2023 in Hong Kong explained
Events in the year 2023 in Hong Kong.
Incumbents
Executive branch
Legislative branch
Judicial branch
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.[1]
- 23 February : All SIM Card users (including old SIM card registered before 1 March 2022) requires real name registration.[2]
- 1 March : The Hong Kong Government lifts all mandatory mask-wearing requirements, and dropped all COVID-19 Restriction Law.[3] [4]
- 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.[5]
- 6 July : The 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes confirmed and approved by Legislative Council.[6]
- 10 July: The final version of 2023 Hong Kong electoral changes officially published and effective.[7] [8]
- 1 September: Hong Kong raises its typhoon warning signal to level 10, the highest level, as Super Typhoon Saola approaches.[9]
- 7 – 8 September: After Typhon Haikui makes landfall Hong Kong, flooding reaches record levels, the heaviest since meteorological records began when measured by one hour rainfall. (Recorded 158mm rainfall on Hong Kong Observatory headquarter between 7 September 23:00 and 8 September 00:00).[10]
- 8 September: MTR awards the contract for the design and construction of Kwu Tung station on the MTR Northern Link of the East Rail line to Bouygues.[11]
- 13 October : The Government published gazette notice to announce 1 April 2024 as the day to implement municipal solid waste (MSW) charging.[12]
- 18 October : Hong Kong Legislative Council passed a bill banning restaurants from providing single-use plastic tableware, tentative effective on 22 April 2024.[13]
- 25 October: Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu 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 in 2024, making two national security law co-exists together once the new law pass.[14]
- 10 December: The 2023 Hong Kong District Council elections were held.
- 14 December: Hong Kong police announce HK$1 million (US$128,000) bounties for five activists residing overseas, including Simon Cheng, charging them with inciting secession under the national security law.[15]
- 28 December: SMS 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 "#".[16] [17]
Arts and entertainment
Deaths
- 3 January – Joseph Koo, composer (b. 1931)[19]
- 11 January – Doming Lam, Macanese-born Hong Kong classical composer (b. 1926)[20]
- 13 January – Ray Cordeiro, broadcaster and disc jockey (b. 1924)[21]
- 21 February – Abby Choi, socialite and model (b. 1994)[22]
- 23 February – José Lei, Olympic sport shooter (1968) and civil servant (b. 1930)[23]
- 26 March – Peter Mak, film director (The Wicked City) and actor (Happy Sixteen, Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch) (b. 1957)[24]
- 9 April – Richard Ng, actor (The Private Eyes, Winners and Sinners, Beyond the Sunset) (b. 1939)[25]
- 24 June – Sir Ti-liang Yang, jurist, chief justice (1988–1996) (b. 1929)[26]
- 5 July – Coco Lee, Hong Kong-American singer-songwriter (Singer) (b. 1975)[27]
- 18 August – Balltze, Shiba Inu dog and Internet meme (b. 2011)[28]
- 11 December – Kathy Chow, actress (The Breaking Point, Time Before Time, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber) (b. 1966)[29]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Hong Kong: Landmark national security trial begins – DW – 02/06/2023 . 2023-02-06 . dw.com . en.
- Web site: Real-name Registration for SIM Cards has been fully implemented!. Office of the Communications Authority, Hong Kong Government.
- Web site: Government lifts all mandatory mask-wearing requirements. HKSAR Government Press Release.
- News: Hong Kong abandons last Covid curbs to revive economy. Financial Times. 28 December 2022 . Ho-Him . Chan .
- News: 8 wanted for NSL offences. news.gov.hk.
- News: Hong Kong cuts directly elected District Council seats as overhaul unanimously approved. Hong Kong Free Press.
- Web site: Ordinance passed and promulgated. Hong Kong Gazette. 2023-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20230710090226/https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20232745e/egn2023274569.pdf. 2023-07-10. live.
- Web site: District Councils (Amendment) Ordinance 2023--Ordinance No. 19 of 2023. Hong Kong Government Gazette. 2023-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20230710090315/https://www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20232745e/es12023274519.pdf. 2023-07-10. live.
- Web site: 2023-09-01 . Typhoon Saola slams southern China after battering Hong Kong . 2023-09-02 . France 24 . en.
- News: Siu . Tyrone . Master . Farah . Siu . Tyrone . Master . Farah . 2023-09-08 . Hong Kong, Shenzhen deluged by heaviest rain on record . en . Reuters . 2023-09-08.
- Web site: 港鐵 > 招標及合約公告 . 2024-03-26 . www.mtr.com.hk . zh.
- News: Waste charging starts Apr 1. 2023-10-13. RTHK News.
- News: Hong Kong ban on throwaway plastic tableware to come into force on April 22 next year, but some lawmakers say move too close to introduction of plastic waste bag charges. 2023-10-18. SCMP.
- Web site: 2023-10-25 . Hong Kong's leader says to create new national security law in 2024 . 2023-10-25 . France 24 . en.
- Web site: 2023-12-14 . Hong Kong Offers Bounties for 5 Activists Accused of Security Crimes . 2023-12-15 . News18 . en.
- Web site: Short Message Service (SMS) Sender Registration Scheme. Office of the Communications Authority, HKSAR Government.
- News: 短訊發放人登記制月底實施 獲認證電訊商名稱將以「#」號開頭. RTHK, Yahoo News. zh-hk.
- News: 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival – Programme 2023 . Filmitalia. 10 December 2022. en.
- Web site: Renowned composer Joseph Koo dies at the age of 92 - RTHK. news.rthk.hk. 4 January 2023.
- Web site: 作曲家林樂培逝世享年96歲 曾為港台製古典音樂節目 - RTHK . 2023-09-02 . news.rthk.hk . zh-tw.
- Web site: RTHK's 'Uncle Ray' Cordeiro dies aged 98 - RTHK. news.rthk.hk. 14 January 2023.
- News: LeeCorrespondent . Amanda . 2023-02-25 . HK socialite's headless body found: 6 other gruesome murders that shocked the city . en . The Straits Times . 2023-09-02 . 0585-3923.
- Web site: Olympedia – José Lei . 2023-09-02 . www.olympedia.org.
- Web site: 《流星花園2》導演麥大傑過世! 柴智屏哀悼:去年7月還活力充沛 . 2023-09-02 . www.mirrormedia.mg . en.
- Web site: 2023-04-10 . Iconic Hong Kong comedian Richard Ng dies aged 83 . 2023-09-02 . AsiaOne . en.
- Web site: 消息:前最高法院首席大法官楊鐵樑逝世 終年93歲 - RTHK . 2023-09-02 . news.rthk.hk . zh-tw.
- Web site: TVBS . 快訊/李玟驚傳過世!享年48歲 親姊姊發文證實噩耗│TVBS新聞網 . 2023-09-02 . TVBS . zh-tw.
- Web site: Ray . Shiladitya . Viral meme dog Cheems dies during surgery; tributes pour in . 2023-09-02 . Deccan Herald . en.
- Web site: Actress Kathy Chow, 57, dies. RTHK. en-gb. 2023-12-13. 2023-12-13.