2004 in Hong Kong explained

Events in the year 2004 in Hong Kong.

Incumbents

• Chief Executive: Tung Chee-hwa^[1]

Events

April

• 2 April – Playhouse Disney (Hong Kong TV channel) is launched.^[2]

August

• 13 to 29 August – Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Olympics^[3]

September

• 12 September - 2004 Hong Kong legislative election^[4]
• 17 to 28 September - Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Paralympics^[5]

October

• October - MC Jin, American son of Hong Kong immigrants, a rapper, songwriter, actor and comedian, releases his debut album, The Rest Is History.^[6]

December

• 21 December - Ma On Shan rail line is opened.^[7]

Full date unknown

• Kelly Chen, Hong Kong female celebrity is awarded "The Outstanding Young Persons of the World"^[8] by the Junior Chamber International.

Deaths

May

• 1 May - Wong Ker-lee, 93, Fujianese Hong Kong businessman and politician. (b. 1910)^[9]

June

• 11 June - Joyce Symons, 85, Hong Kong educator. (b. 1918)^[10]

July

• 16 July - John Park, 80, Hong Kong sailor (b. 1924)^[11]

November

• 24 November - James Wong, 64, Hong Kong lyricist, actor, director, talk show host and author (b. 1941)^[12]

See also

• List of Hong Kong films of 2004

Notes and References

1. Web site: Xavier . Gerry . Decision day brings a 10-minute replay of Tung's landslide . The Standard . 24 January 1997 . 11 January 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080430051520/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=45529&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=19970124&sear_year=1997 . 30 April 2008 .
2. http://www.disney.com.hk/disneyjunior/ Playhouse Disney Hong Kong Website
3. News: Berlin. Peter. Too many languages. The New York Times. 25 August 2004. 18 May 2014.
4. Web site: 2004 Legislative Council Election. Electoral Affairs Commission. 19 February 2009.
5. News: Intellectual disability ban ends. BBC Sport. 21 November 2009. 23 August 2012.
6. Web site: The Return of MC Jin. Lee. Traci G.. April 9, 2015. NBC News. en. 2020-02-17.
7. Web site: The Financial Secretary inaugurates MOS Rail today. 21 December 2004. Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. 7 August 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614044048/http://www.kcrc.com/en/investor/pr/2004/041221.html. 14 June 2011. dead.
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20070422032952/http://www.jci.cc/programs/toypbios/bio_Vivian.pdf Jci.cc
9. Web site: Xiàmén shì guī guó huáqiáo liánhé huì. Xiamen.
10. http://laihiu.nicesoda.com/life/lived/musical-news02.html With a song in their hearts
11. https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/63229 John Park Biographical information
12. News: 15,000 mourned late Hong Kong lyricist Wong Jim . . 6 December 2004 . . 12 March 2017.