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Hong Kong's Customs and Excise Department announces that all products containing cannabidiol will be banned as of February 1 and that the chemical will be classified in the same category as heroin and cocaine.
2023-01-27

Palau's President Thomas Remengesau Jr. bans chartered flights from China and suspends charter flights from Macau and Hong Kong until further notice. Remengesau is set to issue an executive order to that effect after a meeting with the National Emergency Committee.
2020-01-28

Thousands of people march in Hong Kong to demand the Legislative Council reject a China backed proposal for the naming of candidates for Chief Executive be done by a nominating committee.
2015-06-14

Hong Kong and China's Guangdong Province is hit by Category 4 Typhoon Vicente, resulting in scores of people injured, cancellation of flights and closure of businesses.
2012-07-24

Hong Kong marks the fifteenth anniversary of the handover from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China.
2012-07-1

Representative Ronald Singson of the Philippines is sentenced to 18 months in a Hong Kong jail for cocaine possession.
2011-02-25

Pope Benedict XVI ordains five new bishops, including a Chinese prelate from Hong Kong despite attempts by China's official church to ordain bishops without his approval.
2011-02-5

Hundreds of people march in Hong Kong to demand the release of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo ahead of the Nobel Prize ceremony on Friday.
2010-12-5

Three people are arrested in China's Guangdong Province in relation to a $90 million gold heist, the biggest in Hong Kong history.
2010-12-4

A book written by Chinese dissident Yu Jie critical of Premier Wen Jiabao goes on sale in Hong Kong, with threats of imprisonment from the mainland.
2010-08-16