We also enjoy the benefit of the way in which the colonial episode,which began so badly,was ended so well through the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984.

• 殖民地统治虽然有过不体面的开始，但透过一九八四年的《中英联合声明》，现在已告一段落，结果令人满意；我们也因为圆满的解决方法而获益良多。