The following lists events during

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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 List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

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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 ...

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 Ma ...

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

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 on the traditional lunisolar and solar Chinese calendar. In Chinese and other East Asian cultures, the festival is commonly referred to as the Spring Festival () a ...

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 The Civic Party (CP) is a pro-democracy liberal political party in Hong Kong. It is currently chaired by barrister Alan Leong. The party was formed in 2006 on the basis of the Basic Law Article 45 Concern Group, which was derived from the ...

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 Kon ...

(LegCo), effective on 1 October 2015. Alvin Yeung of the Civic Party was duly elected.

April

* 1 April -

Asia Television Asia Television Limited (, also known as ATV) is a digital media and broadcasting company in Hong Kong. Established as the first television service in Hong Kong as Rediffusion Television () on 29 May 1957, it shifted to terrestrial 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 and Yau Wai-ching 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, 96, Hong Kong politician, unofficial member of the

(1976–1985). * 24 March - Mae-Wan Ho, 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 ...

, 47, Hong Kong singer and actress ('' Happy Ghost''), heart attack.

September

* 29 September - Cheng Yu-tung, 91, Hong Kong businessman (

Chow Tai Fook 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 ...

October

* 4 October - Bing Thom, 75, Hong Kong-born Canadian architect, brain aneurysm. * 16 October ** Jia Jia, 38, Chinese giant panda, euthanized. ** Geoffrey Yeh, 85, Hong Kong businessman.

November

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

December

* 7 December - Hui Yin-fat, 80, Hong Kong social worker and politician, MLC (1985–1995), MEC (1991–1992) and member of the PLC (1996–1998).

References

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