Jun 30, 1997 9:04 AM

The Old Order ...

With Chinese President Jiang Zemin and England's Prince Charles in attendance, the Union Jack was lowered and 155 years of British rule of Hong Kong ended. "Now Hong Kong people are to run Hong Kong. That is the promise, and that is the unshakable destiny," intoned Chris Patten, the colony's final British governor.

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