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2016 In Hong Kong
The following lists events during 2016 in Hong Kong. Incumbents * Chief Executive - Leung Chun-ying Events January * The suspected local abduction of a Hong Kong citizen by mainland Chinese law enforcement brought to light a series of disappearances relating to a book selling and publishing business in Hong Kong, triggering an international political scandal for the CY Leung administration and for the Chinese Communist Party. February * Civil unrest in Mong Kok occurred on the night of 8 February 2016, lasting until the next morning. The incident escalated from the government's crackdown on unlicensed street hawkers during the Chinese New Year holidays, and resulted in the worst outbreak of street violence since the 1960s. *The New Territories East by-election was held to elect a replacement for legislative councillor Ronny Tong Ka-wah of New Territories East constituency who quit the Civic Party and resigned from the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), effective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Queues outside a bank to exchange demonetized banknotes during the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation; the UK votes to leave the EU in 2016; The Girardet bridge in Düsseldorf with its four pokéstops; Donald Trump is elected as U.S. President in 2016 during a period of intensifying political polarization in the United States, 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt rect 200 0 400 200 Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff rect 400 0 600 200 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict rect 0 200 300 400 2016 United States presidential election rect 300 200 600 400 2016 Summer Olympics rect 0 400 200 600 Pokémon Go rect 200 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Hong Kong Legislative Election
Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen * ''Sixteen'' (2013 Indian film), a 2013 Hindi film * ''Sixteen'' (2013 British film), a 2013 British film by director Rob Brown Music *The Sixteen, an English choir * 16 (band), a sludge metal band * Sixteen (Polish band), a Polish band Albums * ''16'' (Robin album), a 2014 album by Robin * 16 (Madhouse album), a 1987 album by Madhouse * ''Sixteen'' (album), a 1983 album by Stacy Lattisaw *''Sixteen'' , a 2005 album by Shook Ones * ''16'', a 2020 album by Wejdene Songs * "16" (Sneaky Sound System song), 2009 * "Sixteen" (Thomas Rhett song), 2017 * "Sixteen" (Ellie Goulding song), 2019 *"16", by Craig David from ''Following My Intuition'', 2016 *"16", by Green Day from ''39/Smooth'', 1990 *"16", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jia Jia (giant Panda)
Jia Jia was a female giant panda who resided at Ocean Park Hong Kong. At the time of her death, she was the oldest giant panda in captivity. Jia Jia was born in the wilderness of Sichuan province and was rescued in Qingchuan County around the age of two. She was housed in Wolong National Nature Reserve before being transferred to Hong Kong in 1999, as a gesture to the territory following the British handover. At the time of her death, she had high blood pressure, arthritis and cataracts. See also *An An ''An An'' (stylized as ''an an'') is a weekly Japanese women's lifestyle magazine. It is one of the earliest and popular women's magazines in Japan. In 2009 it was described by ''Japan Today'' as a mega-popular women's magazine. It is also one ... References Individual giant pandas 1978 animal births 2016 animal deaths {{carnivora-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bing Thom
Bing Wing Thom, (Chinese: 譚秉榮; 8 December 1940 – 4 October 2016) was a Canadian architect and urban designer. Born in Hong Kong, he immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with his family in 1950.Bing Wing Thom at "Encyclopedia of Music in Canada", retrieved 1 September 2019 His paternal grandfather originally immigrated to Vancouver in the 1890s and his father was born in before moving to Hong Kong after being unable to practice as a pharmacist in Canada. Career Thom received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1966 from the |
Chow Tai Fook Enterprises
Chow Tai Fook group is a Hong Kong–based, privately-owned conglomerate with holdings in the jewellery, property development, hotel, department store, transportation, energy, telecommunications, port, casino, and other businesses. Despite the holding companies of the group, namely Chow Tai Fook Capital Limited, Chow Tai Fook (Holding) Limited, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited, etc. being privately owned, the group has been partially listed on the stock market via associate company New World Development (, listed since 1972) and subsidiary Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Limited (, listed since 2011). As of 31 December 2018, New World Development was ranked as the 47th-largest company by market capitalization on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, which was HK$105.68061 billion. However, the size of the unlisted portion of the Chow Tai Fook business empire is unclear. The ''Financial Times'' quoted one banker of the Cheng Yu-tung family, who said, "You can't look at hengYT wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheng Yu-tung
Cheng Yu-tung GBM (; 8 August 1925 – 29 September 2016) was a Hong Kong billionaire with extensive property investment, development and service businesses, hotels, infrastructure, jewellery retailing and transportation interests in Hong Kong, Macau, United States, Australia and other areas. He was considered to be Hong Kong's third richest man at the time of his death. Early life Cheng was born in rural Shunde District in Guangdong, the son of a tailor, and fled to Macau in 1940, ahead of the advancing Japanese occupation force. The goldsmith owner of the Chow Tai Fook store there took him on as an apprentice and he eventually married the boss's daughter. They moved to Hong Kong in 1946 and opened the company's first store there. Business career He founded and owned Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, a conglomerate which operates the Sheraton Marina hotel and controls the publicly listed property developer New World group, which Cheng founded in 1970. Cheng's wealth originated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Ghost
''Happy Ghost'' (released in the Philippines as ''Magic to Win 3: The Origin'') () is a 1984 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Clifton Ko. Produced and written by Raymond Wong, the film stars Wong, Boonie Law, Loletta Lee and Sandy Lamb. The film was the 12th most grossed films in Hong Kong of 1984. Plot The film is about three high school students, Bonnie (Bonnie Law), Juilet (Rachel Lee (actress)) and Venus (Sandy Lamb), in their last year in school together, go on their last picnic before their examinations. Taking shelter from a sudden storm in an abandoned temple, Bonnie finds a piece of rope and takes it home. With this rope she brings home a spirit of Scholar Pik (Raymond Wong Pak-ming), whose archaic ways of thinking obviously clashed with the values held by a twentieth century teenager. Yet, they began to make friends with each other. The three girls started to depend on Scholar Pik's magic for everything. After their exam, they realize it, the girls begin to derive a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Law
Bonnie Law (September 11, 1968 – May 27, 2016) was a Hong Kong actress and singer. She was best known for her role in the 1984 Hong Kong comedic film, ''Happy Ghost'', opposite Raymond Wong. ''Happy Ghost'' marked her film debut at the age of 15. Law and several of her co-stars, including Rachel Lee, May Lo and Fennie Yuen became known as the "Happy Girls" because of their roles in the comedy. Law's other 1980s films during the next four years included ''For Your Heart Only'', opposite Leslie Cheung in 1985, and ''Fractured Follies'' in 1988, which starred Chow Yun-fat. Her television roles included the dramatic series, '' My Father's Son'', starring Stephen Chow and Ha Yu. Law left acting after just four years in order to study abroad. In 1993, Law returned to Hong Kong to work in the finance and business sectors. However, she made small cameos in film and television, including ''The Conman'' in 1998. Law was planning a return to acting at the time of her death in 2016. She d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Director Of Immigration
The Director of Immigration is the head of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Government, which is responsible for immigration issues and controlling entry ports into Hong Kong. Decisions to reject people from entering are made by front-line staff at control points, not made by the Director himself/herself. List of Directors of Immigration British Administration * J. Moore () (1961-1965) * W. E. Collard () (1965-1974) * J. M. Rowlands () (1974-1978) * R. G. B. Bridge () (1978-1983) - previously Secretary for the Civil Service * A. J. Carter () (1983-1989) - last British appointment * () (1989-1996) - first localised holder of the position * Regina Ip () (1996-1997) Post Handover References External linksGovernment of HKSAR {{HK Principal Officials |
Alan Carter (civil Servant)
Alan John Carter (; 5 August 1929 – 1 April 2016) was a British and Hong Kong immigration official. He was the Director of Immigration of Hong Kong from 1983 to 1989, being the last expatriate to hold the office. He died in April 2016 at the age of 86. Career Early career Carter joined the Civil Service in 1949 as an Executive Officer in the Ministry of Works. He was appointed, on in-service transfer, as an Immigration Officer of the Immigration Branch of the Home Office in 1955 and was promoted Chief Immigration Officer in 1963. Career progression In 1966, he was posted to Hong Kong, then a British crown colony, as a Principal Immigration Inspector and was subsequently promoted to the ranks of Assistant Director and Deputy Director of the Immigration Department in 1971 and 1978 respectively. Before becoming Director in 1983, he had been responsible for tackling the influx of illegal immigrants from the mainland China as well as the influx of Vietnamese boatpeople. He ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mae-Wan Ho
Mae-Wan Ho (; 12 November 1941 – 24 March 2016) was a geneticistIndependent Science Panel CURRICULUM VITAE of Mae-Wan Ho known for her critical views on and .Davidson College Dr. Mae-Wan Ho bio She authored or co-authored a number of publications, including 10 books, such as ''The Rainbow and the Worm, the Physics of Organisms'' (1993, 1998), ''Genetic Engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Lam
Wong Lam, OBE, JP (; 23 July 1919 – 19 March 2016) was an Unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1976 to 1985. He was the first member from a grass-roots background to serve on the Council and the first to speak in exclusively in Cantonese during the legislature debates. Early life and career Wong was born in Hong Kong in 1919 and was educated at the Ellis Kadoorie School. At the age of 15, he moved to Guangzhou to continue his studies and remained there until the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, returning to Hong Kong that year to join the Kowloon Motor Bus as a conductor. In 1966, he was promoted to operations officer of the Kwun Tong Depot, established to open up new routes to the new satellite town then dominated by mini-buses. His role required he make contact with kaifong associations, the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, the Social Welfare Department and the police and thus he got to know many government officials, inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
