The following lists events during

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 ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

Incumbents

* Chief Executive -

Leung Chun-ying Leung Chun-ying (; born 12 August 1954), also known as CY Leung, is a Hong Kong politician and chartered surveyor, who has served as vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since Mar ...

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 The administration of Leung Chun-ying as Chief Executive of Hong Kong, officially referred to as "The 4th term Chief Executive of Hong Kong" relates to the period of governance of Hong Kong since the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong, between 1 ...

and for the

Chinese Communist Party The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, the CCP emerged victoriou ...

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 Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a New Year, new year on the traditional lunisolar calendar, lunisolar and solar Chinese calendar. In Sinophone, Chinese and other East Asian cultures, the festival is commonly r ...

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 Ronny Tong Ka-wah, SC KC (; born 28 August 1950 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong Senior Counsel and politician. He is a current non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He co-founded the Civic Party and was a member of the Legisl ...

of New Territories East constituency who quit the Civic Party and resigned from the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...

(LegCo), effective on 1 October 2015.

Alvin Yeung Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu (, born 5 June 1981) is a barrister and politician in Hong Kong. He is the former Leader of the Civic Party and former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing New Territories East after winning the 20 ...

of the Civic Party was duly elected.

April

* 1 April - Asia Television shuts down.

September

* 4 September -

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 ...

November

* 15 November -

Baggio Leung Sixtus "Baggio" Leung Chung-hang (; born 7 August 1986) is a Hong Kong activist and politician. He is the convenor of Youngspiration, a localist political group in Hong Kong that leans towards Hong Kong independence, and is also leader and sp ...

and

Yau Wai-ching Regine Yau Wai-ching (; born 6 May 1991) is a Hong Kong former politician and former member of the localist group Youngspiration. She was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong as a member for Kowloon West in the 2016 Legislative C ...

were disqualified from LegCo membership.

December

* 9 December - Leung Chun-ying declared to not run for Chief Executive in 2017.

Deaths

March

* 19 March -

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 ...

, 96, Hong Kong politician, unofficial member of the

(1976–1985). * 24 March -

Mae-Wan Ho Mae-Wan Ho (; 12 November 1941 – 24 March 2016) was a geneticistIndependent Science Panel

, 74, Hong Kong geneticist.

April

* 1 April - Alan Carter, 86, British civil servant, Director of Immigration of Hong Kong (1983–1989).

May

* 27 May -

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 ...

, 47, Hong Kong singer and actress (''

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 fil ...

''), heart attack.

September

* 29 September - Cheng Yu-tung, 91, Hong Kong businessman ( Chow Tai Fook).

October

* 4 October - Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong-born Canadian architect, brain aneurysm. * 16 October ** Jia Jia, 38, Chinese giant panda, euthanized. **

Geoffrey Yeh Geoffrey Yeh Meou-tsen, MBE, SBS, JP, FCIOB, FInstD (; 17 April 1931 – 16 October 2016) was a Hong Kong-based businessman who served as Chairman of the Hsin Chong Construction Group Ltd. Education and career Yeh obtained a BSc degree in Ci ...

, 85, Hong Kong businessman.

November

* 3 November -

Xia Meng Xia Meng (; 16 February 1933 – 30 October 2016), a.k.a. Hsia Moon and Miranda Yang, born Yang Meng (), was a Hong Kong actress and film producer. She was a key figure of Hong Kong's Left Wing film scene. Xia Meng's younger sister Yang Jie (� ...

, 84, Hong Kong actress. * 24 November - Matthew Chan, 69, Hong Kong Olympic fencer (1972, 1976), cancer.

December

* 7 December -

Hui Yin-fat Hui Yin-fat, OBE, JP (; 28 April 1936 – 7 December 2016) was a Hong Kong social worker and politician. He was a long-time director of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service and was elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ...

, 80, Hong Kong social worker and politician, MLC (1985–1995), MEC (1991–1992) and member of the PLC (1996–1998).

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