2020 in Hong Kong

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Events in the year 2020 in Hong Kong.

Incumbents

Executive branch

• Chief Executive: Carrie Lam
  • Chief Secretary for Administration: Matthew Cheung
  • Financial Secretary: Paul Mo-po Chan
  • Secretary for Justice: Teresa Cheng

Legislative branch

• President of the Legislative Council: Andrew Leung

Judicial branch

• Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal: Geoffrey Ma

Events

January

• January 1 – 2019–20 Hong Kong protests: Protesters take part in the annual new year day march with organisers claiming that over one million people took part.[1]
• January 5 - Thousands of protesters march in the Sheung Shui neighbourhood, leading to dozens of arrests.[2]

February

• February 9 - Thousands of passengers leave cruise ship after being quarantined for days.[3][4]

March

• March 24 - Andrew Cheung appointed as Chief Justice of the CFA when Geoffrey Ma retires on 11 January 2021.[5]

April

• April 9 - Court ruled that it is okay to prohibit face covering at certain "unauthorised assemblies".[6] On the other hand, it is legal to wear masks in permitted assemblies.[7]

May

• May 8 - the ban on gathering of more than 4 people relaxes to 8 people.[8][9]
• May 15 - the Independent Police Complaints Council exonerates the police.[10]
• May 27:
  • The Chinese National People's Congress votes in favour of national security legislation that criminalizes "secession," "subversion," "terrorism," and foreign interference in Hong Kong;[11] the legislation grants sweeping powers to the Chinese central government to suppress the Hong Kong democracy movement, including by banning activist groups and curtailing civil liberties.[12] The U.S. government responds by declaring Hong Kong is "no longer autonomous" under the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act.[13]
  • After being closed for months, schools resume classes.[14][15]

June

• June 4 - Hong Kong legislative council passed the controversial National Anthem Ordinance.[16][17]
• June 19 - The ban on gathering of more than 8 people relaxes to 50 people.[18]
• June 30 – China passes the controversial Hong Kong national security law, allowing China to crack down on opposition to Beijing at home or abroad.[19]

July

• July 7 : Implementation Rules for Article 43 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region effective. [20]
• July 8 : Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR Opened in Causeway Bay. [21]
• July 9 : Hong Kong Legislative Council passed the bill to extend maternity leave from 10 weeks to 14 weeks. [22]
• July 14 – The United States government passes the Hong Kong Autonomy Act.[23][24]
• July 15 - the ban on gathering tightens to 4 people.[25]

Deaths

• 15 May – Allen Lee, former member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council, and the founding chairman of Liberal Party (b. 1940).[26]
• 26 May - Stanley Ho, the casino owner. [27]

See also

• List of Hong Kong films of 2020

References

1. "Organisers say over 1mn took part, condemn police - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
2. "Dozens arrested after Hong Kong protest taking aim at Chinese traders". 2020-01-05. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
3. Denyer, Simon (7 February 2020). "Honeymooner among 61 people on cruise ship confirmed as having coronavirus". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
4. "Passengers leave Hong Kong cruise ship after coronavirus quarantine lifted". CBC News. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
5. "Senior Judicial Appointment: Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal". Government of Hong Kong. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
6. "政府部分上訴得直　引用緊急法訂立禁蒙面法沒有違憲". Oriental Daily News. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
7. Kwok, Tony (15 April 2020). "Judgment on mask ban strengthens rule of law". China Daily. Archived from the original on 21 April 2020.
8. Pang, Jessie. "Hong Kong to relax some restrictions as new coronavirus cases dwindle". Reuters. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
9. Wong, Rachel; Creery, Jennifer. "Hong Kong to relax business restrictions with gathering limit upped to 8 people". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
10. "Hong Kong police watchdog clears force of misconduct citing online 'propaganda', but says 'room for improvement'". Hong Kong Free Press. 15 May 2020.
11. "Hong Kong security bill backed by China's parliament". BBC News. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
12. Keith Bradsher (May 28, 2020). "China Approves Plan to Rein In Hong Kong, Defying Worldwide Outcry". New York Times.
13. Nick Wadhams and Ben Bartenstein. U.S. Says Hong Kong's Autonomy Is Gone, Sowing China Trade Doubt, Bloomberg (May 27, 2020).
14. "Coronavirus: 'little, if any, possibility' Hong Kong schools resume fully on April 20, Lam says". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
15. Creery, Jennifer; Wong, Rachel (5 May 2020). "Coronavirus: Hong Kong to relax business restrictions with gathering limit upped to 8 people". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
16. "Hong Kong Legislature Passes Controversial National Anthem Law". Voice of America. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
17. "Hong Kong passes controversial bill to make disrespecting China's national anthem a crime". Business Insider. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
18. "限聚令放寬至50人無分室內或室外". RTHK. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
19. Buckley, Chris; Bradsher, Keith; May, Tiffany (29 June 2020). "New Security Law Gives China Sweeping Powers Over Hong Kong". New York Times. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
20. "Implementation Rules for Article 43 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region". Hong Kong SAR Government Press Release. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
21. "Central government office for safeguarding national security in Hong Kong inaugurated". Xinhua News. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
22. "Statutory Maternity Leave to be Extended to 14 Weeks in Hong Kong". Lexology. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
23. "The President's Executive Order on Hong Kong Normalization". US Consulate in Hong Kong and Macau. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
24. "US President Donald Trump signs Hong Kong Autonomy Act, and ends the city's preferential trade status". South China Morning Post. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
25. Grundy, Tom. "Masks compulsory on public transport and new restaurant restrictions as Hong Kong enacts strict new Covid-19 measures". HKFP. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
26. "自由黨創黨主席李鵬飛上周五逝世" (in Chinese). 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
27. "賭王何鴻燊病逝　享年98歲". Oriental Press Group Limited. 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-05-26.