There's been a 30 percent increase in bus ridership since the free transfer.

The year 2008 marks the 250th year since the transfer.

Since the transfer in 2000 there have been a lot of improvements to the quality of social housing in the city.

She had not seen or spoken to him since the transfer, she said.

Since the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, Hong Kong's press freedom has slowly deteriorated.

This is the first visit to the island by a senior Hong Kong official since the 1997 transfer of sovereignty.

Since the transfer, the former M-554 is now part of an extended Division Street.

Since the transfer, Anthony had been able to afford returning to his home town to visit his father only sporadically.

Joblessness has hit a record 8.6 percent, and property values have plunged by two-thirds since the transfer to Chinese rule.

Since the transfer the unit's operations are said to have been shrouded in even tighter secrecy.