Half a century later, Hong Kong, this latter day Pearl of the Orient, is about to meet the same fate and fall into the hands of communist China: it is due to be handed back to China on 1 July 1997.
半世紀後，香港，這後起的東方之珠，也即將步上同一宿命，於一九九七年七月一日起回歸「中國」。