<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWaziri wake wa mambo ya nje, Bwana Palmerston, hakufurahi sana; alikataa Hong Kong kama kisiwa kisicho na matunda na hakukuwa na nyumba juu yake.  <response>: Her foreign secretary, Lord Palmerston, was not so amused; he dismissed Hong Kong as a barren island with hardly a house upon it. 