The article referred to how the Hong Kong government amended the text on an official website to erase mention of the 1997 “handover of sovereignty”, citing correction of terminology.
We are the incoming generation of adult citizens of Hong Kong. We have studied different subjects in school to learn more about the world. We know that Hong Kong used to be controlled by Britain. But its seems the Hong Kong and central government do not accept this truth.
If we do not protect our own history, who will?
Your article also reported that, in the Chinese version of the Protocol Division’s website, the phrase “handover of sovereignty” had been removed in one instance. This came shortly after the Education Bureau’s external textbook review group said school history books describing the “taking back” of Hong Kong by China in 1997 was problematic.