Ep. 110 | The History of Hong Kong (Part 10)

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2013

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we will conclude our History of Hong Kong overview. We’ll look at the years following the 1967 riots and the reforms championed by Governor Murray MacLehose in the 1970s and ’80s. We’ll close out this series by looking at the dramatic lead up to and the signing of the Joint Declaration, the Basic Law, and the handover on July 1, 1997. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone this is Lausla Montgomery coming to you as usual from the
0:05.4	China History Podcast dot com got a lot to cover today so let's just get right into
0:10.8	it by hook or by crook I'm going to finish off this history of
0:15.0	Hong Kong series in this episode. The events that went down in 1966 and
0:21.6	67 at the Star Ferry and leftist riots, where all the government needed to know
0:26.7	that something had to be done.
0:28.8	This matter of how big of a social safety net should be provided,
0:33.2	always challenged leaders from ancient times and into today.
0:36.8	Well, 1966-67, Hong Kong finally was reaching that tipping point.
0:42.2	The Gogo 1960s had raised Hong Kong's
0:46.5	economy to the next level and the way things were looking they were locked and
0:49.8	loaded and ready to reach new heights of achievement and prosperity in the 70s.
0:56.7	The working poor were willing to keep their traps shut in the 50s because they all knew in those
1:02.2	tough times everyone had to sacrifice.
1:05.0	But not now.
1:06.0	Everyone could see the good times were rolling.
1:08.0	How come they weren't getting a piece of the action?
1:10.0	The 66 and 67 riots showed the government that with all this new found and hard-earned
1:16.2	prosperity, they had to be a little less stingy with those who couldn't get in line at
1:20.6	the buffet table. Governor David Trench tried to be the one to carry out these reforms
1:26.2	in the mid-60s, but as we mentioned last time he got all swept up in the chaos that hit
1:31.8	Hong Kong hard during the 67 riots in the aftermath.
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