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2. 99-year lease - Wikipedia

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   A 99-year lease was, ... all land in the ACT is held under 99-year leases, ... Destroyers for Bases Agreement – leased old U.S. Navy destroyers to the United ...

3. Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory - Wikipedia

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   The New Territories, with a 99-year lease, were the only territories forming the Crown colony of Hong Kong that were obliged by agreement to be returned. However, by the time of serious negotiations in the 1980s, it was seen as impractical to separate the ceded territories and return only the New Territories to China, due to the scarcity of ...

4. Concessions and leases in international relations - Wikipedia

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   On 6 March 1898, Qingdao (Tsingtao) was leased "for 99 years" to Germany (Kiautschou Bay concession); it was already occupied by Germany since 14 November 1897. On 23 August 1914, Republic of China canceled the German lease. The concession was occupied by Japan on 7 November 1914. German concession of Tianjin (Tientsin)

5. Sino-British Joint Declaration - Wikipedia

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   Hong Kong had been a colony of the British Empire since 1842 after the First Opium War and its territory was expanded on two occasions; first in 1860 with the addition of Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island, and again in 1898 when Britain obtained a 99-year lease for the New Territories. The date of the handover in 1997 marked the end of ...

6. Handover of Hong Kong - Wikipedia

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   Hong Kong had been a colony of the British Empire since 1841, except for four years of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. After the First Opium War, its territory was expanded in 1860 with the addition of Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island, and in 1898, when Britain obtained a 99-year lease for the New Territories. The date of the ...

7. Initiative works to keep Lahaina lands in local hands - AOL

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   The land lease would be renewable, inheritable and transferable with conditions to ensure the homes, if resold, would remain affordable and occupied by Lahaina residents in perpetuity.