Chinese - Hong Kong Border closure 1949

[helen]

Does anyone what month in 1949 the border closed? I am presuming before 1 October 1949. I am trying to get a Hong Kong marriage certificate, but don't know the date of marriage. I know it was in the period just as the border was closing.

Can anyone tell me if the marriage are on line for 1949 period? or how I can look?

[helen]

Have been trying to get my Mother's documents together to submit to the Chinese government - Have finally found almost everything I need. I hope her passport/visa and her marriage certificate are held in the Archives in Wellington.

Has anyone else had the experience to claim property in China? It's a nightmare, as far as I can see.