HONG KONG: CHRIS PATTEN LEAVES GOVERNMENT HOUSE FOR GOOD
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- (30 Jun 1997) Natural Sound
The last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten has left his colonial-style mansion for good.
Patten bade his 250 staff an emotional farewell and left the house carrying the Union flag which had been flown from its roof.
The staff of Government House who have taken care of Governor Chris Patten for the last five years gathered to bid him farewell on Monday afternoon.
The Pattens have lived in the house for almost five years, with their youngest daughter and two dogs.
Their other two daughters have visited for holidays and have spent the last few days celebrating the final days of British rule in Hong Kong with their parents.
Governor Patten bowed his head during the British National Anthem - a gesture made because he does not wear a hat.
Many of the 250 staff members looked on the verge of tears as Patten said a personal goodbye to each one.
A drill by a band of Honour Guards, Cordon guards as well as musicians from the Royal Hong Kong police was specially designed for the event.
In a final symbolic ritual the Governor's standard was lowered from the portico of Government House and presented to him as a memento.
During this part of the ceremony, Patten's favourite tune ' Highland Cathedral' was played.
Patten's daughters left Government House in a Daimler, while the Governor and his wife waved from a Rolls Royce.
After boarding his Rolls Royce the governor drove three times around the circular driveway - a Chinese tradition meaning he will return.
Between now and the official handover at midnight Hong Kong time (1600 G-M-T) Governor Patten will attend various ceremonies.
There have been rumours that China plans to turn Government House into a museum.
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Quite possibly the saddest day in Hong Kong history and for the Patten family as well.
Many thanks for Mr. Patten for making Hong Kong a great city during his five year tenure there!
WHO are you?
Saddest day for HK? You must be high. I don't see how the removal of the invaders would be a sad day. Imagine if the Chinese was leaving a coastal city that they had ruled for 150 years, would that be the saddest day too?
Go fuck yourself.
@@iu2 yeah dude stfu
cl what will HK be if the British didnt come? Swamps and villages that do not even have a pin on the map? No more baby formula for you.
These colonial governors did a fantastic job all in all. Civilized the world, brought the rule of law, development, trade, justice, courts, security, science, education, public schools, order and hope. Thank you Britain! Advance Britannia! Long live the cause of freedom! God save the king.
ok daniel todd
Here here!
I am same age as his daughters, who were the highlight of this ceremony when I watched live back in 1997.
I am the same age as Alice, but I won't feel that's unfortunate. Because Hong Kong always has to return to China.
TThe UK cannot return Hong Kong without excuses. The UK Should return Hong Kong to China
@@wangwang2048 shame the Chinese didn't respect the democratic values of the people of Hong Kong like the British did
@@itsme-sn5gi Well, China meant well, the British spoiled them! No one likes spoiled brats like those dumb youths!
@@itsme-sn5gi Lol, you for real? There was zero democracy under British colonial rule. There was never one single election in all the time the British flag flew over HK.
@@magnaviator Yes they did, the people elected their government every five years from the 60's on. They also had free speech, in which they no longer have. Im not saying British rule was perfect, it wasn't. But in the later years Hong Kong was a thriving, free city.
That has since been lost to a dictator, and continues to only get worse...🇬🇧🇭🇰
24年後香港人才感受到原來英國真的為香港貢獻良多。
小朋友，真的是小朋友。 你連大朋友都不如呀。
英國付出香港有幾多？ 你哋都未知，你都未出世呀。
貢獻？ 英國從來無貢獻過香港，只是貢獻添麻煩的製造者。
難怪你是人頭豬腦，豬排一名。
@@wangwang2048 You are certainly a Chinese lackey who has never tasted freedom or dignity.
@@wangwang2048the development of HK was due to GB....
@@wangwang2048大陸為香港人帶來了什麼失去自由，共產黨傷害了不但香港影響所有中國人, 民革，數十萬至數百萬中國人失去生命，現在香港政府亂洗錢和中國大陸經濟衰退和大量貧窮! 你D被洗腦的井底之蛙真係可憐😊
Hong Kong has became hell after 1997.. I miss Patten.
S- Cloudy unobjective speech makes you look funny
Stupid man you are.
how surprisingly that you enjoying being a second class citizen LOL
@@jennyhuang7820 how surprisingly you are enjoying being Communist puppet
@@jennyhuang7820 how surprisingly HK people would rather be under British rule than the so-called Compatriot rule, which is brutal at all.
I just can say: Please come back!
Hongkonger miss u very much❤️💗💙💚💞💓💕💖💝💛💜
End of an era
Good bye, democracy.
Patten's daughters are so beautiful! I would love to meet them one day. 😍
Even I just 14 but I still miss united kingdom. That is sad...
I felt nothing then but now I cried when I saw this…..
What is the song at 1:49?
highland cathedral
They didnt sleep well last night
I miss the British.
Go back to your british master.
@@YY-vs9pe yeah serve well your communist masters
God save our Queen🏴
@@rogejosephcaballero7467 Shut up Stupid. both of you. Because you are the Filipino who have not qualified to speak out about everything between Hong Kong, China, and the UK
Nobody wanting to think about them
Lord Patten, you'll be back
I love his daughters
I love you
Trickster l love you
@@realdonaldtrump7260 I love you
@@emmacooper1114and I love you
The look of his daughters eyes explains everything
BRITISH ADMINISTRATION, WE MISS YOU
And to think they were part of the establishment that were responsible for Chinese people hooked on opium, I am lost for words to describe my emotions seeing these people leave.
That was 1850.....a "bit" had changed by the 1990"s.......
Welcome back
I love Sir Christ Patten
He had become an alien in his land.
0:56 Su from Rang De Basanti - Alice Patten
現在來看更想哭了😢
what is the music 2:23
Auld Lang Syne
God Save the Queen.
Let's not forget the Brits built Hong Kong for themselves.
What is the music at 02:08?
Auld Lang Syne
patten's daughters look very do-able for english girls
They were 17 at the time
@@iceomistar4302 HAHAAHAH. Call the cop!!
Oh wait, is 17 legal in Britain?? If it is, then he's off the hook, I guess.
His daughters are really elegant and beautiful
Now everyone is sorry this happened.
کرسٹوفر فرانس پیٹن ہانگ کانگ میں برطانیہ کے آخری گورنر تھے۔۔۔۔1997 میں برطانیہ نے ہانگ کانگ چائنہ کو واپس کر دیا تھا ۔۔۔
Still, the British Sino Joint declaration is currently a legal document, and the Chinese government is continuing not to fulfill the contract. The British government can claim back Hong Kong at any time.
@@lawalan4782 真的吗？吹牛逼的吧？变态岛国敢吗？
24 year ago
Nalakkam
England used to be the greatest nation of the world
Its do sad !
Colonialism is awful but HK is like the one place it worked lol and its end was tragic. Unfortunate the UK sold out those millions of British subjects and future generations to come. Maybe one day Hong Kong will taste liberty again.
Problems with Hong Kong Chinese in Surrey.Too political for English life.
The British Empire has end, the end of British imperialism, FINALLY!
Well done, you singled out the place fondly remembering Britain wishing to wake up from a lasting nightmare. But nobody is sleeping, dreaming... It's reality. Those who celebrate the end of british rule already living in darkness and ignorance, now tyranny is befalling Hong Kongs population. Subjects and lesser pawns of Jinpings vision, a vision of blood and death. Chinese Imperialism won't end in prosperity and parliamentary democracy but in genocide and fear.
來時歡笑別時愁，孤臣孽子懷舊主。淚看祖家旗落下，正是旭日破夢時。
The British imperialist mentality still exists.
Really, please explain? Or are you confusing the UK with Russia and the PRC?
Stfu cowpis drinker
Hong Kong isn't hell now, we should credit China for keeping the policy of One Country Two systems. British has done a good job in HK but HK belongs to China thousand of years ago, that won't change.
adrian254
Do you know the content of Treaty of Nanking?
Yes. But 100 years of british rule has made hk a western country. Hk have different values and political ideology compare to mainland china
LOL. Their idea of ‘keeping promises’ is very different to standards. If you would’ve access outside the firewall to ANY news platform you would know that they broke their promise and taking it further every day
@@staceyrox111 keeping promises? Do you mean when the Brits invaded HK and stole it from China, the Chinese needed to keep promises? Hahahaha
cl it’s not stolen but it was won during a war- go to baidu and study that. Oh you poor was kid, it’s like saying everyone stole from you but in fact you were too weak and not enough to defend your own land 😂😂😂😂 大陸人真的原始，自大變自卑的思想
It's not sad. What's not yours isnt yours. Just like India, Malaysia, Singapore etc U have to return to its rightful owners.
So give it to a Communist Authoritarian country which restricts media and puts wrong-doers of the state into re-education camps or keep it in the hands of the British government which triumphs in free speech?
@@farrington4918 as if the brits havent done anything wrong lmao. china ccp is definitely shady af but they've done good as well. they modernised china. every country has its good and bad. the original commenter was saying theres nothing wrong with land being rightfully returned to its original owner.
Hong kong belongs to Hong Kongers. If what you said is true, the Chinese should start packing
@@mickatkin9728 U have to learn History. I'm 77 y.o. HK PR. I know HK belongs to whom. Not the Brits nor Uncle Sam.
In the same manner, Catalonia cannot be independent from Spain.
TB Seow Hong kong doesnt belong to Britain and the US neither to CHINA. The people had spoken. The Chinese only treated Hongkong as cash cow. Enough is enough
A moment in the history that Hong Kong can finally pick their own leader
@叶正茂 There r ppl who dunno and refuse to learn. Also ppl who r easily brainwashed by colinialist propaganda. I'm Sgporean 77 yo with HK PR from 1979, I lived under colonial rule in SG and HK. Nobody's gonna tell me that the Brits r great and good.
I've seen their corruption in the streets and in biz.
Fortunately SG have a LKY. HK hasnt
@@tbseow344 If only the communist bandits are LKYs... The HKers wouldn't have to protest
@@emmacooper1114 I'm a 77 yo HK PR. I've lived under colonial rule. I've lived under LKY & I also lived 26 years in China. I know the 3 systems. I've travelled the world seen Old Blighty seen the dysfunction in Uncle Sam's place. I prefer HK.
The kids never knew what they r talking about. Just pawns in a big chessboard
Wow we can pick our own leaders? That’s what we’ve been fighting for, u dumbass. The chief executive is chosen by a CCP chosen committee. HongKongers can’t choose their own leaders, only the pro Chinese committee chosen by China can.
@@lacuschu zzz...
Can you vote for the leader under British HK? You have about a century to fight for that under British HK. What did you do?
Pattens daughter sure looked pissed, colonisers
Colonisers that turned a fishing village into the pearl of the orient, correct.
wonderful moment, new era for hong kong
ah, PRC pundit
Depends, good and bad together, kind of inevitable though
Even your name & pic is so mainland Chinese. Go back to your stupid firewall
@@mmf19 ah, a hypocritical pundit.
New era of HK is shit tbh
Worse governor in Hk history
Long live Mao!
@@P53eud0nym05 Can't wait for Brexit to destroy the UK.
God Save the Queen
Mao is dead, may Jinping follow him soon before spiraling most of Asia in war.
@@atillar3321 shes dead...
@@glocktop916 thank you, Mr. Obvious and so did Mao