2019 in Hong Kong
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Events in the year 2019 in Hong Kong.
Incumbents
Executive branch
Legislative branch
Judicial branch
Events
- 29 March – the Government gazettes the extradition bill.[1]
- 9 April – Nine defendants, including Benny Tai, were convicted for occupying Central in 2014.[2]
- mid-April – Scandal between Andy Hui and Jacqueline Wong broke
- 17 June – Joshua Wong released from prison.[citation needed]
- 1 July – Protesters stormed LegCo.
- 21 July – After the Yuen Long attack, no arrest were made by the police upon investigation at a nearby village that night.[3]
- 15 August – Benny Tai released on bail.[citation needed]
- 22 August – Protests enter their 12th week as police reintroduced water-cannons and tear gas.[4]
- 31 August – The raptors stormed Prince Edward station, the police arrested 65 people.[5]
- 22 September – Chan Yin-lam's cadaver, floating in the sea, was recovered by Marine Police.[6]
- 5 October – The Prohibition on Face Covering Regulation begins.
- 10 October – Chan Yin-lam cremated.[6]
- 23 October – Chan Tong-kai released from prison.[7]
- 4 November - Chow Tsz-lok, who fell from height, died.[8]
- 11 November – The conflict at Chinese University begins.
- 24 November – In the 2019 Hong Kong local elections, The pro-democracy camp achieved its biggest landslide victory in the history of Hong Kong, gaining control of 17 of the 18 District Councils and tripling their seats from around 124 to about 388.
- 27 November – United States signs Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act that requires the U.S. government to impose sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials.
- 29 November – As the siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University ends,[9] the University takes back the control of the campus.[10]
Deaths
- 3 January – Michael Yeung, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong (b. 1945).[11]
- 12 January – Patrick Yu, barrister, Hong Kong's first Chinese prosecutor (b. 1922).[12]
- 11 March – Peter Wong Man-kong, shipping magnate and politician (b. 1949).[13]
See also
References
- ^ "政府回應近期社會事件：背景". Information Service Department of the HKSAR Government. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "PRESS SUMMARY". Legal Reference System – Judgments.
- ^ "警指南邊圍村無人持武無拘捕人" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). The Cable News. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ Jessie Yeung; Sandy Sidu (25 August 2019), Live ammunition, petrol bombs and water cannons mark violent escalation in Hong Kong protests, CNN, retrieved 25 August 2019
- ^ 8‧31被捕65人 暫無人控非法集結. Ming Pao (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Media Chinese International. 1 November 2019. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ^ a b "15歲少女泳將變浮屍 港警堅稱自殺 – 國際 – 自由時報電子報". Liberty Times. 12 October 2019. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Hong Kong murder suspect whose case sparked protest crisis released from jail". South China Morning Post. 23 October 2019. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ Clare Jim; Jessie Pang, Hong Kong mourning for student spirals into street violence. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2021
- ^ "Hong Kong police end campus siege". The Japan Times. 29 November 2019. ISSN 0447-5763. Archived from the original on 3 December 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "理大今日正式解封 限校方授權人士進入". 香港商報網. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Hong Kong Catholic Bishop Michael Yeung dies at 73". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Tributes flow for Hong Kong's first Chinese prosecutor Patrick Yu, after death at 96". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Veteran Hong Kong deputy to National People’s Congress Peter Wong Man-kong dies at age 70
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