Wikipedia Asian Month 2018/NT120

New Territories in modern context (in green)

New Territories was a part of Hong Kong comprised of the land between the current Boundary Street and Sham Chun River, as well as the outlying islands. China leased it to Britain since 1st July 1898, and it joined the previous British possessions of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon in April 1899 after a clash between the indigenous people and the British. At first, most of it is either rural or mountainous areas. But over 70 years, transport facilities like Kowloon-Canton Railway and Castle Peak Road came into existence, and economic developments started to take place. During the last 30 years of the lease, it saw rapid growth when the government developed nine new towns and compliment infrastructures to accommodate the population growth. It is transferred to China on 1st July 1997 along with other parts of Hong Kong. Now parts of the territory are absorbed into Kowloon, and other parts have become residential areas or even hubs for the creative industry.

To commemorate the 120th anniversary of the New Territories' development, the Wikimedia Community User Group Hong Kong is inviting Wikipedia Asian Month participants to write articles about the New Territories. Those who wrote the most articles about the New Territories on one of the Wikipedia versions except English, Chinese and Cantonese ones - unless being eligible for more than one - and finishes the event will receive gifts from the user group.

Contact Person: 春卷柯南

Rules

• Submitted articles should be relevant to the New Territories in modern context.
• Submitted articles should fulfill the criteria of the Wikipedia Asian Month on your language project.
• The user group reserve rights to approve or reject articles in question and to interpret terms listed above.
• Gifts are key chains with a plate using typefaces on minibus display boards and postcards - same as the ones sent by the User Group to other eligible WAM participants this year. Since the group's financial ability is limited, if there are more than 20 qualified editors for this event, priority is given to editors who wrote on Wikipedia versions with fewer articles.

Article Recommendations

Reminder: the following articles are just suggestions. All articles relevant to the New Territories are accepted.

General

• New Territories

Geography and environment

• Black-faced spoonbill
• Chinese White Dolphin
• High Island Reservoir
• Hong Kong warty newt
• Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden
• Kam Shan Country Park
• Lantau Island
• Mai Po marshes
• North District
• Plover Cove Reservoir
• Romer's tree frog
• Sha Tin
• Tai Mo Shan
• Tai Po
• Tsuen Wan
• Tuen Mun
• Yuen Long

History

• Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories
• Tamão
• Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory
• Six-Day War (1899)
• Regional Council
• Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• New Territories East by-election, 2016

Society

• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• The Education University of Hong Kong
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Heung Yee Kuk
• New towns of Hong Kong
• Rural committee
• Small House Policy

Economy and Transport

• CLP Group
• East Rail Line
• Hong Kong Disneyland
• Hong Kong International Airport
• Hong Kong Science Park
• Kowloon Motor Bus
• Kwai Tsing Container Terminals
• Lok Ma Chau Control Point
• Route 9
• Tung Chung line
• West Rail Line

Contributions

Post your contributions below.

Fraxinus

1. hr:Novi Teritoriji (new article, +3k bytes)
2. hr:Međunarodna zračna luka Hong Kong (new article, +3k bytes)
3. hr:Lantau (new article, +3k bytes)

НСНУ

1. be:Лантау (new article, +6k bytes)

Stefan

1. de:Castle Peak (Hongkong) (translated, 5.429 bytes)
2. de:Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark (new article, 11.729 bytes)