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  1. Complete the sentence about Victoria Harbour with the correct year: On 21 December ______, the Hong Kong police arrested several armed rebels who were about to attack Kowloon City.
  2. Complete the sentence about Victoria Harbour with the correct year: On 23 January ______, a fleet of Taiping war boats was on the verge of a naval battle against Chinese imperial war boats defending t…
  3. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Island with the correct year: The ban was lifted when the remnants of the Ming dynasty were exterminated in ______, though not many original residents of Hong Kon…
  4. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Island with the correct year: Piracy was rampant in the area until the island was ceded to the United Kingdom in ______.
  5. Complete the sentence about Kowloon with the correct year: The part of Kowloon south of Boundary Street, together with Stonecutters Island, was ceded by Qing China to the United Kingdom under the Conv…
  6. Complete the sentence about Kowloon with the correct year: The invasion of China by Japan in ______ caused the population of Kowloon to grow drastically.
  7. Complete the sentence about New Territories with the correct year: Upon the expiry of the lease, the three areas were handed over to the People's Republic of China in ______.
  8. Complete the sentence about New Territories with the correct year: The outbreak of bubonic plague in ______ became a concern to the Hong Kong government.
  9. Complete the sentence about New Territories with the correct year: Although the convention was signed on the 9 June ______ and became effective on 1 July, the British did not take over the New Territo…
  10. Complete the sentence about New Territories with the correct year: The new Hong Kong governor, Henry Blake, arrived in November ______.
  11. Complete the sentence about Central, Hong Kong with the correct year: The British landed on Possession Point of Sheung Wan in ______.
  12. Complete the sentence about Wan Chai with the correct year: One of the first waterfront hospitals was the Seaman's Hospital, built in ______, which was funded by the British merchant group Jardine's.
  13. Complete the sentence about Causeway Bay with the correct year: Since ______, the area has further been subdivided in Hong Kong district board elections into smaller constituencies.
  14. Complete the sentence about Causeway Bay with the correct year: Causeway Bay's history as a shopping district dates back to ______, when Daimaru, a Japanese style department store opened in Great Geor…
  15. Complete the sentence about Tsim Sha Tsui with the correct year: Several villages had been established in this location before Kowloon was ceded to the British Empire in ______.
  16. Complete the sentence about Tsim Sha Tsui with the correct year: Before Kowloon was ceded to Britain in ______, many villages were present in the area.
  17. Complete the sentence about Tsim Sha Tsui with the correct year: In ______, the Star Ferry started offering regular transport between Central and Tsim Sha Tsui, and the area has flourished ever since.
  18. Complete the sentence about Tsim Sha Tsui with the correct year: Whitfield Barracks, converted into Kowloon Park in ______, ran to the west of Nathan Road, and Kowloon Naval Yard occupied the waterfro…
  19. Complete the sentence about Tsim Sha Tsui with the correct year: Kowloon station in Tsim Sha Tsui was approved to be constructed on reclaimed land in ______.
  20. Complete the sentence about Mong Kok with the correct year: The area used to be a Hakka settlement, with about 200 villagers according to Bao'an records in ______.
  21. Complete the sentence about Mong Kok with the correct year: Mong Kok was the setting for the ______ hit film One Night in Mongkok directed by Derek Yee.
  22. Complete the sentence about Mong Kok with the correct year: The literal Chinese title of the ______ film As Tears Go By by Wong Kar-wai is "Mong Kok Carmen".
  23. Complete the sentence about Mong Kok with the correct year: Part of Robert Ludlum's ______ novel The Bourne Supremacy was set in Mong Kok.
  24. Complete the sentence about Sha Tin with the correct year: The new town was founded in ______ under the New Towns Development Programme of the Hong Kong government.
  25. Complete the sentence about Sha Tin with the correct year: Tai Wai Village, located in Tai Wai, next to Sha Tin, and the oldest and largest walled village in Sha Tin District, was built in ______, dur…
  26. Complete the sentence about Sha Tin with the correct year: Sha Tin was the location of the first flight of a powered aircraft in Hong Kong in ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about Sha Tin with the correct year: In ______ Sha Tin Hui was severely damaged by typhoon Wanda, and subsequently had to be rebuilt.
  28. Complete the sentence about Sha Tin with the correct year: In ______ Sha Tin Hui was demolished as a result of the government's expansion plans.
  29. Complete the sentence about Tuen Mun with the correct year: Tuen Mun remained an important town for coastal defence purposes until the start of British rule in ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about Tuen Mun with the correct year: The first public housing estate built in the town was Castle Peak Estate, opened ______.
  31. Complete the sentence about Yuen Long with the correct year: In ______, the market was moved north to the area near the present-day Yuen Long station.
  32. Complete the sentence about Yuen Long with the correct year: After the British leased the New Territories in ______, they built Castle Peak Road to connect major areas of the New Territories and Kowlo…
  33. Complete the sentence about Tai Po with the correct year: The first public housing estate of Tai Po New Town: Tai Yuen Estate – was established in ______.
  34. Complete the sentence about Stanley, Hong Kong with the correct year: Once the most populous place on the island, it served as the capital of Hong Kong in ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Stanley, Hong Kong with the correct year: The use of Stanley as a place name dates back to no later than ______, as shown on early maps.
  36. Complete the sentence about Repulse Bay with the correct year: A typical example is that in ______, the bay was used as a base by pirates and caused serious concern to foreign merchant ships trading w…
  37. Complete the sentence about Shek O with the correct year: Shek O Country Club is a private golf club sitting on the Shek O peninsula with a history dating back to ______.
  38. Complete the sentence about Cheung Chau with the correct year: John Ambulance and has been the island's main hospital since ______.
  39. Complete the sentence about Tai O with the correct year: Tai O is one of five villages of Lantau that were resettled when the coastal restriction of the Great Clearance was lifted in ______.
  40. Complete the sentence about Tai O with the correct year: At nearby Fan Lau, a fort was built in ______ to protect shipping on the Pearl River.
  41. Complete the sentence about Tai O with the correct year: The Battle of Ty-ho Bay, a naval engagement fought in ______, involved British and United States naval forces in a joint operation against Chin…
  42. Complete the sentence about Tai O with the correct year: At the time of the ______ census, the population of Shek Tsai Po of Tai O was 118; the number of males was 71.
  43. Complete the sentence about Ngong Ping 360 with the correct year: Intended to improve tourism to the area, the aerial lift was previously known as Tung Chung Cable Car Project before acquiring the Ngo…
  44. Complete the sentence about Ngong Ping 360 with the correct year: Skyrail-ITM was removed from the project after an investigation following an incident in June ______.
  45. Complete the sentence about Tian Tan Buddha with the correct year: The Big Buddha is a large bronze sculpture of Buddha, completed in ______, and located at Ngong Ping, near Po Lin Monastery on Lantau…
  46. Complete the sentence about Tian Tan Buddha with the correct year: Plans to construct a Buddha statue began in ______, after monks from Po Lin Monastery visited the Great Buddha of Kamakura in Japan a…
  47. Complete the sentence about Tian Tan Buddha with the correct year: On 18 October ______, the Hong Kong Post Office issued a definitive issue of landmark stamps, of which the HK…
  48. Complete the sentence about Tian Tan Buddha with the correct year: The ______ film Infernal Affairs III opens with a scene shot at the Big Buddha.
  49. Complete the sentence about Po Lin Monastery with the correct year: Tian Tan Buddha, a giant Buddha statue completed in ______, is an extension of the monastery.
  50. Complete the sentence about Victoria Peak with the correct year: The sixth Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Richard MacDonnell had a summer residence built on the Peak circa ______.
  51. Complete the sentence about Victoria Peak with the correct year: In ______, construction of the Pinewood Battery was completed on the western side of the Peak.
  52. Complete the sentence about Peak Tram with the correct year: Operated since ______, it was the first funicular railway in Asia.
  53. Complete the sentence about Peak Tram with the correct year: After a lengthy renovation and upgrade project, the Peak Tram reopened on 27 August ______.
  54. Complete the sentence about Peak Tram with the correct year: In ______, Alexander Findlay Smith first put the project of a Peak Railway into shape and presented a petition for a concession to the gove…
  55. Complete the sentence about Peak Tram with the correct year: The Peak Tram was opened for public service on 28 May ______ by the then governor Sir George William des Voeux.
  56. Complete the sentence about Tai Mo Shan with the correct year: The area, covering 130 hectares, was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Tai Mo Shan with the correct year: Tai Mo Shan Country Park was formally designated on 23 February ______.
  58. Complete the sentence about Lion Rock with the correct year: The lives of the era, during which Hong Kong was rebuilt from poverty, was depicted by the RTHK in the ______ TV series Below the Lion Rock…
  59. Complete the sentence about Lion Rock with the correct year: When the ban on human settlement of coastal areas of the Great Clearance was lifted in ______, the coastal defense was reinforced.
  60. Complete the sentence about Lion Rock with the correct year: In ______, these forces were re-organized and manned by detachments from the Green Standard Army with reduced strength.
  61. Complete the sentence about Plover Cove with the correct year: An administrative organ for Shuen Wan Heung was established in ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about High Island Reservoir with the correct year: Located in the far south eastern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula, it was opened in ______, helping to alleviate water shortage p…
  63. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Wetland Park with the correct year: In ______, the park was one of five winners of the Awards for Excellence: Asia Pacific Competition, from the Urban Land Instit…
  64. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Wetland Park with the correct year: On 29 August ______, she was moved into her landscaped enclosure and can be easily viewed by the public.
  65. Complete the sentence about Mai Po Nature Reserve with the correct year: Inner Deep Bay was listed as a Ramsar site under the Ramsar Convention on 4 September ______.
  66. Complete the sentence about Lamma Winds with the correct year: Lamma Winds began operating on 23 February ______, and was the first commercial-scale wind turbine in Hong Kong.
  67. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong International Airport with the correct year: Opened in ______, Hong Kong International Airport is the world's busiest cargo gateway and one of the world's busiest…
  68. Complete the sentence about Kai Tak Airport with the correct year: The story of Kai Tak started in ______ when two businessmen, Ho Kai and Au Tak, formed the Kai Tak Investment Company to reclaim land…
  69. Complete the sentence about Kai Tak Airport with the correct year: In ______, Harry Abbott opened the Abbott School of Aviation on that piece of land.
  70. Complete the sentence about Kai Tak Airport with the correct year: In ______, a concrete slipway was built for seaplanes that used the adjoining Kowloon Bay.
  71. Complete the sentence about Kai Tak Airport with the correct year: The first control tower and hangar at Kai Tak were built in ______.
  72. Complete the sentence about Kai Tak Airport with the correct year: In ______, the first domestic airline in Hong Kong was established.
  73. Complete the sentence about Kai Tak Airport with the correct year: Hong Kong fell into the hands of the Japanese on 12 December ______, during World War II.
  74. Complete the sentence with the correct year: In ______ Wu pitched the concept to Guangdong and Beijing officials.
  75. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge with the correct year: Discussions stalled after the Tiananmen Square protests in mid-______ "unnerved" Wu and other foreign investors, and ca…
  76. Complete the sentence about Tsing Ma Bridge with the correct year: Until this link opened in ______, Lantau Island could only be accessed by water, and was completely rural.
  77. Complete the sentence about Stonecutters Bridge with the correct year: The Stonecutters Bridge won the ______ Supreme Award at the annual Structural Awards presented by the Institution of Structural E…
  78. Complete the sentence about Kap Shui Mun Bridge with the correct year: On 23 October ______, a barge attempted to pass under the bridge with a broken-down crane that could not be lowered.
  79. Complete the sentence about Two International Finance Centre with the correct year: Two International Finance Centre, completed on 18 October ______, is attached to the second phase of the ifc mall.
  80. Complete the sentence about Bank of China Tower with the correct year: The Tiananmen Square protests of ______ interrupted publicity surrounding the building's design and construction.
  81. Complete the sentence about HSBC Main Building with the correct year: Wardley House was subsequently demolished and replaced by a second HSBC building that was completed in ______.
  82. Complete the sentence about Central Plaza with the correct year: The first major tenant to sign a lease was the Provisional Airport Authority, which on 2 August ______ agreed to lease the 24th to 26th…
  83. Complete the sentence about Central Plaza with the correct year: A topping-out ceremony, presided over by Sir David Ford, was held on 9 April ______.
  84. Complete the sentence about Jardine House with the correct year: At the time of its completion in ______, Jardine House was the tallest building in Hong Kong and in Asia.
  85. Complete the sentence about Jardine House with the correct year: In ______, the Hopewell Centre usurped the title of the tallest building in Hong Kong.
  86. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The original building was built on reclaimed land off Gloucester Road in ______.
  87. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Disneyland with the correct year: When the SARS epidemic devastated the city's economy in ______, it was hoped that the new Disneyland would help boost confidence…
  88. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Disneyland with the correct year: On 23 September ______, a special "castle topping ceremony" was held in the park to commemorate the placing of the tallest turre…
  89. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Science Park with the correct year: The park is administered by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, a statutory body established in ______.
  90. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Cultural Centre with the correct year: As early as ______, the Urban Council pressed for construction of a new cultural venue in Kowloon of the same modern standa…
  91. Complete the sentence about Districts of Hong Kong with the correct year: The concept of boundary separation only became important around ______, when cultural conflicts increased between coolies, Chi…
  92. Complete the sentence about Districts of Hong Kong with the correct year: One of the first legal attempt to control districts came in ______ under the European District Reservation Ordinance, which re…
  93. Complete the sentence about Districts of Hong Kong with the correct year: The first Town Planning Ordinance did not appear until ______.
  94. Complete the sentence about Districts of Hong Kong with the correct year: The New Territories and New Kowloon became part of Hong Kong since ______.
  95. Complete the sentence about Districts of Hong Kong with the correct year: The provisional district boards were in turn replaced on 1 January ______, with 18 district councils.
  96. Complete the sentence about Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden with the correct year: On 20 January ______, the Legislative Council passed an ordinance that established the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Gar…
  97. Complete the sentence about Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden with the correct year: In ______ the KFBG China Programme was renamed Kadoorie Conservation China.
  98. Complete the sentence about Shing Mun Reservoir with the correct year: After ______, when the Great Clearance imposed by the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty was rescinded, many Hakkas settled in th…
  99. Complete the sentence about Shing Mun Reservoir with the correct year: By the conclusion of Phase Three of the scheme in ______, the dam had been extended to 85 metres in height and 13.6 billion litre…
  100. Complete the sentence about Hong Kong Trail with the correct year: The Hong Kong Trail, opened in ______, is a long-distance footpath from Victoria Peak to Big Wave Bay on Hong Kong Island.

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