Events in the year 2023 in

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

Executive branch

Chief Executive A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

John Lee John Lee may refer to: Academia * John Lee (astronomer) (1783–1866), president of the Royal Astronomical Society * John Lee (university principal) (1779–1859), University of Edinburgh principal * John Lee (pathologist) (born 1961), English ...

Chief Secretary for Administration The Chief Secretary for Administration, commonly known as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, is the most senior principal official of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Chief Secretary is head of the Governmen ...

Eric Chan Eric Chan Kwok-ki (; born 5 April 1959) is a Hong Kong politician who is the incumbent Chief Secretary for Administration since 1 July 2022. He was also the secretary-general of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong ...

** Financial Secretary: Paul Mo-po Chan **

Secretary for Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a v ...

: Teresa Cheng

Legislative branch

* President of the Legislative Council:

Andrew Leung Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen (; born 24 February 1951) is a Hong Kong politician who is the current President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the Industrial (First) functional constituency. From October 2012 to October ...

Judicial branch

Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal The chief justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, sometimes informally known as the chief justice of Hong Kong, is the head of the Judiciary of Hong Kong and the chief judge of the Court of Final Appeal. The chief justice is one of t ...

Andrew Cheung Andrew Cheung Kui-nung (; born 24 September 1961) is a Hong Kong judge who serves as the 3rd Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal. He previously served as a Permanent Judge of the same court. He was the 4th and longest-serving Chief J ...

Events

* 6 January: The largest trial for the national security law against 47 pro-democracy activists begins in Hong Kong two years after their arrest. * 23 February : All SIM Card users (including old SIM card registered before 1 March 2022) requires real name registration. * 1 March : The Hong Kong Government lifts all mandatory mask-wearing requirements, and dropped all COVID-19 Restriction Law. * 2 May : The government propose 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes. Direct elected seats decreased from 452 out of 479 (94%) to 88 out of 470 (19%), and will establish the District Council Eligibility Review Committee for review the eligibility of every District Council Candidates. * 3 July : The police reward 1 million Hong Kong Dollars for arrest of 8 people who violate the Hong Kong National Security Law. * 6 July : The 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes confirmed and approved by Legislative Council. * 10 July: The final version of 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes officially published and effective. * 1 September: Hong Kong raises its typhoon warning signal to level 10, the highest level, as Super Typhoon Saola approaches. * 7 – 8 September: After Typhon Haikui makes

landfall Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact ...

, flooding reaches record levels, the heaviest since meteorological records began when measured by one hour rainfall. (Recorded 158mm rainfall on

Hong Kong Observatory The Hong Kong Observatory is a weather forecast agency of the government of Hong Kong. The Observatory forecasts the weather and issues warnings on weather-related hazards. It also monitors and makes assessments on radiation levels in Ho ...

headquarter between 7 September 23:00 and 8 September 00:00). * 13 October : The Government published gazette notice to announce 1 April 2024 as the day to implement municipal solid waste (MSW) charging. * 18 October : Hong Kong Legislative Council passed a bill banning restaurants from providing single-use plastic tableware, tentative effective on 22 April 2024. * 25 October:

Hong Kong Chief Executive The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong. The position was created to replace the office of governor of H ...

John Lee Ka-chiu John Lee Ka-chiu ( zh, t=李家超; born 7 December 1957) is a Hong Kong politician and former police officer who is the 5th and current Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Originally a police officer, Lee served as the Deputy Commissioner of the ...

announces plans to formulate a new local version national security law by implementing basic law article 23 to supplement existing

Hong Kong national security law The Hong Kong national security law, officially the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a piece of national security legislation concerning Hong Kong. It ...

in 2024, making two national security law co-exists together once the new law pass. * 10 December: The 2023 Hong Kong District Council elections were held. * 14 December:

Hong Kong police The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is the primary law enforcement, investigative agency, and largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong. The Royal Hong Kong Police Force (RHKPF) reverted to its former name after the t ...

announce

HK$ The Hong Kong dollar (, sign: HK$; code: HKD) is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is subdivided into 100 cents or 1000 mils. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is the monetary authority of Hong Kong and ...

1 million (

US$ The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official ...

128,000) bounties for five

activists Activism (or Advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good. Forms of activism range fro ...

residing overseas, including

Simon Cheng Simon Cheng Man-kit (; born 10 October 1990) is a Hong Kong activist. He was formerly a trade and investment officer at the British Consulate-General, Hong Kong, British Consulate-General in Hong Kong. Cheng was detained by Chinese authorities ...

, charging them with

inciting In criminal law, incitement is the encouragement of another person to commit a crime. Depending on the jurisdiction, some or all types of incitement may be illegal. Where illegal, it is known as an inchoate offense, where harm is intended but m ...

secession Secession is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance. Some of the most famous and significant secessions have been: the former Soviet republics le ...

under the national security law. * 28 December:

SMS Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text ...

Sender Registration Scheme will start implement. Under the SMS Registration scheme, SMS sender who have officially registered will have a prefix "#" in the sender IDs, while non-register sender ID will not have prefix "#".

Arts and entertainment

List of Hong Kong films of 2023 This article lists feature-length Hong Kong films released in 2023. Box office The highest-grossing Hong Kong films released in 2023, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows: (List of 2023 box office number-one films in Hong Kong) ...

List of 2023 box office number-one films in Hong Kong This is a list of films which placed number-one at the Weekly box office in Hong Kong during 2023. Highest-grossing films See also * 2023 in Hong Kong * List of Hong Kong films of 2023 * List of 2022 box office number-one films in Hong ...

Hong Kong International Film Festival The Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), is one of Asia’s oldest international film festivals. Founded in 1976, the festival features different movies, filmmakers from different countries in Hong Kong. HKIFF screens around 230 films ...

— 30 March to 10 April 2023 *

16th Asian Film Awards The 16th Asian Film Awards was held on March 12, 2023 at Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium in Hong Kong Palace Museum. The nominations were announced on January 6, 2023. At the 16th edition of the awards ceremony, 30 films from 22 regions and cou ...

- 12 March 2023 * 41st Hong Kong Film Awards — 16 April 2023 *

Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation 2022 The Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation 2022 () was held at AsiaWorld–Expo, Arena An arena is a large enclosed platform, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, musical performances, or sporting events. It is c ...

- 1 January 2023

Deaths

*3 January –

Joseph Koo Joseph Koo Kar-Fai, MBE, GBS (born 3 February 1933), is a Hong Kong composer, who is considered one of the most respected composers in Hong Kong. He used the pen name Moran (莫然) for Mandarin songs early in his career. Early life Koo has ...

, composer (b. 1931) *11 January – Doming Lam, Macanese-born Hong Kong classical composer (b. 1926) *13 January –

Ray Cordeiro Reinaldo Maria Cordeiro (; 12 December 1924 – 13 January 2023), known professionally as Uncle Ray, was a Hong Kong broadcaster, disc jockey and actor at RTHK Radio 3. He was named "The World's Most Durable DJ" in 2000 by the Guinness Book o ...

, broadcaster and disc jockey (b. 1924) *21 February – Abby Choi, socialite and model (b. 1994) *23 February –

José Lei José Lei, ISO (, born 30 October 1930) is a former Hong Kong civil servant. He is a former director of the Architectural Services Department, was chief architect at the former Public Works Department, and is the designer of the Hong Kong Cultu ...

, Olympic sport shooter (

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

) and civil servant (b. 1930) *26 March –

Peter Mak Peter Mak is a Hong Kong film director and actor. The films he has directed include '' The Wicked City'', ''All Night Long'', and '' Enemy Shadow''. As an actor he has appeared in ''Shu zhi suo zhi '', ''Happy Sixteen'', ''Lai Shi, China's Last Eun ...

, film director ('' The Wicked City'') and actor (''

Happy Sixteen ''Happy Sixteen'' (俏皮女學生, ''Chiu pei nui hok sang'') is a 1982 Hong Kong film directed by Michael Mak Dong-Git. Synopsis The film is about the life of a group of sixteen year olds who have fun hanging out, dancing and partying etc.. I ...

'', ''

Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch ''Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch'', also known as ''Last Eunuch in China'', (Chinese: 中國最後一個太監) is a 1988 Hong Kong historical drama film directed by Jacob Cheung in his directorial debut and starring Max Mok in the title role of L ...

'') (b. 1957) *9 April –

Richard Ng Richard Ng Yiu-hon (born 17 December 1939), also known as Richard Woo, is a Hong Kong actor known for playing comedic roles, particularly in Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 1990s. Film and television career Ng has appeared in 80 films to da ...

, actor ('' The Private Eyes'', ''

Winners and Sinners ''Winners and Sinners'' (, also known as ''5 Lucky Stars'') is a 1983 Hong Kong action comedy film written and directed by Sammo Hung, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao, the latter serving as one of th ...

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Beyond the Sunset Beyond the Sunset may refer to: * ''Beyond the Sunset'' (film), a 1989 Hong Kong film * "Beyond the Sunset" (song), a 1950 song by Hank Williams * '' Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection'', a 2004 Blackmore's Night compilation album {{d ...

'') (b. 1939) *24 June –

Sir Ti-liang Yang Sir Ti-liang Yang, (; born 30 June 1929) is a retired senior Hong Kong judge. He was the Chief Justice of Hong Kong from 1988–1996, the only ethnic Chinese person to hold this office during British colonial rule. He was a candidate in the ...

, jurist, chief justice (1988–1996) (b. 1929) *5 July –

Coco Lee Coco Lee (; born Ferren Lee, 17 January 1975) is a Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Lee's career began in Hong Kong and then expanded to Taiwan. Her single, "Do You Want My Love" also entered the US m ...

, Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter (''

Singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

'') (b. 1975) *18 August – Balltze,

Shiba Inu The is a breed of hunting dog from Japan. A small-to-medium breed, it is the smallest of the six original and distinct spitz breeds of dog native to Japan. Its name literally translates to "firewood dog". A small, alert, and agile dog that c ...

dog and

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(b. 2011) *11 December –

Kathy Chow Kathy Chow Hoi-mei (; born 6 December 1966 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress and singer who is widely known for her leading roles in Hong Kong TVB series during the late 1980s to 1990s such as ''The Breaking Point'' and ''Time Before Tim ...

, actress ('' The Breaking Point'', ''

Time Before Time ''Time Before Time'' (Chinese title: 大鬧廣昌隆) was the most successful TVB series released in Hong Kong in 1997, the year that Hong Kong was transferred back to China.RTHK.org.hk.RTHK.org.hk" ''八月份電視節目收視分折.'' Retrieve ...

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The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber'' (), also translated as ''The Sword and the Knife'', is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It is the third and final installment in the ''Condor Trilogy'', preceded by ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes ...

'') (b. 1966)

References

External links

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