2013 in Hong Kong
Incumbents
Events
=March=
- 25 March - Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal rules that foreign domestic workers are not allowed to become Hong Kong permanent residents.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21920811 (BBC)][https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/25/us-hongkong-maids-idUSBRE92O04520130325 (Reuters)][http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/03/20133254315486835.html (Al Jazeera)]
=April=
- 3 April - In cricket, United Arab Emirates defeats Hong Kong by 32 runs for the third place.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/624070.html (ESPN Cricinfo)]
=May=
- 3 May - The world's largest rubber duck is moved to Hong Kong. [http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/giant-rubber-duck-makes-splash-hong-kong-harbor-19098462 (ABC News)]
=June=
- 23 June - After a failed U.S. extradition request Hong Kong says does not fully comply with the law, U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong for Moscow. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/06/2013623852190647.html (Al Jazeera)] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-leaves-hong-kong-moscow-live (The Guardian)]
=September=
- 23 September - At least 25 people are dead in Hong Kong and southern China after Typhoon Usagi passes through with the storm having killed eight people in the Philippines.[http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/22/20638844-twenty-dead-after-powerful-typhoon-lashes-hong-kong?lite?ocid=twitter (NBC News)]{{Cite web |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hong-kong-braces-years-most-powerful-typhoon |title=(AP) |access-date=2022-08-07 |archive-date=2013-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926162237/http://bigstory.ap.org/article/hong-kong-braces-years-most-powerful-typhoon |url-status=dead }}
See also
References
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