71.   Jiang declared in his speech that Hong Kong was freer now under Chinese rule than it had been as a British colony.

72.   Look at Bermuda, the tiny but highly profitable British colony in the western Atlantic.

73.   Most had forecast that this former British colony would lag its neighbors in recovering from the regional crisis.

74.   Most had predicted that this former British colony would lag its neighbors in recovering from the regional crisis.

75.   Netball caught on in Britain and eventually gravitated to British colonies around the world, where it has enjoyed lasting popularity.

76.   Nine months before this British colony returns to Chinese rule, mainland companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new offices.

77.   Normally, the only vessels that ply the tranquil turquoise waters of this easygoing British colony are yachts, diving skiffs and other pleasure craft.

78.   Nevertheless, gold smuggling has a long history in this former British colony.

79.   Nowhere is this more apparent than in Hong Kong, the former British colony, now under Chinese control, that is at the crossroads of Asian trade.

80.   On that date the British colony is to be handed over to the Chinese, who have demanded that the camps there be empty when they take control.