The Royal Hong Kong Regiment ( The Volunteers ) was disbanded in 1995 prior to the handover in 1997.

Self administration was not achieved until the 1840s and it was subsequently transitioned into a Portuguese territory when Qing signed the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking, until its handover to China in 1999.

When Emir Osman I was appointed commander of the Turkish army on the Byzantine border in the late 13th century, he was symbolically installed via a handover of musical instruments by the Seldjuk sultan.

As part of the " handover ", Patrese tested a Honda RA107 at Jerez on 9 September ( Barrichello was driving for Honda at the time ).

On 3 July 1996 it was announced in the House of Commons that the Stone would be returned to Scotland, and on 15 November 1996, after a handover ceremony at the border between representatives of the Home Office and of the Scottish Office, it was transported to Edinburgh Castle, arriving on 30 November 1996, where it remains along with the crown jewels of Scotland ( the Honours of Scotland ) in the Crown Room.

The handover was done on St. Andrew's Day ( patron Saint of Scotland ); the Queen sent as her representative Prince Andrew.

While the handover was originally planned to take place at the beginning of 1947, it did not occur until July 1947.

The anthem was performed in an official capacity in Hong Kong for the first time following the handover of the territory to the PRC in 1997, and the handover of Macau in 1999.

However, Asoka's Edicts were inscribed two generations after any territorial handover by Seleucus and, for this reason, it is equally possible that the land in which these Edicts are to be found was incorporated into the Mauryan empire by Bindusara, Chandragupta's son and successor, or Asoka himself.

The first was erected in Hong Kong on 4 June 1997, ahead of the handover from British to Chinese rule on 1 July 1997, as a protest against China's crackdown of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Wan Chai's HKCEC was the site of the Hong Kong handover ceremony in 1997.

Due to Hong Kong's handover from the UK to China, the TDBG was closed down in December 1994.

It was also one of several towns that saw the handover of Cossacks to the Red Army.

The Black Watch was the last British military unit to leave Hong Kong in 1997, and it played a prominent role in the handover ceremony.

The legislative council which was elected under Patten's governorship was dissolved upon the handover of Hong Kong to the PRC and replaced by a Provisional Legislative Council () which functioned until elections were held under the previous rules in 1998.

Chinese citizens had to gain permission from the government before travelling to Hong Kong or Macau, but this requirement was abolished after the handover.

" Although the public was aware that the temporary handover would take place, for security purposes the time that it actually occurred was not revealed until after Bush resumed his duties as President.

( From 1982, the handover time was 17: 15 GMT ).

Although these laws had rarely been enforced since the 1960s, there was concern about the possible use of those laws after the handover to the People's Republic of China ( PRC ).

These include scouting, skirmishing with enemy reconnaissance elements to deny them knowledge of own disposition of troops, forward security, offensive reconnaissance by combat, defensive screening of friendly forces during retrograde movement, retreat, restoration of command and control, deception, battle handover and passage of lines, relief in place, linkup, breakout operations, and raiding.

CDMA, by comparison, supports " soft hand-off " which allows a mobile phone to be in communication with up to 6 base stations simultaneously, a type of " same-frequency handover ".

In late 1975, Spain held meetings with Polisario leader El-Ouali, to negotiate the terms for a handover of power.

The handover of Macau ( Macao ) to Portugal in 1557 by the Emperor of China ( as a reward for services rendered against the pirates who infested the South China Sea ) resulted in the first permanent European maritime trade post between Europe and China, with other European powers following suit over the next centuries, which caused the eventual demise of the Silk Road.

Each programme would start and end with a comical handover to the Radio 4 continuity announcer.

Sixtus arrived with French-agreed conditions for talks — the restoration to France of Alsace-Lorraine ( annexed by Germany after the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 ); restoration of the independence of Belgium ; independence for the kingdom of Serbia ; and the handover of Constantinople to Russia.

While the branding is very similar to regions owned by ITV plc, Channel Television uses an older ITV1 logo with white letters on its idents supplemented by the wording ' Channel Television ' and pre-recorded local continuity announcements are used at key junctions-including prior to national and regional news and on the handover from ITV Breakfast at 9. 25am.

While Spain started negotiating a handover of power in the summer of 1975, in the end the regime of Francisco Franco decided to throw in its lot with Western Sahara's neighbors instead.

Patten. This marked the end of British rule in Hong Kong and after the handover ceremony he left the city, together with Prince Charles, on board the British royal yacht, HMY Britannia.

Frustrated by repeated failures to achieve this goal by negotiation with the British, who insisted on an immediate handover to the African nationalists, Smith's government unilaterally declared Rhodesia's independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965.

# When the mobile device is turned on or is transferred via a handover to the network, this new " visited " network sees the device, notices that it is not registered with its own system, and attempts to identify its home network.

The strike committee met with the town council to discuss the handover of the agents to McCleary.

In May 2005, 4 Armoured Brigade was replaced by 12 Mechanised Brigade with the handover of responsibility taking place on 30 May.

Andros arrived in New York harbor in late October, and negotiated the handover of the Dutch territories with local representatives and Dutch Governor Anthony Colve, which took place on November 10, 1674.

At the time of the handover of Macau to the People's Republic of China, plans were in place to modernize the police force with the goal of better positioning the force to combat organized crime and to stop illegal immigration.

In 1995, as the Hong Kong handover approached, Lai founded Apple Daily, a newspaper start-up that he was forced to finance with $ 100 million of his own money due to investor fear of association with a prominent critic of the Beijing government.

The programme closed with an amended version of TVS at the last main ident along with the message Thanks for watching before crossing to Big Ben for the New Year chimes at 00: 00 GMT and the handover to Meridian Broadcasting.

The Philippines became an independent Scouting nation in 1938, with the handover of assets and duties of the BSA Philippine Council to the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.

The first of such episodes was caused by an upheaval in the capital city on 7 September 1974, with the seizing of offices and transmitters of the Rádio Clube de Moçambique, in protest against the Lusaka Agreement signed by the Portuguese Provisional Government and FRELIMO, which provided for the handover of power exclusively to the nationalist movement.

A day later, Rann confirmed he would stand down and undergo a party leadership transition to Weatherill, with the handover occurring in October 2011.

In the May 2006 reshuffle, Tony Blair named Woodward Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with responsibilities for the digital handover for TV.

Nigeria began to withdraw its forces, comprising some 3, 000 troops, beginning 1 August 2006, and a ceremony on 14 August marked the formal handover of the northern part of the peninsula.

* BBC News report on handover, 8 August 2006

* BBC News report on handover, 14 August 2008

The Hong Kong 1 July March is an annual protest rally led by the Civil Human Rights Front since the 1997 handover on the HKSAR establishment day.

After redomiciling to Bermuda in 1984 ahead of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, in 1990 Jardine Matheson Holdings and four other listed group companies arranged primary share listings on the London Stock Exchange in addition to their Hong Kong listings.

" The Basic Law took force upon handover of sovereignty from Portugal on 20 December 1999, and is to remain in effect for fifty years ( that is, until 2049 ).

That handover took place on June 29, 1674.

The ceremony is enhanced on July 1 ( handover anniversary ) and October 1 ( National Day ).

The events of January 9 were considered to be a significant factor in the U. S. decision to negotiate the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties, which finally abolished the Hay – Bunau-Varilla Treaty and allowed the gradual transfer of control of the Canal Zone to Panama and the handover of the full control of the Panama Canal on December 31, 1999.

In any event, in July 1992, he became the 28th and the last Governor of Hong Kong until its handover to the People's Republic of China on 30 June 1997.

On Tuesday, 30 July 1968, Thames began broadcasting to London, from the start of broadcasting on Monday until its handover to London Weekend Television at 19: 00 GMT on Friday.