Chapter 36 "History of Hong Kong" by Ande Ke

"History of Hong Kong" by Ande Ke Ertel's "Europe in China", published in 1859.This is a Hong Kong based A history of Hong Kong with the colony itself at the center of the narrative, covering the period from approximately 1841 to 1882 So far, the latitude and longitude of the narrative is based on the term of each governor.Therefore, in the law of commercial supervision As a starting point, it was written until May 1882, when Governor Hennessy's term of office expired. It was three-quarters of a century ago that Ertel's history of Hong Kong was published.he

Although some supplements were made later, although many books on Hong Kong were published after him, the The history of Hong Kong, which centered on all the development of the colony itself, never existed until In 1958, Ande Ke published his "History of Hong Kong", and this gap was filled (GB Endacott: "A History of Hong Kong"). An Deke was a lecturer at the University of Hong Kong and has edited several books on Hong Kong.This "Hong Kong The nature of "History" is somewhat similar to Eitel's, because the latitude and longitude of his narration are also based on a certain number of fragrances.

The term of office of the Governor of Hong Kong shall begin and end.But the time he narrates is longer, from Yilu based on the relationship with the imperial envoys of the Qing Dynasty Minister Qi Shan signed the "Pueni Grass Treaty" (January 1841) without authorization and sent troops to occupy Hong Kong Island, until Hong Kong fell to the Japanese for three years and eight months. Governor Yang Muqi, who surrendered to the Japanese, was reinstated, and then Governor Ge Lianghong (served from 1947 to 1999) 1957) until his succession, all are included in his more than 300-page history of Hong Kong.

In the preface, Anderco explained the source of the book's materials, mainly from those kept by the Colonial Department in London. Archival documents related to Hong Kong over the years, including reports sent back by successive Governors of Hong Kong, and colonial The official documents and instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Hong Kong, as well as the relevant documents stored by the relevant departments of the British Foreign Affairs, Navy, and Army Hong Kong Archives.Andeko admits that his history of Hong Kong is mainly based on official documents, and his point of view is comprehensive.

Joint Colonial Office and successive Governors.Therefore, if we want to study, for more than a hundred years, British officials It is worth reading the history of Hong Kong to learn about Fang's important decisions and governance measures for the colony. There are two other characteristics of the content of Andeko's history of Hong Kong. One is that he points out that Hong Kong, a colony, has Since the beginning, its lifeline has been established in business and economy. The second is its close relationship with China. Therefore, for many years, this place was only regarded as a commercial stronghold, not as a

Formal Colonial. The book is divided into twenty-four chapters, the last chapter describes the end of the Second World War, after Japan's surrender Later, for the sake of the Yalta Conference, the United Kingdom was worried that the United States and the Soviet Union had an understanding to return Hong Kong to China, so At that time, Hong Kong's administrative system in the early days of the restoration was in a depressing situation of indecision. Few of the works on Hong Kong have been written in such detail.