British Hong Kong (hkg)

British Hong Kong

British Hong Kong ranks 144th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Chennai, Odessa, and Indianapolis. Memorable people born in British Hong Kong include Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Katrina Kaif. Memorable people who died in British Hong Kong include Lin Yutang, Du Yuesheng, and Yuen Siu-tien. British Hong Kong has been the birth place of many actors, and film directors and the death place of many politicians, and writers. British Hong Kong is located in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong was a British colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, with a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during World War II. The colonial period began with the British occupation of Hong Kong Island under the Convention of Chuenpi in 1841 of the Victorian era. Read more on Wikipedia