Hong Kong HKSAR Establishment Day Holiday
HKSAR Establishment Day in Hong Kong is a public holiday, which residents celebrate it. The full form of HKSAR is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day. Every year, Hong Kong celebrates the occasion on July 1 as an annual event since 1997. It is a holiday that celebrates the United Kingdom’s transfer of sovereignty over the city to China. It also commemorates the occasion of Hong Kong being set up as a Special Administrative Region. Some people feel that this occasion is a celebration of Hong Kong’s independence from the rule of the United Kingdom. Others feel that that it is a day when they should express their viewpoints.