Thousands from Hong Kong queue around the Immigration Tower in Wan Chai to apply for British National Overseas (BNO) passports before the deadline at the midnight of 31 March, [29 March, 1996] (1366 x 768)
people who saw The Writing on The Wall and future tyranny if they stayed
BaconAllDay2
They knew for close to a 100 years Hong Kong would be turned over to the Chinese and waited for the last minute anyways.
Validus812
Everyone knew that China was gonna take over Hong Kong eventually. It was a jewel of a city once, where you could still find old China since communism killed all the intellectuals and destroyed records and literature.
best_of_one
Always love looking at the crowd pictures and picking out the ones that spotted the camera.
![Thousands from Hong Kong queue around the Immigration Tower in Wan Chai to apply for British National Overseas (BNO) passports before the deadline at the midnight of 31 March, [29 March, 1996] (1366 x 768)](https://i.redd.it/3awhtnens7861.jpg)
premer777
people who saw The Writing on The Wall and future tyranny if they stayed
BaconAllDay2
They knew for close to a 100 years Hong Kong would be turned over to the Chinese and waited for the last minute anyways.
Validus812
Everyone knew that China was gonna take over Hong Kong eventually. It was a jewel of a city once, where you could still find old China since communism killed all the intellectuals and destroyed records and literature.
best_of_one
Always love looking at the crowd pictures and picking out the ones that spotted the camera.