The document details the historical timeline and geopolitical significance of Hong Kong, highlighting its transition from a British colony to a global financial center and its relationship with India. It discusses key events in Hong Kong's history, including the impact of the 2014 protests and various bilateral agreements with India. Additionally, it notes the presence of a significant Indian community in Hong Kong, which plays a crucial role in the region's economy and cultural landscape.

1.  Time line
 Geo-Political Significance
 Hongkong History
 Comparative Analysis
 India-Hongkong Relations
SUBMITTED BY:-
Nitish Moningi
PGDM2/1517
Universal Business School

2. 1600-1700 Hong Kong, the
name means fragrant har-
bor, was founded by British
Naval officers.
1832 Jardine
Matheson was
founded as a
trading house in
Hong Kong.
1839 Aug 23, The
British captured
Hong Kong from
China.
1856-1858 The 2nd
Anglo-Chinese Opium
War.
1861 The British firm Butterfield &
Swire began trading in Hong Kong
and China. 1888 A funicular
railway, cable-based with counter-
balanced up and down cars, was
built to ascend Hong Kong's 1,300
1893 The Royal Hong Kong Police
set up a police training school for
its British led force .
1898 Jul 1, China leased the New
Territories and 235 adjacent is-
lands to Britain on a 99-year lease.
1919 Hueng Chin, father of
filmmaker Charles Hueng, found-
ed the Sun Yee On triad, a secret
criminal society
1933 Wing Lung Bank was found-
ed in Hong Kong. It survived a
forced relocation to Macau during
the Japanese occupation.
1941 Dec 19, Japanese landed on
Hong Kong and clashed with British
troops.
1945 Aug 29, British liberated
Hong Kong from Japan.
1946 The Hong Kong
airline Cathay Pacific
began operations with
two DC3 planes.
1949 Wang Din-shin, owner
of the Chinachem real estate
empire centered in Shanghai,
moved his family and assets to
Hong Kong.
1973 The Hong Kong film "Enter the Dragon" starred Sammo Hung and Bruce Lee
(d.1973). 1955-1972 Jin Yong, founder and publisher of the Hong Kong Ming Pao news-
paper, authored a series of Kung Fu novels that ran to 36 volumes. 1949-50 Some
750,000 Chinese fled to Hong Kong as the Communists took over the mainland.
1975 The Hong Kong Museum
of History was established . The
Hong Kong Museum of History
was established . 1975 Apr
25, The 1st Boeing Jetfoil reve-
nue service began between
Hong Kong and Macao.
1974 Lord MacLehose, the
British governor, set up the
Independent Commission on
Corruption (ICAC)
1977 Colonial Hong Kong granted
amnesty to police as part of an
effort to root out extensive corrup-
tion related to local mafia. The Hong
Kong film "Iron-Fisted Monk"
1987 Richard Elman founded Noble Group,
a Hong Kong-based global trading firm
named after Nobel House, a novel by James
Clavell. By 2015 the company had annual
1992 he Hong
Kong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation
(HSBC) bought Brit-
ain’s Midland Bank as
part of a strategy of
global expansion.
1997 Feb 1, A Beijing-
appointed committee
voted to repeal several key
civil liberties laws.
2007 Jan, A 67% stake in
Hutchinson Essar, India’s
4th largest mobile opera-
tor, was put up for sale by
Hutchinson Telecom,
which in turn was con-
trolled by Li Ka-shing, Hong
Kong’s richest tycoon. The
other 33% was owned by
Essar, an Indian steel and
oil refining group con-
trolled by the Ruia family.
2012 Mar 25, Hong
Kong held elections for a
new chief executive.
Only 1,200 people,
handpicked from the
populations, Henry Tang
Ying-Yen was favored to
win. Self-made million-
aire property consultant
Leung Chun-ying (57)
won the leadership.
2015 Aug 6, The world's first ever
ant map showing the distribution
of the tiny industrious creatures
around the globe was launched
by the University of Hong Kong in
a bid to shed more light on the
insect world.
Hong Kong’s population was about
7.3 million.

3. Hong Kong’s critical role as a global
intermediary will see the city rise as
one of the top ten leading geopolitical
cities of future, according to Wealth
Report 2012. Image: The International
Commerce Centre in Hong Kong is
1,588ft tall and was completed in
2010.
Hong Kong is a city, and former
British colony, in south eastern China.
Vibrant and densely populated, it’s a
major port and global financial centre
famed for its tower-studded skyline.
It’s also known for its lively food
scene – from Cantonese dim sum to
extravagant high tea – and its shop-
ping, with options spanning chaotic
Temple Street Night Market to the
city’s innumerable bespoke tailors .
"Hong Kong
is the perfect launch pad for Indian compa-
nies that are keen to tap into the growing
Southeast Asian market. In a bid to boost
investment flows and strengthen inter-
regional ties, Hong Kong authorities are
giving incentives and encouraging Indian
companies to use Hong Kong as a catalyst for
their regional
Hong Kong is one of the world's leading interna-
tional financial centres and is an important Asian
service and shipping centres, well known for its
good public order, free economy and respect for
the rule of law.
Hong Kong Disneyland is located on re-
claimed land in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island.
It is the first theme park located inside the
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort and is
owned and managed by the Hong Kong
International Theme Parks .
When I went to Hong
Kong, I knew at once I
wanted to write a story
set there. PAUL THEROUX

4. On 4 April 1990, the Hong Kong Basic
Law was officially accepted as the mini-
constitution of the Hong Kong SAR after the
handover. The pro-Beijing bloc welcomed
the Basic Law, calling it the most demo-
cratic legal system to ever exist in the PRC.
Hong kong is an independent country
of China. This means, they control
and govern themselves, separate
from mainland China. Originally, a
British Colony, HK was given back to
Mainland in 1941 when the Japanese
people occupied HongKong.
Hong Kong is located at the very southern part of China, across from Shenzhen.
HOW DID THE HONG KONG PROTEST AFFECT
THE CANTONESE PEOPLE’S LIVES?
WHO—WHERE — WHEN
 PROTESTERS, GOVERNMENT Started with about 100 students who
used social media to get about150,000
 HONK KONG
• Admiralty (26 September 2014 – 11 December 2014)
• Causeway Bay (28 September 2014 – 15 December 2014)
• Mong Kok (28 September 2014 – 25 November 2014)
• Tsim Sha Tsui (1 October 2014 – 3 October 2014)
26 September 2014, 1 October 2014. They began the protest over the pre
election of a chief. This is when they ended the protest.
BEFORE THE PROTEST ➤
HongKong is a democratic
place which means that they can vote freely
It also means that the cantonese people
could speak freely for themselves
Other Chinese country had influence on their
elections
Victoria Peak is a mountain in the
western half of Hong Kong Island. It is
also known as Mount Austin, and
locally as The Peak.

5. HONKONG
INDIA
Type of Government  Federal Republic Parliamentary Democracy
 $2.7tr $291bn
GDP Growth Rate 2.5%  7.4%
Unemployment Rate  3.6% 3.2
 4.4%  6.4%
Currency
 Indian Rupee Hong Kong Dollar

6. Bilateral Agreements: Agreements
concluded with Hong Kong include
Agreement on Reciprocal Enforce-
ment of Judgements (1968), [which
was re-notified by Government of
India in July 2012 due to a change
in the nomenclature of Hong Kong
courts following handover of sover-
eignty to China in 1997], Air Ser-
vices Agreement (1996), Customs
Cooperation Agreement (1997),
Surrender of Fugitive Offenders
(1997), and Agreement on Mutual
Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters
(2009).
India-Hong Kong Relations
Bilateral Trade: India-Hong
Kong bilateral trade for the year
2012 stood at US$ 20,386 million
representing decrease of 11.7%
compared to 2011.. Exports from
India to Hong Kong during this
period were worth US$ 10,491
million, a decrease of 5.5%. Of
this,goods worth US$ 9780 mil-
lion were re-exported to other
countries from Hong Kong. Im-
ports from Hong Kong to India
totalled US$ 9,895 million (17.5%
decline). The balance of trade for
the year 2012 was in India’s
favour to the extent of US$ 596
million. India’s share in Hong
Kong’s total trade during the year
Indian traders and defence personnel were with the British when they occupied Hong Kong in 1841.
Indians in Hong Kong have traditionally been drawn from the trading community, with strong cultural
and social links to India. The Indian community has actively contributed to Hong Kong’s emergence as a
hub of global finance and trade. Increasingly, a large number of Indian professionals are coming into
Hong Kong, working in the service industry, banking and finance, information technology, shipping, etc.
The Indian community in Hong Kong is estimated to be more than 45,000 and approximately half of
them hold Indian passports. Sindhis, Gujaratis and Punjabis (Sikh) form the largest component of the
community.