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Hong Kong–Singapore relations refer to the relations between the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Singapore. Both places were historically British colonies, and both of them are now financial center == History == Singapore and Hong Kong started trade relations in the 19th century. According to newspapers in Hong Kong, the point of view of rivalry between Hong Kong and Singapore had revealed since the 1900s. In 1923, the Japanese Association of Singapore wrote a book called ''The Introduction of Singapore'', which showed that there were trade relations between Hong Kong and Singapore and there were Japanese merchant ships operating routes between Hong Kong and Singapore. When two places were still in British rule, some officials from the Government of Hong Kong or the Government of Singapore serving both governments, and these officials introduced the systems of the country they served first towards another. For example, Cecil Clementi was the Governor of Hong Kong between 1925 and 1930 and the Governor of the Straits Settlements between 1930 and 1934. Robert Black was the Governor of Singapore between 1955 and 1957, and the Governor of Hong Kong between 1958 and 1964. When Clementi was in office during the Governor of the Straits Settlements, he imitated the way as in the Executive Council of Hong Kong by appointing Chinese to the Executive Council of the Straits Settlements. When Black was in office during the Governor of Hong Kong, he implemented the localization of civil servants in Hong Kong which liked the self-governance of Singapore. He also appointed local people in Hong Kong to become high officials in the Government of Hong Kong. Lee Kuan Yew, who became the Prime Minister of Singapore in 1959, had visited Hong Kong for several times during his office and expressed the opinions towards the political development of Hong Kong. In 1984, the Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed between China and the United Kingdom which the former took over Hong Kong on July 1, 1997, making waves of mass migrations from Hong Kong. Although Lee Kuan Yew supported the Chinese government's action during the June Fourth Incident, the government of Singapore still issued 25 thousand quotas of family immigrant visas towards people in Hong Kong. In 1997, Tang Liang Hong, the leader of the Workers' Party of Singapore fled to Australia. When he stayed in Hong Kong, the book ''Memoir of Tang Liang Hong'' was published with the assistance of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2000, the Chinese University of Hong Kong conferred an honorary doctorate to Lee Kuan Yew, making dissatisfaction of the Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. The union organized signatory action to urge the university retire the decision. On September 17, 2014, Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, visited Hong Kong and met with CY Leung, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Leung and Lee talked about cooperations and interactions between Hong Kong and Singapore including housing, land use planning and infrastructures. Leung also organized a banquet to regale Lee. When Lee Kuan Lew died on March 23, 2015, Leung expressed condolences over the death of Lee Kuan Yew by sending a message to Lee Hsien Loong. On June 30, 2015, Amos Yee, a Singaporean blogger, was sentenced to mental hospital due to uploading a video criticizing Lee Kuan Yew. Student unions from 8 universities in Hong Kong and Scholarism protested near the Consulate General of Singapore in Hong Kong to urge the government of Singapore to release Amos Yee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hong Kong–Singapore relations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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