This day, 9 June, in 1898 in Beijing, Li Hongzhang, Grand Secretary of the Wenhua Hall; and Claude MacDonald, Her Majesty’s Minister in China, signed the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, stipulating that the New Territories, incluing north Kowloon but excluding Kowloon Fortress, would be leased to Britain for 99 years and at no charge.
1898年6月9日的今天，在北京，文华堂大书记李洪章和女王陛下駐华大臣克劳德·麦克唐纳签署了《香港领土扩充公约》，规定新界，包括九龙北，但不包括九龙堡，将免费出租给英国99年。
