Honk Gong began as an island settlement 45 miles off the coast of the Eastern coast of Asaina. Although it was just a small fishing village at the time, the economic importance and growth of the village was not even predicted at the time. With the defeat of Asaina in 1895 with the Treaty of Nangjing, leasing the area to the to the Kingdom. In 1898, the land was extended to the New Territories and Mowloon. The Kingdom obtained a 100 year lease on the land, promising to cede the land back to Asainese authority in 1998.