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Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, KG, CH, PC (Chinese: 彭定康; born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992.
Feb 6, 2024 · Oxford University chancellor Chris Patten has announced “with a heavy heart” that he will retire after more than 20 years in the role. He said he will retire at the end of the 2023/24 academic...
Mar 22, 2023 · In a special one-on-one interview, Lord Chris Patten (former Governor of Hong Kong), reflects on his time having to handover Hong Kong from British control to China.
Sep 21, 2017 · HONG KONG (AFP) - In a suite at the harbourside Mandarin Oriental hotel in Hong Kong, Mr Chris Patten is whipping through rounds of interviews before an important visit from his tailor.
Jul 16, 2022 · Chris Patten’s Hong Kong Diaries of 1997 handover run-up take us behind the scenes as Britain prepared to take leave of its last colony | South China Morning Post. Hong Kong handover...
Jul 13, 2022 · One day in the 1990s when Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, visited a psychiatric hospital as part of his civic duties, he was accosted by a patient demanding to know “why ...
Jun 20, 2022 · LONDON (AP) — Beijing’s crackdown on civil liberties in Hong Kong has been “a lot worse” than expected, the last British governor of the city said Monday as he launched a new book to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the former British colony’s handover to Chinese rule.
Jun 28, 2017 · Chris Patten, Hong Kong’s last governor, handed the former colony back to China on 1 July 1997 to be ruled with a degree of autonomy under a system called “one country, two systems”.
Jan 21, 2016 · Chris Patten, who oversaw the transfer of Hong Kong from British to Chinese rule in 1997, had said Beijing was wrong to insist the situation in the territory was nothing to do...
Feb 1, 2018 · Chris Patten, who first came to the FCC as a young MP in 1979, then in the early 90s as the last governor, and for three other book launches, was in town to promote his latest book which coincided with the aftermath of the jailing of Joshua Wong and the latest chapter of Hong Kong’s pro-independence tussle.
