Nevertheless, the Tokyo government developed the territory as though it exercised full sovereignty.
In Nyasaland the BSAC hoped settlers would develop the territory, but white immigration was restricted by Nyasaland's sluggish economic prospects.
Called Plan Rhône, this new partnership combined several policy sectors and several administrative levels, with the aim of developing the river territory and preserving floodplain retention capacity.
Today, developing the Northern Territories could require $2 billion or more.
While the embargo crippled Gaza's economy, at no point did observers identify a food crisis developing in the territory, whose residents rely heavily on international food aid.
Opponents of the name change also defend the designation on grounds that Davis, before the Civil War, was involved in several federal efforts to develop the Northwest territory, a defense that Mr. Dunshee dismissed as disingenuous.
In fact, however, he had virtually signed away his kingdom, and Rhodes hastened to press the British government, through the high commissioner, to grant a charter to a new company, the British South Africa Company (BSAC), to develop the new territory.
After the China-Vietnam border was reopened in the early 1990s, the first people to develop the new territory were various "traders".
A government proposal to develop the New Territories threatens to remove about 242 acres of farmland, according to a joint statement issued by green groups.
If, however, a civilian fabric of life develops in the territories, there will be no alternative but to remain.
