Earlier, the central government had indicated that the central government would solve the problem of funding for the Hong Kong Garrison, and that there was no need for the Hong Kong authorities to bear the burden.

The Hong Kong Garrison is subordinate to the Military Commission, comprising the Army, Navy and Air Force, and will be deployed in 14 barracks on Hong Kong Island. The headquarters is located in the Central Camp on Hong Kong Island, the Army is deployed in the Shek Kong Village Camp, the Navy is deployed in the Stonecutters Island Camp, and the Air Force is deployed in the Shek Kong Barracks. In accordance with the requirements of national defense, the troops are equipped with all kinds of weapons and equipment with excellent performance, and some of the weapons and equipment have been put into use for the first time in the whole army.

In order to better complete the handover of the Chinese and British forces, the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group reached an agreement through consultation at the proposal of the Chinese side, and the Hong Kong Garrison could send advance personnel to Hong Kong to make practical preparations for taking over the defense work on Hong Kong Island, including familiarizing itself with the military land on Hong Kong Island, liaising with the British army and the Hong Kong Government, and coordinating communications support.

On 21 April 1997, the first batch of 40 advance officers of the Hong Kong Garrison, led by a deputy commander of the Hong Kong Garrison, entered the Hong Kong Island area via Lok Ma Chau. On 19 May, the second batch of 66 advance personnel entered the port through the Huanggang Port and were stationed at the Tamar Barracks, the Gun Club Hill Barracks, the Shek Kong Barracks, and the Stonecutters Island Barracks. On May 30, the third batch of 60 advance officers entered Hong Kong.

In this way, the Hong Kong Garrison dispatched a total of 196 advance personnel in three groups to Hong Kong Island ahead of schedule, thus making the necessary preparations for the official entry into Hong Kong at 0:00 on 1 July to assume defense responsibilities.

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Although China has been considering whether the return activities can be carried out smoothly, and is worried that there will be some variables on the British side, Zeng Wei knows very well that the United Kingdom, which is in the waning mountains, is no longer the empire on which the sun never sets, and from the battle of the Anglo-Argentine Islands, it can already be seen that the eagle in the sky over Great Britain can no longer fly.

Today, although Britain is not yet a second-rate country, its strength has widened the gap with the other four permanent members.

After the return of Hong Kong Island, there were only 14 islands, including the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Bermuda Islands, and St. Helena, where Napoleon rested, with a population of less than 200,000.

According to the reasoning of the Western civilized world, where are the boundaries of a country? The boundaries of a country are where the power can reach, and from this point of view, the strength of the British Empire has gradually withered like yesterday's yellow flowers.

Although Deng Gong had already set the date for the return of Hong Kong Island, after the incident eight years ago, until the formal adoption of the Basic Law of Hong Kong Island in 90, Hong Kong Island experienced the biggest crisis before the return.

At that time, not only did Britain's attitude toward China change from cooperation to confrontation, but there was also a distraction within Hong Kong Island, and the Hong Kong Island members of the Basic Law Drafting Committee were all shaken, and even some people in Beijing considered a plan not to take back Hong Kong Island for the time being and to sublease it to the British.

After learning about this situation, the No. 1 leader only said two words and resisted.

At that time, the members of the Hong Kong Island Committee were afraid that the central authorities would interfere on Hong Kong Island on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were also afraid that the British would make democracy on Hong Kong Island too fast, causing turmoil and instability on Hong Kong Island.

With continuous communication, the doubts of these members of the Hong Kong Island Committee gradually disappeared, and finally through the arduous work of various aspects, the Basic Law of Hong Kong Island was finally successfully passed.

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In his previous life, Zeng Wei, who was only in his second year of junior high school, did not have the opportunity to participate in this grand event, and he could not even watch the live TV broadcast of the return ceremony.

However, many things have changed in this life, and he has the opportunity to go to Hong Kong Island.

Of course, Zeng Wei did not go to Hong Kong Island alone, he was not yet thirteen years old at the moment, and there was no way to apply for a visa alone.

Therefore, Zeng Wei accompanied Yu Mingju and Yang Tianhou to Hong Kong Island.

Yu Mingju is the top main theme singer in China, and Yang Tianhou is still the first sister in the domestic pop music scene because Zeng Wei turned her life around, and her influence in China is extraordinary, so she was invited by the Hong Kong Island government and high-level to go to Hong Kong Island. They will even participate in interactive activities with the biggest names in the Hong Kong Island music scene.

And Zeng Wei took their ride, of course, Zeng Wei was not the only one, Gao Yuanyuan was also on the list.

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In late June, Zeng Wei and Gao Yuanyuan, followed by Yu Mingju and Yang Tianhou, arrived on Hong Kong Island by special plane and checked into the Peninsula Hotel.

Since its opening in 1928, The Peninsula Hotel has grown from a seven-storey H-shaped building to a 30-storey hotel in 1994.

The hotel has more than 300 luxurious rooms, suites, and a rich culinary culture, as well as a Rolls-Royce Silver Pony fleet and a dedicated helipad service.

The Peninsula Felix is also the only restaurant in Asia to make it to Restaurant's list of 50 Best Restaurants. Opened in '94, Felix is located on the top floor of the 28th floor of The Peninsula, designed by a renowned French designer, with The Long Table in front of the kitchen being the focal point of the restaurant, with a cover cloth and a fashion show stage, with a panoramic view of Victoria Harbour and the Kowloon Peninsula.

After Gao Yuanyuan and Zeng Wei entered the room and settled down, they said with some emotion: "In a few days, Hong Kong Island can finally get rid of the title of colony." ”

Zeng Wei shook his head and said, "In this way, there is still a bit of a cognitive error. ”

People often think that Hong Kong Island is a British colony, but this is wrong.

Before the handover, Britain did exercise colonial rule over Hong Kong Island, and this colonial color was quite typical, but it does not mean that Hong Kong Island was a colony.

A colony is a country that has lost its sovereignty due to foreign domination or jurisdiction. So the colonies were faced with the question of independence.

At that time, the international understanding of this issue was also vague.

After China resumed its seat in the United Nations, Huang Hua, its representative to the United Nations, raised this issue with the United Nations in 1972 and declared that the settlement of the Hong Kong Island and Macao issues was entirely within the scope of China's sovereignty and did not belong to the ordinary colonial category at all. Therefore, it should not be included in the list of colonial areas to which the anti-colonial declaration applies.

This position of the Chinese Government has won wide support in the international community.

In the same year, the United Nations General Assembly voted 99 to 5 to pass a resolution to remove Hong Kong Island and Macao from the list of colonies.