— Hoy Koy Geld - Sadan lust WS fnswees (A) Historical background Choose FIVE major events in HK colonial history. Indicate them on the timeline below and explain their respective significance on the DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG. The first one is done for you as an example: (Hints: the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, the 1911 Revolution, the Second World War, the Chinese Civil War, etc. You may select other events ) 19% to mid 20" centuries Hong Kong ‘The Opium War (1839-42) Significance: Qing China was defeated and the Hong Kong Island 1830 was ceded to Britain The Convention of Beijing (1860) Significance: 1850 according to the Treaty of Nanjing. Kowloon was ceded to Britain as a result of China’s defeat in the 1870 Second Anglo-Chinese War. The Extension of HK Boundary Agreement (1898) Significance: After China was defeated in the 1890 1911 Revolution C911) Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), foreign Significance: powers tried to get more territories “Affected China’s trade and from China. The New Territories were hence Hong Kong’s entrepot leased to Britain for 99 years. trade; some people in HK supported the revolution by Dr. Sun Yixian, ‘The Chinese Civil War (1945-1949) 1930 ‘The Second World War (1939-1945) Significance: Significance: Chinese turned communist; CChina’s trade fell sharply and hit refugees escaped to Hong Hong Kong’s entrepot trade; Hong Kong with money and skills, 1950 Kong was occupied by the Japanese and helped to develop the for 3 years and 8 months during the light industry in HK. war.