The New Territories (Chinese: 新界 Xin1jie4) is the area of land in Hong Kong, north of the Kowloon peninsula, south of Shenzhen He / Shum Chun River (深圳河) and Hong Kong's outlying islands (including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau), leased from Qing Dynasty China to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1898 for 99 years, by Second%20Convention%20of%20Peking (展拓香港界址專條, The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory). Population (2000): 3,336,200. The lease comprised of all the land and adjacent islands between Boundary Street in Kowloon (to the south) and the Shenzhen River (to the north). Not included in the lease were the part of Kowloon south of Boundary Street, and Hong Kong Island; both were already ceded to Britain. The lease was made as a result of France's colonisation of Zhanjiang (Kwang-Chou-Wan). In modern conversations, however, New Territories often exclude New Kowloon, which was leased out as part of the New Territories but is now an integral part of the Kowloon urban area. 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 take the overspill from the urban areas in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. As the expiration date of the lease neared in the 1980s, talks between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China led 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. This is because Hong Kong's new airport, shipping ports, and other vital installations were (and are) all in the New Territories. Major developments are happening in the New Territories as of 2003, including the new Hong Kong Disneyland being constructed in Penny Bay, Lantau Island scheduled to open in 2005. The New Territories comprise the following Districts of Hong Kong: * Islands District, Hong Kong * Kwai Tsing (Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island) * North District, Hong Kong * Sai Kung * Sha Tin * Tai Po * Tsuen Wan * Tuen Mun * Yuen Long ==See also== * List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong * Boundary Street * New Kowloon ==External links== *[http://www.info.gov.hk/yearbook/2003/english/chapter21/21_03.html Lease of the New Territories] *[http://www.info.gov.hk/yearbook/2002/ehtml/e21-03.htm Lease of the New Territories] *[http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/0/06cb20f78512760748256648002f8720?OpenDocument Cap 1 Sched 5A - Area of the New Territories] Hong Kong New Territories
Wasn't lease of NT following one of the Opium Wars? Or was that Kowloon in 1828?- User:David Stewart 09:49 21 May 2003 (UTC)
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The New Territories (Chinese: 新界 Xin1jie4) is the area of land in Hong Kong, north of the Kowloon peninsula, south of Shenzhen He / Shum Chun River (深圳河) and Hong Kong's outlying islands (including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau), leased from Qing Dynasty China to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1898 for 99 years, by Second%20Convention%20of%20Peking (展拓香港界址專條, The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory). Population (2000): 3,336,200. The lease comprised of all the land and adjacent islands between Boundary Street in Kowloon (to the south) and the Shenzhen River (to the north). Not included in the lease were the part of Kowloon south of Boundary Street, and Hong Kong Island; both were already ceded to Britain. The lease was made as a result of France's colonisation of Zhanjiang (Kwang-Chou-Wan). In modern conversations, however, New Territories often exclude New Kowloon, which was leased out as part of the New Territories but is now an integral part of the Kowloon urban area. 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 take the overspill from the urban areas in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. As the expiration date of the lease neared in the 1980s, talks between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China led 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. This is because Hong Kong's new airport, shipping ports, and other vital installations were (and are) all in the New Territories. Major developments are happening in the New Territories as of 2003, including the new Hong Kong Disneyland being constructed in Penny Bay, Lantau Island scheduled to open in 2005. The New Territories comprise the following Districts of Hong Kong: * Islands District, Hong Kong * Kwai Tsing (Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island) * North District, Hong Kong * Sai Kung * Sha Tin * Tai Po * Tsuen Wan * Tuen Mun * Yuen Long ==See also== * List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong * Boundary Street * New Kowloon ==External links== *[http://www.info.gov.hk/yearbook/2003/english/chapter21/21_03.html Lease of the New Territories] *[http://www.info.gov.hk/yearbook/2002/ehtml/e21-03.htm Lease of the New Territories] *[http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/0/06cb20f78512760748256648002f8720?OpenDocument Cap 1 Sched 5A - Area of the New Territories] Hong Kong New Territories
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Wasn't lease of NT following one of the Opium Wars? Or was that Kowloon in 1828?- User:David Stewart 09:49 21 May 2003 (UTC)
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