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I have tried to find the answer to this but I cannot find it so I thought I would ask here.
Why did the United Kingdom have Hong Kong Island permanently seceded to them but only get a 99-year lease on the New Territories?
Would it not of made more sense to have the New Territories permanently seceded to the UK and made a permanent part of the Hong Kong colony.