-provincial administrative status in southern China's Guangdong province situated immediately There was no mountain range as a natural border. Lockhard suggested moving the frontier to the line of hills north of Shenzhen. This suggestion was not received favorably and the Chinese official suggested the frontier be moved to the hill much further south of the Sham Chun River. It was settled in March 1899 that the boundary remain at the Sham Chun River. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

The new Hong Kong Governor Henry Blake arrived in November 1898. Sir Henry Arthur Blake (Chinese Translated Name 卜力 (1840-1918 was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong. A takeover date was chosen as 17 April 1899 and Tai Po was chosen as the administrative centre. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Tai Po ( (sometimes written as Taipo refers to the area of the traditional Market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui However the transfer was not smooth and peaceful. Before the handover in early April, Captain Superintendent of Police, Francis Henry May and some policemen erected a flagstaff and temporary headquarters at Tai Po and posted the Governor's proclamation of the takeover date.

Lord Lugard was Governor from 1907 to 1912, and he proposed the return of Weihaiwei to the Chinese government, in return for the ceding of the leased New Territories in perpetuity. Frederick John Dealtry Lugard 1st Baron Lugard, GCMG, CB, DSO, PC (22 January 1858 &ndash 11 April 1945 Administrative divisions The Prefecture-level city of Weihai administers 4 county-level divisions, including 1 districts and 3 county-level cities The proposal was not received favourably, although if it had been acted on, Hong Kong might have remained forever in British hands.

New town development

Much of the New Territories were, and to a limited extent still are, rural areas. Attempts at modernising the area were not extensive until the late 1970s, in which many new towns were built to accommodate the overspill from the urbanized areas of Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east Despite rapid development of the new towns which has resulted in a population of over 3 million, the Hong Kong Government confines built-up areas to a few areas and reserves large parts of the region as parkland. The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( see pronunciation; conventional short

Sovereignty transfer to PRC

As the expiration date of the lease neared in the 1980s, talks between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China led to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration (1984), in which the whole of Hong Kong would be returned, instead of only the New Territories. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Sino-British Joint Declaration, formally known as the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) This is because Hong Kong's new airport, shipping ports, reservoirs and other vital installations were (and are) all in the New Territories. Had only the New Territories been returned to China, it would also have been difficult to accommodate those New Territories residents moving to the Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island. The Kowloon Peninsula, commonly referred to as Kowloon, is a Peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island ( is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong, China.

Districts

The New Territories comprise the following districts:

• Islands
• Kwai Tsing District (Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island)
• North
• Sai Kung
• Sha Tin
• Tai Po
• Tsuen Wan
• Tuen Mun
• Yuen Long

New Kowloon covers the entirety of the Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong districts, as well as the mainland portion of the Sham Shui Po District (i. The Districts of Hong Kong are the 18 administrative areas by which Hong Kong is geographically divided The Islands District ( is one of the 18 Districts of Hong Kong. Kwai Tsing ( is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Chung is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong, China. Tsing Yi ( or Tsing Yi Island ( is an Island of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. North District ( is the northernmost district of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. Sai Kung District is the second largest district in Hong Kong, China in terms of area Sha Tin District is one of the 18 districts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It covers the areas of Tai Po, Tai Po Kau, Ting Kok, Plover Cove For the old town of Hong Kong see Tsuen Wan. For the new town in Hong Kong see Tsuen Wan New Town. For a town in Hong Kong see Tuen Mun. For a new town in Hong Kong see Tuen Mun New Town. See also Yuen Long, The area in Hong Kong known as Yuen Long See also Yuen Long New Town, The new town in Hong Kong Yuen Long District New Kowloon is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Lion Rock, Kwun Tong ( is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon. Sham Shui Po District ( is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong. It includes Sham Shui Po, Cheung Sha Wan and Lai Chi Kok of New e. excluding the Stonecutters Island) and the northern portion of the Kowloon City District (portion to the north of the Boundary Street/Prince Edward Road West, as well as reclaimed land including the Kai Tak Airport). Stonecutters Island or Ngong Shuen Chau ( Chinese 昂船洲 is a former Island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. Kowloon City District ( is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, China. Kai Tak Airport (officially Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to closure The airport ran out of landing slots and parking bays and flights often had to be diverted

See also

• Boundary Street
• Country parks and conservation in Hong Kong
• Hong Kong
• Kowloon Peninsula
• List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong
• New Kowloon

External links

• Lease of the New Territories
• Lease of the New Territories
• Cap 1 Sched 5A - Area of the New Territories

References

Further reading

• Lee Ho Yin and Lynne D. DiStefano, A Tale of Two Villages: The Story of Changing Village Life in the New Territories (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press), 2002.