Conclusion

To conclude, it is evident that between the two governments, many monuments have been declared, yet more were demolished under the British due to the laws and values of the time differing to that of our more modern cultural and historical preservatory mindsets. The number of monuments declared under the British government was undeniably less than that under the Hong Kong government, and heavily favoured colonial era monument declaration. The Hong Kong government has a lower possible bias in their declaration of the monuments with the monuments declared under them being of Chinese and Colonial origin -- the numbers are far from equal, however, as structures are not of unlimited supply.  The same story applies to the geographical locations of the monuments, under the British their monuments declared were mostly in the ceded territories of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula, which is where the majority of colonial infrastructure was, the Hong Kong Government greatly increased the number of monuments declared in the leased territories of the New Territories where the majority of declared monuments were that of Chinese origin or cultural significance. The Hong Kong government also declared monuments on Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula, yet their numbers are not of major contrast to that of the British. Their preservation would be mostly of a dead loss however if their cultural significance is not shown and taught to the new generations of Hong Kongers through field trips and being more integrated into the Hong Kong history curriculum.