Hong Kong Island, the real Pearl of the Orient.
When the British invaded the Qing Dynasty, they originally set their sights on the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang.
However, the Qing government refused to cede it, and finally had to settle for the second best option and choose Hong Kong Island located on the coast of Guangdong.
What’s even more ridiculous is that even though the treaty had been signed, the Qing government officials in the capital had no idea where Hong Kong Island was.
When Empress Dowager Cixi looked at the map, she saw that Hong Kong Island was such a tiny piece of land and it was uninhabited. She laughed at the foreigners for being so ignorant and said, "Since they wanted this shabby land, just give it to them!"
Little do people know that Hong Kong Island’s unique port conditions have made it an important hub connecting the East and the West.
After the British arrived in Hong Kong Island, they began to develop it on a large scale, even reclaiming land, and fully utilized the trade function of Hong Kong Island's free port.
Moreover, as more and more Chinese people fled south to Hong Kong, they filled the island with cheap labor.
The British made a lot of money by taking advantage of the hard-working Chinese.
It is for this reason that the British mainland attaches so much importance to Hong Kong Island. Every Governor of Hong Kong Island is appointed by the Queen of England herself and travels all the way from England to take office.
In the Governor's House, Murray MacLehose, the 25th Governor of Hong Kong Island, took office in November 1971 and has been in Hong Kong Island for nearly six years.
During his tenure, he was committed to social administrative reform. In 1974, he founded the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the predecessor of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which is the "ICAC" that we often hear the protagonists in Hong Kong movies shouting with their credentials in a majestic manner.
The opportunity for establishing the Independent Commission Against Corruption was that the foreign Chief Superintendent of Police Peter Godber was involved in a corruption case and fled Hong Kong Island after the incident, causing public resentment throughout Hong Kong Island.
Murray MacLehose then appointed Sir John P. Barrymore to conduct an investigation, and later accepted the recommendations in his report and established the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The first Commissioner of the ICAC was the former Secretary for Home Affairs, Sir Robert Kei.
Eventually, the corrupt Chief Superintendent Godber was extradited back to Hong Kong Island for trial, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption founded by MacLehose successfully established its prestige.
In addition to this, MacLehose also promoted people's livelihood construction and launched the "Ten-Year Housing Plan", which solved the housing problems of 1.5 million people on Hong Kong Island.
In addition, during his tenure, he promoted infrastructure projects such as the Hong Kong Island MTR and the Victoria Channel Cross-Harbour Tunnel.
It can be said that Murray MacLehose, the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, made considerable contributions to Hong Kong Island.
But at this moment, he was in the Governor's Palace in Hong Kong Island, looking worried and appearing to be very worried.
"Oh! Honey, what's wrong with you? I haven't seen you smile since the last time you met that big shot from the mainland."
After handing over a cup of American coffee, MacLehose's wife, Teresa Tang, asked with concern.
"Yeah! Damn it. There are so many things to worry about."
After receiving the coffee, MacLehose drank it all in one gulp, not caring that it was hot. He then smacked his lips and said:
"Damn the Chinese, they want to take back Hong Kong Island. The British mainland is unwilling to give up, and now all the pressure is on me.
What do you think I should do? We are so close to Guangdong. Seriously, if the Chinese are unhappy, they can occupy my Governor's House within an hour.
We may become the first foreign governor and governor's wife to be captured and executed in office in British history."
It has to be said that Murray MacLehose had very rational judgment.
He was well aware of the Chinese's strength and determination to recover their territory.
He participated in the famous Korean War more than 20 years ago.
MacLehose was glad that when he joined the war, the United States and China had already begun mediation.
But those few battles allowed MacLehose to see what heavenly soldiers and generals were.
Those fearless Chinese soldiers descended from the sky with great fighting power. Even if a battalion or company suffered casualties of more than 60 percent, they would not collapse at all, but would instead burst out with even greater fighting power.
madman!
These Chinese are absolutely crazy and terrible war machines.
According to general war theory, as long as the casualties of any country's army exceed 30%, the morale of the soldiers will begin to weaken and the fighting will of the soldiers will begin to disintegrate.
But the terrifying Chinese, their military combat effectiveness is simply off the charts, even if a regiment only has the last platoon left, they can still burst out with terrifying cohesion and combat effectiveness.
After returning to England after surviving the Korean battlefield, MacLehose set an iron rule for himself: never make an enemy of the Chinese.
The fear of the Chinese is ingrained in our bones.
so……
Murray MacLehose was the longest-serving Governor of the Hong Kong Government. During the ten years he was in office, Hong Kong Island made great progress in economic and people's livelihood development.
His wife, Teresa Teresa, has also been committed to charity work in Hong Kong Island.
They even did the ridiculous thing of embezzling public funds to make up for the shortfalls in charity.
Now, when she heard her husband talking about the ownership of Hong Kong Island, she pulled him aside and said, "This is not something we can control. Let the adults on the island of England worry about it!"
"Yes! My dear, I didn't want to get involved at first. When the old man came to me, I was vague and said that I would convey these situations to the Prime Minister and Her Majesty the Queen.
However, they are not content with what they have and now want to stir up trouble among the Chinese families in Hong Kong Island.
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