Chris Patten, Hong Kong's new governor will arrive in the colony in July and find that five years from its reversion to Chinese sovereignty, Hong Kong is thriving. Southern China's exceptional economic expansion has come to dominate local business sentiment. Hong Kong appears to have come to terms with its future ruler. Hong Kong's factory owners in the bordering Chinese province employ over 2 million workers. The political implications of this are profound. Politics is now in full public view. On the other, in a curious reversal of fortune, is Beijing. On June 30, 1997, Hong Kong will be welcomed into China.
Chris Patten, Hong Kong's new governor will arrive in the colony in July and find that five years from its reversion to Chinese sovereignty, Hong Kong is thriving. Southern China's exceptional economic expansion has come to dominate local business sentiment. Hong Kong appears to have come to terms with its future ruler. Hong Kong's factory owners in the bordering Chinese province employ over 2 million workers. The political implications of this are profound. Politics is now in full public view. On June 30, 1997, Hong Kong will be welcomed into China.