Sources: CNN
Hong Kong-based airline Greater Bay Airlines completes its maiden flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok. The airline has been granted licenses to operate 104 routes across the Greater China and Asia Pacific regions. 2022-07-23
Hong Kong reports a record 10,010 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the first time that the territory has reported more than 10,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. 2022-02-25
Police in Hong Kong arrest Lam Man-chung, the former executive editor-in-chief of the now closed "Apple Daily" newspaper. It is the latest arrest surrounding the closure of the paper which has already seen its founder Jimmy Lai convicted and awaiting trial along with many other activists on subversion charges. 2021-07-21
Hong Kong's public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong joins mainland China in blocking BBC World News and BBC World Service. 2021-02-12
Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan announces the suspension of classes for students in Grades one to three in primary schools for two weeks beginning November 23 due to an increase in new COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong. 2020-11-20
Hong Kong executive says that the newly-proposed security law will not hamper judicial independence. Many activists condemn the move; the organizer of many of last year's protests and convener of the Civil Human Rights Front Jimmy Sham says that the law is a "nuclear bomb" dropped by "the Chinese Communist Party" and calls for mass protests. Activist Joshua Wong also condemns the law and calls it a law "to silence Hongkongers". 2020-05-22
Hong Kong Police Force clash with protesters at different malls across Hong Kong amid a visit by Chief Executive Carrie Lam to Beijing. Riot police use pepper spray to disperse crowds as a result. 2019-12-15
Hong Kong's June 4th Museum, the first museum dedicated to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, is to close down. Organizers say they believe they are being targeted for political reasons. It comes at a time when concerns are growing in Hong Kong that Beijing is tightening its grip on the city. 2016-04-14
Hong Kong-based luxury hotel chain Mandarin Oriental confirms that credit card data has been stolen in a hack attack on the company's network. 2015-03-5
Protesters who filled Hong Kong's streets for more democracy lessened Tuesday after the government finally agreed to negotiate with the student leaders. 2014-10-7