2022 in Hong Kong explained

Events in the year 2022 in Hong Kong.

Incumbents

Executive branch
Photo	Name	Position	Term
		Chief Executive	1 July 2017 30 June 2022
	John Lee		30 June 2022 present
	John Lee	Chief Secretary for Administration	25 June 2021 7 April 2022
	Eric Chan		1 July 2022 present
	Paul Mo-po Chan	Financial Secretary	16 January 2017 present
	Teresa Cheng	Secretary for Justice	6 January 2018 30 June 2022

Executive branch

• Chief Executive: Carrie Lam
  • Chief Secretary for Administration: John Lee
  • Financial Secretary: Paul Mo-po Chan
  • Secretary for Justice: Teresa Cheng

Legislative branch

• President of the Legislative Council: Andrew Leung

Judicial branch

• Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal: Andrew Cheung

Events

January

• 3 January – The Seventh Legislative Council members take oath. It would be the inaugural Legislative Council after 2021 Hong Kong electoral changes.
• 7 January – Witman Hung partygate scandal emerges
• 12 January – The first meeting of Seventh Legislative Council held.

February

• 9 February - The first time that Hong Kong recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 infections in one day.^[1]
• 10 February - Vaccine Pass scheme launched. ^[2]
• 15 February - Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping stressed to the Hong Kong government which must take the “main responsibility” in containing coronavirus pandemic and placing top priority on stability and people’s lives.^[3]
• 25 February - The first time that Hong Kong recorded more than 10,000 COVID-19 infections in one day.^[4]

March

• 1 March – New Subscriber Identification Module (SIM Card) require real-name registration by the government.^{[5] [6]}
• 2 March - The first time that Hong Kong recorded more than 50,000 COVID-19 infections in one day.^[7]

May

• 8 May – 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election
• May 15 - MTR East Rail line extended from Hung Hom to Admiralty.

July

• 1 July – The new Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu take office.

November

• 11 November – The government gazetted approval for the construction of Kwu Tung station on the MTR Northern Link of the East Rail line.^[8]
• 30 November – The Small Unmanned Aircraft Order Enforced. Small unmanned aircraft (including small unmanned aerial photography aircraft) over 200 gram and remote pilots proceeds officially registration. Remote pilots who drive over 7 kg unmanned aircraft (including aerial photography aircraft) need to take training and pass the formal assessment accepted by the government.^{[9] [10]}

Arts and entertainment

• List of Hong Kong films of 2022
• List of 2022 box office number-one films in Hong Kong
• 40th Hong Kong Film Awards — 17 July 2022
• Hong Kong International Film Festival — 15 August to 31 August 2022^[11]
• Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation 2021 - 1 January 2022
• 2022 Hong Kong Masters - 6 - 9 October 2022

Deaths

• 4 January – Hilton Cheong-Leen, politician (b. 1922)^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hong Kong reports 1,161 new Covid-19 cases, patients urged to avoid 'overloaded' A&E departments. 9 February 2022 . Hong Kong Free Press.
2. Web site: Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation . HK E-legislation . February 10, 2022.
3. Web site: Coronavirus Hong Kong: Xi Jinping urges local government to take 'main responsibility' in containing fifth wave and placing top priority on stability and people's lives. Tony. Cheung. South China Morning Post. 16 February 2022. 16 February 2022.
4. Web site: Daily cases surpass 10,000 for first time as Hong Kong adds 47 to Covid death tally. The Standard. February 25, 2022.
5. News: New telecoms law to take effect. news.gov.hk. Hong Kong Government.
6. Web site: Telecommunications (Registration of SIM Cards) Regulation. 2021-12-30. Hong Kong e-Legislation. Hong Kong Government.
7. News: Hong Kong adds 55,353 Covid cases on Wednesday. The Standard. 2 March 2022.
8. Web site: 古洞增設鐵路車站方案獲授權進行 . 2024-03-26 . www.info.gov.hk.
9. News: Small Unmanned Aircraft Order to be gazetted on Friday . Hong Kong Government. info.gov.hk. 14 July 2021.
10. News: Small Unmanned Aircraft Order . Hong Kong Government. HKSAR Government Gazette. 16 July 2021. 31 December 2021.
11. News: 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival – Programme 2022 . Asian Festivals. 5 August 2022. en.
12. Web site: Hilton Cheong-Leen, political stalwart known as the 'mayor of Hong Kong', dies aged 99 . 4 January 2022 . 2022-01-08 . 2022-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220104094007/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3162083/hilton-cheong-leen-political-stalwart-known-mayor-hong-kong . live .