2018 in Hong Kong

• Chief Executive: Carrie Lam
• Chief Secretary for Administration: Matthew Cheung
• Financial Secretary: Paul Mo-po Chan
• Secretary for Justice: Rimsky Yuen (until 5 January), then Teresa Cheng

• President of the Legislative Council: Andrew Leung

• Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal: Geoffrey Ma

• 1 January
• The New Year's Day March, organised by Civil Human Rights Front, takes place. Demonstrators from the "Co-location" Concern Group and People Power enter the East Wing Forecourt of the Central Government Complex, also known as "Civic Square", after the march ended. Scuffles occur between protesters and security guards.{{cite news |last1=Zhao |first1=Shirley |title=Showdown as police surround Hong Kong protesters at 'Civic Square' after New Year's Day march |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2126414/scuffle-police-surround-hong-kong-protesters-civic-square |access-date=12 February 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=1 January 2018}}
• The Sleeping Beauty Castle at Hong Kong Disneyland closes, and the last performance of the Disney in the Stars firework show takes place. This is to make way for the transformation of the Sleeping Beauty Castle.{{cite news |title=Hong Kong Disneyland suspends daily fireworks display until 2019 |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20180102-hong-kong-disneyland-suspends-daily-fireworks-display-until-2019/ |access-date=12 February 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=2 January 2018}}
• 3 January
• Frankly Chu, a retired superintendent, is found guilty of assault occasioning bodily harm and jailed for three months, for hitting a pedestrian with a baton in Mong Kok during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. He is released immediately on bail pending appeal.{{cite news |last1=Siu |first1=Jasmine |title=Retired senior policeman jailed three months for hitting Occupy protest bystander with baton |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2126592/retired-senior-policeman-jailed-three-months-hitting-occupy |access-date=12 February 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=3 January 2018}}
• The balloting procedure for the sale of the subsidised housing Terrace Concerto (in Tuen Mun) and Mount Verdant (in Tseung Kwan O) takes place.{{cite press release |date=3 January 2018 |title=Ballots Drawn for Housing Society's Subsidised Sale Flats Projects 2017 |url=http://www.mountverdant.hkhs.com/uploaded_files/news/47/News%20issued%20on%203%20January%202018.pdf |publisher=Hong Kong Housing Society |access-date=12 February 2019}}
• 5 January
• The State Council approves the appointment of Teresa Cheng as the Secretary for Justice, replacing Rimsky Yuen, who had resigned earlier.{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Shadow |title=Teresa Cheng named HK's new Secretary for Justice |url=https://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/228/187/251/1515162408737.html |access-date=15 February 2019 |work=China Daily |date=5 January 2018}}
• Cleaning workers at Hoi Lai Estate in Cheung Sha Wan end a 10-day strike.{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=Victory for housing estate cleaners as 10-day strike forces employers to increase wages and severance |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/06/victory-housing-estate-cleaners-10-day-strike-forces-employers-increase-wages-severance/ |access-date=15 February 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=6 January 2018}}
• An investigation by Queen Mary Hospital finds the behaviour of Kelvin Kwok-chai Ng, a former part-time associate professor at the hospital and the University of Hong Kong (HKU), 'unacceptable' and 'unnecessary'. On 13 October 2017, he left a liver transplant operation for another planned surgery in a private hospital. The report does not specify any penalty or responsibility. Ng accepts the report and hopes to become a full-time employee at the university.{{cite news |title=Queen Mary inquiry finds surgeon missing at liver op 'unacceptable' |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=101218&sid=4 |access-date=15 February 2019 |work=The Standard |date=5 January 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Kao |first1=Ernest |last2=Ng |first2=Ka-chung |title=Hong Kong doctor in stranded liver patient case accepts probe's findings but still hopes to serve hospital full time |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2127208/hong-kong-doctor-stranded-liver-patient-case |access-date=15 February 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=7 January 2018}} In late February, HKU's Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine announces Ng's contract will not be renewed.{{cite news |title=HKU won't renew contract of doctor who left surgery patient |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20180222-hku-wont-renew-contract-of-doctor-who-left-surgery-patient/ |access-date=15 February 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=22 February 2018}} Ng has since become a consultant at the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital.{{cite web |title=Department of Surgery – The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital Staff |url=http://www.surgery.hku.hk/Our-Team/The-University-of-Hong-Kong-Shenzhen-Hospital-Staff |publisher=Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong |access-date=15 February 2019}}
• 6 January – Suspected unauthorised structures are found at the homes of Teresa Cheng, the Secretary for Justice, and her husband Otto Lok-to Poon at Villa De Mer, Tuen Mun.{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Tony |last2=Cheung |first2=Elizabeth |title=Hong Kong justice secretary Teresa Cheng apologises on first day in office for controversy over 'illegal structures' in her home |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2127105/hong-kong-justice-secretary-teresa-cheng-apologises-first |access-date=16 February 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=6 January 2018}}
• 8 January – Patrick Ho, former Secretary for Home Affairs, pleads not guilty in New York City, to federal charges that he had bribed officials from Chad and Uganda.{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Sewell |title=Former Hong Kong Official Pleads Not Guilty in Africa Bribery Case |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/world/asia/hong-kong-patrick-ho-bribery-chad-senegal.html |access-date=19 February 2019 |work=New York Times |date=8 January 2018}}
• 9 January
• The Buildings Department confirms the presence of unauthorised structures at the homes of Teresa Cheng and her husband Otto Lok-to Poon, including a basement, a rooftop glasshouse, a pond, and an extended wall on the ground floor.{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Naomi |title=Hong Kong officials find 10 illegal structures at homes of new justice minister Teresa Cheng and husband |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2127401/hong-kong-officials-begin-probe-alleged-illegal-structures |access-date=20 February 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=9 January 2018}}
• The father and stepmother of 5-year-old Sui-lam Chan, who allegedly died due to child abuse, appear in court. The prosecution says Chan was hurled up and hit the ceiling before her death, and both her and her brother have been repeatedly assaulted by bamboo sticks and scissors.{{cite news |title=Murder accused flung child, 5, into ceiling, court told |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=101313&sid=4 |access-date=21 February 2019 |work=The Standard |date=9 January 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Riley |title=Dad, stepmom due in court on murder rap |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=191474&sid=11 |access-date=21 February 2019 |work=The Standard |date=9 January 2018}}
• Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man, Chu Yiu-ming, Tanya Chan, Shiu Ka-chun, Tommy Cheung, Yiu-wa Chung, Raphael Wong and Lee Wing-tat appear in court for charges of public nuisance during the 2014 Hong Kong protests.{{cite news |title=Pro-democracy leaders in court in Hong Kong |url=https://www.nst.com.my/world/2018/01/323387/pro-democracy-leaders-court-hong-kong |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=New Straits Times |date=9 January 2018}}
• 14 January – A 42-year-old South Korean man is arrested for murdering his wife of the same age and 6-year-old son at The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong.{{cite news |title=South Korean arrested after wife and young son found dead at Hong Kong's Ritz-Carlton |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/15/man-arrested-after-wife-and-young-son-found-dead-at-hong-kong-ritz-carlton |access-date=24 February 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=15 January 2018}}
• 17 January – 16 participants of the 2014 Hong Kong protests, including Joshua Wong, Lester Shum and Raphael Wong are found guilty of failing to comply with a court order. Joshua Wong and Raphael Wong are sentenced to jail, while Shum and the other defendants receive suspended sentences.{{cite news |title=Joshua Wong, Hong Kong activist in Umbrella Movement protests, imprisoned 3 months |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wong-sentence-hong-kong-1.4490876 |access-date=27 February 2019 |website=CBC.ca |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=17 January 2018}}
• 18 January
• Edward Leung and 5 other protesters during the 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest appear in court for charges including rioting. Ray Wong and another protester fail to appear in court and are issued arrest warrants.{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Venus |title=Hong Kong pro-independence protest leader appears in court for 'rioting' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-court-riot/hong-kong-pro-independence-protest-leader-appears-in-court-for-rioting-idUSKBN1F70ZJ |work=Reuters |date=18 January 2018}}
• Philip Dykes is elected as the next chairperson of the Bar Council of the Hong Kong Bar Association, defeating incumbent Paul Lam.{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Karen |title=Human rights lawyer Philip Dykes elected new head of Bar Association after heated race |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/19/just-human-rights-lawyer-philip-dykes-set-new-head-bar-association-heated-race/ |access-date=28 February 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=19 January 2018}}
• 24 January – Tsz-kei Lau, the president of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Students' Union, and Andrew Lok-hang Chan, a fifth-year student at the HKBU School of Chinese Medicine, are suspended for violating the students' code of conduct, until a disciplinary investigation into their protest on 17 January is complete. Over 10 students, including Lau and Chan, protested at the Language Centre for 8 hours, and demanded more transparency in an exemption test for an otherwise mandatory Putonghua course. A video clip later showed Lau speaking profanity to staff members.{{cite news |title=Two HKBU students suspended after protest over Putonghua tests |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20180125-two-hkbu-students-suspended-after-protest-over-putonghua-tests/ |access-date=1 March 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=25 January 2018}}
• 26 January – The Hang Seng Index closes at an all-time high, at 33,154.12 points.{{cite news |title=Hang Seng rises for 7 weeks in a row, hits record high |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/china-stocks-hongkong-close/hang-seng-rises-for-7-weeks-in-a-row-hits-record-high-idUSZZN2N7R00 |access-date=11 March 2019 |work=Reuters |date=26 January 2018}}
• 27 January – Agnes Chow, a member of Demosistō, is barred from standing in the March 2018 Hong Kong by-elections, on the grounds that her party advocates for self-determination for Hong Kong.{{cite news |last1=Denyer |first1=Simon |title=Hong Kong bars pro-democracy activist from standing for election |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/hong-kong-bars-pro-democracy-activist-from-standing-for-election/2018/01/27/19f1e282-0339-11e8-93f5-53a3a47824e8_story.html?noredirect=on |access-date=6 March 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=27 January 2018}}
• 31 January
• Electoral officials bar Ventus Lau from running in the March 2018 Hong Kong by-elections, based on previous comments he had made in support of Hong Kong independence. The candidacy of Au Nok-hin, who runs in the place of Agnes Chow, is confirmed.{{cite news |last1=Lam |first1=Jeffie |last2=Kao |first2=Ernest |title=Green light for by-election replacement for Agnes Chow but another young activist barred from contest |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131442/green-light-election-replacement-agnes-chow-another-young |access-date=11 March 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=31 January 2018}}
• An unexploded bomb from World War II is found in a construction site in Wan Chai, the second one in 5 days.{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Kelvin |title=Hong Kong bomb experts deployed after unexploded bomb found |url=https://apnews.com/0e4488567ff346dbb87ca53cc16c3e50 |access-date=6 March 2019 |work=Associated Press |date=31 January 2018}}

• 1 February
• Localist camp Sha Tin District Councillor James Kwok-keung Chan becomes the third candidate disqualified from the March 2018 Hong Kong by-elections.{{cite news |last1=Lam |first1=Jeffie |last2=Chung |first2=Kimmy |title=Britain and Canada weigh in on Hong Kong activist Agnes Chow's by-election disqualification as third candidate barred |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2131630/britain-and-canada-weigh-hong-kong-activist-agnes-chows |access-date=12 March 2019 |publisher=South China Morning Post |date=1 February 2018}}
• United States lawmakers nominate Joshua Wong, Nathan Law, Alex Chow and other contributors to the Umbrella Movement for the Nobel Peace Prize.{{cite magazine |last1=Meixler |first1=Eli |title=Hong Kong's 'Umbrella Movement' Has Been Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize |url=https://time.com/5126517/hong-kong-joshua-wong-nobel-peace-prize-nomination/ |access-date=12 March 2019 |magazine=Time |date=1 February 2018}}
• 6 February – The Court of Final Appeal overturns the decision of the Court of Appeal by ruling to free Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow, who were charged for their entering of the East Wing Forecourt of the Central Government Office during the 2014 Hong Kong protests. The court rules the sentencing guideline endorsed by the Court of Appeal should not be applied retroactively.{{cite news |last1=Griffiths |first1=James |title=Hong Kong's top court strikes down Joshua Wong prison sentence |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/06/asia/hong-kong-joshua-wong-prison-intl/index.html |access-date=1 May 2019 |publisher=CNN |date=6 February 2018}}
• 9 February – Hang Seng Index closes at 29507 points, falling over 3000 points and marking the greatest weekly drop by points.{{cite news |title=歷來最大跌幅】恒指全周累瀉逾3000點 |url=https://news.now.com/home/finance/player?newsId=253565 |access-date=17 May 2019 |website=news.now.com |publisher=Now TV News |date=9 February 2018 |language=zh}}
• 10 February – A Kowloon Motor Bus double-decker bus running on route 872 tips over on Tai Po Road near Tai Po Mei in Tai Po, killing 19 people and injuring 66. The driver allegedly lost control of the bus while making a turn.{{cite news|title=Hong Kong bus overturns, killing at least 19 people|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/10/bus-topples-over-in-hong-kong-tai-po|work=The Guardian|date=10 February 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Zhao |first1=Shirley |last2=Chung |first2=Kimmy |last3=Kao |first3=Ernest |title=Nineteen dead, more than 60 injured in 'chaotic' Hong Kong double-decker bus crash |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2132850/least-nine-dead-40-injured-hong-kong-double-decker-bus |access-date=1 May 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=10 February 2018}} Victims say passengers have yelled at the driver for departing Sha Tin Racecourse late.{{cite news |last1=Leung |first1=Rachel |last2=Yeung |first2=Raymond |title=Passengers claim bus driver was 'throwing a tantrum' before horrific Tai Po crash |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2132874/passengers-claim-bus-driver-was-throwing-tantrum |access-date=1 May 2019 |work=South China Morining Post |date=10 February 2018}}

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• 12 February – Albert Kwai-huen Wong, chairman of the Communications Authority, resigns as he announces his failure to disclose the ownership of China Mobile stocks.{{cite news |title=CA chief resigns over failure to disclose China Mobile holdings |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20180213-ca-chief-resigns-over-failure-to-disclose-china-mobile-holdings/ |access-date=23 May 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=13 February 2018}}
• 13 February – The High Court dismisses the election petition submitted by Ho-tin Chan, convenor of the Hong Kong National Party and rules returning officers can ban candidates from running when their political views suggest they would not uphold the Basic Law.{{cite news |last1=Lau |first1=Chris |title=Hong Kong election officials can block candidates based on political views but must ensure clear evidence, court rules |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2133194/court-rejects-pro-independence-activists-case-hong-kong |access-date=29 May 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=13 February 2018}}
• 14 February – The Court of First Instance upholds the requirement that foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong must live with their employers.{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Karen |title=Hong Kong domestic worker loses legal bid to overturn compulsory live-in rule |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/02/14/hong-kong-domestic-worker-loses-legal-bid-overturn-compulsory-live-rule/ |access-date=29 May 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=14 February 2018}}
• 17 February – The annual ritual of drawing fortune sticks (also known as kau chim) takes place at Che Kung Miu. Kenneth Ip-keung Lau, chairperson of the Heung Yee Kuk, and Che-kee Lee, vice-chairperson of the Sha Tin Rural Committee, each draws a stick on behalf of Hong Kong and Sha Tin District respectively. The master of ceremonies mixes up the sticks, and Lau says it was arranged by the deity Che Kung.{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Kimmy |title=Mixed messages for Year of the Dog, including switch of fortune sticks at Hong Kong Che Kung Temple |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2133650/mixed-messages-dog-including-switch-fortune-sticks-hong |access-date=29 May 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=17 February 2018}}
• 20 February – The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing reopens its trading hall after renovation, renaming it the HKEX Connect Hall, which also houses the HKEX Museum of Finance.{{cite press release |date=20 February 2018 |title=HKEX Connect Hall Inaugurated as Trading in Year of Dog Begins |url=https://www.hkex.com.hk/News/News-Release/2018/180220news?sc_lang=en |work=Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing |access-date=12 June 2019}}{{cite news |title=HKEx opens 'Connect Hall' facility |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=103211&sid=2 |access-date=12 June 2019 |work=The Standard |date=20 February 2018}}
• 24 February – Wai-yan Wan, brother of Wesley Wan and son of the former member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Tommy Tai-min Wan, dies from a car crash in Sai Wan. He is suspected to be having a heart attack before losing control of his car.{{cite news |last1=Tsang |first1=Emily |last2=Yau |first2=Cannix |title=Son of Tommy Wan, former Hong Kong delegate to top China political advisory body, dies after car crash |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2134543/son-former-hong-kong-political-figure-tommy-wan-very |access-date=12 June 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=24 February 2018}}
• 28 February – Financial Secretary Paul Mo-po Chan releases the Budget for the 2018–19 fiscal year.{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Tommy |last2=Naomi |first2=Ng |last3=Emily |first3=Tsang |last4=Raymond |first4=Yeung |title=Bumper tax benefits for 1.88 million Hongkongers thanks to record HK$138 billion surplus, Paul Chan reveals in budget speech |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2135011/money-money-money-hong-kongs-finance-chief-paul-chan |access-date=20 July 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=28 February 2018}}

• 5 March – The West Kowloon Magistrates' Court dismisses a charge of contempt of the Legislative Council against then-lawmaker Kwok-hung Leung, ruling the charge does not apply to lawmakers.{{cite news |last1=Siu |first1=Jasmine |title='Long Hair' Leung Kwok-hung protected from prosecution in folder snatching case, Hong Kong court rules |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2135728/long-hair-leung-kwok-hung-protected-prosecution-folder |access-date=20 July 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=5 March 2018}}
• 11 March – The March 2018 Hong Kong by-elections takes place for vacancies resulting from the disqualification of legislative councillors over the 2016 oath-taking controversy. The four vacancies are the Hong Kong Island, Kowloon West and New Territories East geographical constituencies and the Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape functional constituency. The opposition pan-democrats and pro-government camp each win two seats. Vincent Wing-shun Cheng of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong becomes the first pro-government candidate to win in a geographical constituency by-election.{{cite news |last1=Tony |first1=Cheung |last2=Ng |first2=Kang-chung |title=Hong Kong's opposition politicians get chance at game-changing comeback next March |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2111224/election-fill-seats-vacated-disqualified-lawmakers-set-march |access-date=20 July 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=14 September 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=Hong Kong democrats win 2 of 4 seats in legislative by-election, as ousted lawmaker Edward Yiu fails to regain seat |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/12/breaking-hong-kong-democrats-win-2-4-seats-legislative-election/ |access-date=20 July 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=11 March 2018}}
• 16 March
• Ka-shing Li, Hong Kong's richest person and chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings, announces his retirement after the annual general meeting on 10 May.{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Venus |last2=Kwok |first2=Donny |title=Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing retires, says worked 'too long' |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ckh-holdings-chairman/hong-kongs-richest-man-li-ka-shing-retires-says-worked-too-long-idUSKCN1GS11L |access-date=20 July 2019 |work=Reuters |date=16 March 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Kroll |first1=Luisa |title=Hong Kong's Richest, Li Ka-shing, Announces Plans To Retire After 68 Years |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisakroll/2018/03/16/hong-kongs-richest-li-ka-shing-announces-plans-to-exit-after-68-years/#2d4976913436 |access-date=20 July 2019 |work=Forbes |date=16 March 2018}}
• The government submits the outline of the National Anthem Bill to the Legislative Council.{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=Gov't suggests maximum penalty of HK$50k fine and 3 years jail time for breaking upcoming national anthem law |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/16/govt-suggests-maximum-penalty-hk50k-fine-3-years-jail-time-breaking-upcoming-national-anthem-law/ |access-date=20 July 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=16 March 2018}}
• The High Court sentences Cheung-fai Lau to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting and murdering a 15-year-old part-time model.{{cite news |title=Teenage model killer gets life behind bars |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=104361&sid=4 |access-date=20 July 2019 |work=The Standard |date=16 March 2018}}
• 23 March
• Financial Secretary Paul Mo-po Chan announces the Caring and Sharing Scheme after criticisms of the Budget. The scheme will see all Hong Kong residents aged 18 years or above who do not own property, are not under government allowance and do not pay income tax receiving HKD$4000. Residents who are eligible for tax breaks announced in the Budget will receive the difference between the concessionary amount and HKD$4000.{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Naomi |title=2.8 million Hongkongers to get cash handout of up to HK$4,000 each, in 'targeted' scheme to share massive budget surplus |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2138617/28-million-hongkongers-get-cash-handout-hk4000-each-targeted |access-date=31 July 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=23 March 2018}}
• The train to run on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link is named Vibrant Express.{{cite press release |date=23 March 2018 |title=Hong Kong High Speed Rail Trains to be Named "動感號Vibrant Express" |url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/press_release/PR-18-019-E.pdf |publisher=MTR Corporation |access-date=31 July 2019}}
• 27 March
• HKTV announces it will withdraw the application for domestic free-to-air television programme service licence submitted to the Communications Authority in April 2014, and will surrender its mobile television license.{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=After 8-year fight, HKTV to abandon hopes for gov't TV licence to focus on online shopping |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/03/27/8-year-fight-hktv-abandon-hopes-govt-tv-licence-focus-online-shopping/ |access-date=31 July 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=27 March 2018}}
• The MTR Corporation announces a fare increase of 3.14% beginning June 2018, prompting backlash against the profitmaking and sole rail company in Hong Kong.{{cite news |last1=Yau |first1=Cannix |title=Hong Kong MTR fares set to rise by 3.14 per cent |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/2139131/hong-kong-mtr-fares-set-rise-314-cent |access-date=31 July 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=27 March 2018}}

• 18 April – Hong Kong Broadband Network acknowledges a breach at an inactive customer database, affecting about 380,000 clients.{{cite press release |date=18 April 2018 |title=Unauthorized Access to HKBN Customer Database |url=https://reg.hkbn.net/WwwCMS/upload/pdf/en/20180418_Press_release_data_security_Eng.pdf |publisher=Hong Kong Broadband Network |access-date=16 August 2019}}
• 25 April – Opposition pan-democrat lawmaker Chi-fung Hui admits to and apologises for taking the phone of a female Security Bureau employee and then running into a men's washroom in the Legislative Council Complex during a committee meeting on 24 April. The employee was locating pro-government lawmakers in the Legislative Council Complex to ensure a sufficient number of them would turn up for the committee meeting, which has been debating a government bill for juxtaposed border control at the Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station.{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Kimmy |title=Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Ted Hui snatches woman's phone and dashes into men's toilet – but later apologises |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2143323/hong-kong-opposition-lawmaker-apologises-female-civil |access-date=16 August 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=25 April 2018}}
• 26 April – The Task Force on Land Supply begins a 5-month public consultation on increasing land supply.{{cite news |title=Hong Kong's options for housing crunch likely to face resistance |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Hong-Kong-s-options-for-housing-crunch-likely-to-face-resistance |access-date=16 August 2019 |work=Nikkei Asian Review |date=27 April 2018}}{{cite press release |date=26 April 2018 |title=Task Force on Land Supply appeals for active participation, openness and inclusiveness |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201804/26/P2018042600805.htm |website=info.gov.hk |publisher=Government of Hong Kong |access-date=16 August 2019}}

• 5 May – Opposition pan-democrat legislative councillor Chi-fung Hui is arrested over the phone-snatching incident on 24 April.{{cite news |last1=Leung |first1=Christy |last2=Lok-kei |first2=Sum |title=Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Ted Hui bailed after arrest over phone-snatching saga |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2144805/hong-kong-opposition-lawmaker-ted-hui-arrested-over-phone |access-date=17 August 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=5 May 2018}}
• 10 May – Ka-shing Li, Hong Kong's richest person officially retires and steps down as chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings, after holding his last meeting with shareholders.{{cite news |last1=Pomfret |first1=James |last2=Wu |first2=Venus |title=HK tycoon Li Ka-shing steps down, son Victor now holds reins |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-victorli/hk-tycoon-li-ka-shing-steps-down-son-victor-now-holds-reins-idUSKBN1IB1B1 |access-date=17 August 2019 |work=Reuters |date=10 May 2018}}
• 11 May – A woman falls into an elevator shaft and dies at Paris Court in Sheung Wan Town Centre.{{cite news |last1=Lo |first1=Clifford |title=Woman dies after falling into Hong Kong lift shaft at her estate |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2145789/woman-dies-after-falling-hong-kong-lift-shaft-building |access-date=17 August 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=11 May 2018}}
• 16 May – While covering a hearing on human rights lawyer Yanyi Xie in Beijing, a Now TV journalist is injured, handcuffed, dragged into a van and arrested by police officers. This comes after a Hong Kong Cable Television journalist is assaulted in Sichuan when reporting on the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.{{cite news |title=Beijing policemen's manhandling of HK journalist assailed |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20180517-beijing-policemen-s-manhandling-of-hk-journalist-assailed/ |access-date=17 August 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=17 May 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Un |first1=Phoenix |title=Outrage as Beijing cops viciously assault HK journalist |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=195827&sid=11 |access-date=17 August 2019 |work=The Standard |date=17 May 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=Hong Kong journalist injured and taken away by police while reporting on rights lawyers' hearing in Beijing |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/16/hong-kong-journalist-injured-taken-away-police-reporting-rights-lawyers-hearing-beijing/ |access-date=17 August 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=16 May 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Sum |first1=Lok-kei |title=Beijing police release Hong Kong journalist after he was detained covering hearing of human rights lawyer Xie Yanyi |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2146326/hong-kong-journalist-handcuffed-and-dragged-police-van |access-date=17 August 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=16 May 2018}}
• 17 May – Localist camp lawmaker Chung-tai Cheng keeps his seat, after the Legislative Council voted not to censure him for turning national and Hong Kong flag replicas upside down in 2016.{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Karen |title=Lawmaker Cheng Chung-tai keeps his seat after legislature votes on flag-flipping incident |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/05/17/lawmaker-cheng-chung-tai-keeps-seat-legislature-votes-flag-flipping-incident/ |access-date=17 August 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=17 May 2018}}
• 18 May – Edward Leung is found guilty of rioting for his role in the 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest, but is cleared of inciting a riot.{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Venus |title=Leading Hong Kong independence activist convicted of rioting, sentencing to come |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-court-riot/leading-hong-kong-independence-activist-convicted-of-rioting-sentencing-to-come-idUSKCN1IJ13D |access-date=13 September 2019 |work=Reuters |date=18 May 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Lau |first1=Chris |title=Edward Leung faces long spell in jail as lessons learned from Mong Kok riot show Hongkongers 'only hurt themselves with violent protests' |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2146882/edward-leung-faces-long-spell-jail-lessons |access-date=13 September 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=19 May 2018}}{{cite news |title=Edward Leung found guilty of rioting in Mong Kok |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=107692&sid=4 |access-date=13 September 2019 |work=The Standard |date=18 May 2018}}
• 30 May – Construction errors are reported at the underground platforms in Hung Hom station, part of the Sha Tin to Central Link. In 2015, Leighton Contractors (Asia), after being informed of defects in many couplers into which reinforcing bars were supposed to be screwed to form two main structural walls, allegedly ordered to shorten the bars to fit into the damaged couplers. The MTR Corporation says the error has been rectified soon after detecting 'workmanship deficiencies' in late 2015, and insists the platform is safe. The government later asks the company to submit a report within one week and to arrange load testing on the platform.{{cite news |title=Flaws in Hung Hom works detected and rectified in time, says MTR |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20180531-structural-flaws-in-hung-hom-works-detected-and-rectified-in-time-says-mtr/ |access-date=13 September 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=30 May 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Yau |first1=Cannix |title=MTR Corp given one week to submit report on Sha Tin-Central link safety issues |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2148727/mtr-corp-given-one-week-submit-report-sha-tin |access-date=13 September 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=1 June 2018}}

• 1 June – The Hong Kong Observatory cancels the Very Hot Weather Warning, which has been in effect for 348 consecutive hours, the longest streak since its conception in 2000.{{cite news |last1=Kao |first1=Shanshan |title=Hot spell in Hong Kong causes water shortages at local farms |url=https://www.scmp.com/video/hong-kong/2148862/hot-spell-hong-kong-causes-water-shortages-local-farms |access-date=13 September 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=1 June 2018}}{{cite news |title=酷熱警告掛足348小時終取消 酷熱5月天連破9大紀錄 |url=https://topick.hket.com/article/2085674/%E9%85%B7%E7%86%B1%E8%AD%A6%E5%91%8A%E6%8E%9B%E8%B6%B3348%E5%B0%8F%E6%99%82%E7%B5%82%E5%8F%96%E6%B6%88%E3%80%80%E9%85%B7%E7%86%B15%E6%9C%88%E5%A4%A9%E9%80%A3%E7%A0%B49%E5%A4%A7%E7%B4%80%E9%8C%84 |access-date=13 September 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Times |date=1 June 2018 |language=zh}}
• 4 June
• The annual vigil commemorating the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests takes place at Victoria Park. The organiser estimates 110,000 people attended, while the police puts the figure at 17,000.{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Angie |title=Hong Kong Marks Tiananmen Crackdown, as China Ignores Event |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/world/asia/hong-kong-tiananmen-vigil.html |access-date=13 September 2019 |work=New York Times |date=4 June 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Olsen |first1=Kelly |title=Hong Kong remembers Tiananmen Square crackdown amid growing concerns about city's future in China |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/04/hong-kong-remembers-tiananmen-square-crackdown-amid-growing-concerns-about-citys-future-in-china.html |access-date=13 September 2019 |website=cnbc.com |publisher=CNBC |date=4 June 2018}}
• The Independent Commission Against Corruption charges celebrity tutor Weslie Chi-yung Siao, professionally known as Yuen Siu, and three other people, including his wife, for illegally obtaining and leaking confidential questions from the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education, the public university entrance examination.{{cite news |title=Hong Kong 'celebrity tutor' charged with exam paper leaks |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-celebrity-tutor-charged-with-exam-paper-leaks |access-date=13 September 2019 |work=The Straits Times |date=5 June 2018}}
• 11 June – Edward Leung is sentenced to 6 years in jail for rioting and 12 months for assaulting a police officer during the 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest, to be served concurrently. Two other protesters, Lo Kin-man and Wong Ka-kui, have been jailed for 7 and {{frac|3|1|2}} years respectively for rioting.{{cite news |last1=Westcott |first1=Ben |last2=Gopalan |first2=Divya |title=Hong Kong independence activist Edward Leung jailed for six years |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/11/asia/edward-leung-hong-kong-jailed-intl/index.html |access-date=30 September 2019 |publisher=CNN |date=11 June 2018}}{{cite news |title=Hong Kong jails independence leader Edward Leung for six years |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/11/hong-kong-jails-independence-leader-edward-leung-for-six-years |access-date=30 September 2019 |agency=Agence France-Presse |work=The Guardian |date=11 June 2018}}{{cite news |title=Three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists jailed up to seven years for rioting in ruling criticized as 'unjustified' |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/06/11/asia-pacific/crime-legal-asia-pacific/six-year-term-pro-democracy-hong-kong-activist-leung-harshest-handed-far/ |access-date=30 September 2019 |agency=Reuters |work=The Japan Times |date=11 June 2018}}
• 12 June – Construction issues are revealed at an underground platform in To Kwa Wan station, part of the Sha Tin to Central Link. A layer of steels bars supposed to reinforce a wall, which goes through three floors of lobby and underground platforms, is found removed. The MTR Corporation admits a contractor has notified it and has assured the structural safety of the wall.{{cite news |last1=Luo |first1=Charlotte |title=New Sha Tin-Central link safety issue unearthed |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=196714&sid=11 |access-date=30 September 2019 |work=The Standard |date=12 June 2018}}{{cite news |title=Work flaws suspected at one more location in MTR's SCL project |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20180612-work-flaws-suspected-at-one-more-location-in-mtrs-scl-project/ |access-date=30 September 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=12 June 2018}}
• 14 June – The Legislative Council passes the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (Co-location) Bill by 40 to 20. This will allow for a juxtaposed border checkpoint at the West Kowloon station, operated jointly by Hong Kong and mainland border security departments and with mainland border security officers stationed.{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Kimmy |last2=Lok-kei |first2=Sum |last3=Kang-chung |first3=Ng |last4=Alvin |first4=Lum |title=Hong Kong's controversial China rail checkpoint bill finally passed by lawmakers amid protests, delays and expulsions |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2150873/hong-kongs-controversial-china-rail-checkpoint-bill-finally |access-date=30 September 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=14 June 2018}}{{cite news |title=Plan to enforce Chinese laws in Hong Kong train station clears legal hurdle |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-china-train/plan-to-enforce-chinese-laws-in-hong-kong-train-station-clears-legal-hurdle-idUSKBN1JA2K4 |access-date=30 September 2019 |work=Reuters |date=15 June 2018}}
• 26 June – A woman shoots her relatives with a handgun over an inheritance dispute, killing 1 and injuring 3.{{cite news |title=Woman killed in Hong Kong's Quarry Bay Park shooting, female relative detained |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/4-wounded-in-hong-kongs-quarry-bay-park-shooting-female-suspect-detained |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=The Straits Times |date=26 June 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Lo |first1=Clifford |last2=Su |first2=Xinqi |last3=Kao |first3=Ernest |last4=Chan |first4=Veta |title=Hong Kong shooting: one killed, three wounded as female bodyguard allegedly guns down relatives in inheritance feud |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2152547/shooting-hong-kong-park-leaves-four-injured |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=26 June 2018}}
• 28 June – Jason Chuk-Hung Poon, managing director of China Technology Corporation, a subcontractor of the Hung Hom station project, say his staff has notified him of the construction error in July 2015, and that he has witnessed workers wearing uniforms of Leighton Asia, the main contractor, cutting steel bars using dedicated equipment.{{cite news |last1=Yau |first1=Cannix |title=Corner-cutting on Hong Kong's Sha-Tin-Central rail link much more widespread than the MTR admits, sub-contractor chief says |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2152951/sha-tin-central-link-shoddy-work-scandal-corner |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=28 June 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Steel bars were cut 'systematically' and with MTRC's knowledge at Hung Hom station, says subcontractor boss |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/28/steel-bars-cut-systematically-mtrcs-knowledge-hung-hom-station-says-subcontractor-boss/ |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=28 June 2018}}{{cite news |title=Subcontractor China Technology claims MTRC trying to protect Leighton Asia |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news.php?id=109651&sid=4 |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=The Standard |date=28 June 2018}}
• 29 June – Chief executive Carrie Lam announces 6 new policies to tackle the housing crisis, including changing how the prices of subsidised flats are determined, and a fee on newly built flats left vacant for a year or more.{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Six new housing policies, including vacancy tax, announced by Hong Kong's Chief Exec. Carrie Lam |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/06/29/six-new-housing-policies-including-vacancy-tax-announced-hong-kongs-chief-exec-carrie-lam/ |access-date=5 October 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=29 June 2018}}

• 1 July – The annual 1 July March, organised by the Civil Human Rights Front, takes place. Organisers estimate 50,000 people took part, while the police say 9,800 joined, the lowest turnout recorded by both sides since 2003.{{cite news |title=Thousands march in Hong Kong to express discontent with city's governance |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2153328/thousands-march-hong-kong-express-discontent-citys |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=1 July 2018}}{{cite news |title=Hong Kong pro-democracy protests draw lower turnout |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-44674982 |access-date=6 October 2019 |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |date=1 July 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Angie |title=Thousands Protest in Hong Kong on Anniversary of Handover to China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/asia/hong-kong-march-handover.html |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=New York Times |date=1 July 2018}}
• 4 July – The Court of Final Appeal rules a spousal visa should be granted to the same-sex partner of an expatriate.{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Venus |title=Top Hong Kong court grants UK lesbian right to spousal visa |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-hongkong-britain-lgbt/top-hong-kong-court-grants-uk-lesbian-right-to-spousal-visa-idUKKBN1JU081 |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=Reuters |date=4 July 2018}}
• 11 July – Results of the 2018 Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education examination are released.{{cite news |title=HKDSE top scorers all come from elite colleges |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20180712-hkdse-top-scorers-all-come-from-elite-colleges/ |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=12 July 2018}}
• 20 July – Former Chief executive Donald Tsang loses his appeal against a conviction of misconduct in public office. His jail sentence is reduced from 20 to 12 months.{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang loses appeal against misconduct charge, returns to prison |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/07/20/former-hong-kong-leader-donald-tsang-loses-appeal-corruption-charge-returns-prison/ |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=20 July 2018}}
• 24 July – The Hong Kong Monetary Authority unveils the 2018 series of Hong Kong banknotes.{{cite press release |date=24 July 2018 |title=2018 New Series Hong Kong Banknotes |url=https://www.hkma.gov.hk/eng/news-and-media/press-releases/2018/07/20180724-5/ |publisher=Hong Kong Monetary Authority |access-date=6 October 2019}}
• 29 July – The Sai Yeung Choi Street South pedestrian zone closes at 10 pm and returns to full vehicular use.{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Ka-chung |last2=Kao |first2=Ernest |title=Hongkongers watch Mong Kok street artists' deafening, tearful farewell before iconic pedestrian zone closure |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2157364/hongkongers-watch-mong-kok-street-artists-deafening |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=29 July 2018}}

• 1 August – The Producer Responsibility Scheme on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment comes into effect, covering the sale of air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, televisions, computers, printers, scanners and monitors. Retailers are required to provide free removal service of old appliances to customers that purchase new products of the same type. Producers of these products are also asked to pay a recycling levy per item to the government.{{cite news |last1=Kao |first1=Ernest |last2=Chan |first2=Veta |title=Higher prices for electronic appliances on the cards, as Hong Kong rolls out recycling and disposal plan to combat dumping |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2157868/hong-kong-government-scheme-requires-appliance |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=1 August 2018}}
• 7 August – The Transport and Housing Bureau says the MTR Corporation may have provided the government with falsified data relating to construction at Hung Hom station, and that the issue has been referred to the police.{{cite news |title=MTR announces management revamp after facing heat over SCL works |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20180808-mtr-announces-management-revamp-after-facing-heat-over-scl-works/ |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=8 August 2018}} The MTR later announces that Projects Director Dr Philco Nai-keung Wong has resigned with immediate effect, alongside three other managers. Chief executive officer Lincoln Kwok-kuen Leong, whose term will end in 2020, will also retire early. The government has asked Frederick Ma to stay as chairman, despite his twice offer to resign, to lead the search for a new CEO.{{cite magazine |date=7 August 2018 |title=MTR Corp management shake-up after construction scandal |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/policy/mtr-corp-management-shake-up-after-construction-scandal/46949.article |magazine=Railway Gazette International |access-date=6 October 2018 }}
• 14 August – Hong Kong independence activist and Hong Kong National Party convenor Ho-tin Chan gives a talk at the Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC), chaired by Victor Mallet, FCC vice-chairman and Asia news editor at the Financial Times.{{cite news |last1=Quackenbush |first1=Casey |title=A Financial Times Journalist Was Barred From Entering Hong Kong |url=https://time.com/5450061/hong-kong-financial-times-journalist-barred/ |access-date=6 October 2019 |website=cnbc.com |publisher=CNBC |date=9 November 2018}} The government expresses regrets that the FCC hosted the event.{{cite news |title=HK govt regrets FCC hosting of separatist activist| url=https://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/26/137/96/1534258974703.html |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=China Daily |date=14 August 2018}} This triggers the Victor Mallet visa controversy.
• 16 August – The Central Government announces residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan who work and live in mainland China can apply for identity cards beginning 1 September, which will enable them to access public services similar to mainland residents.{{cite news |last1=Su |first1=Xinqi |title=New ID card will give Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan residents same access to public services as mainland Chinese counterparts |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2159989/new-id-card-will-give-hong-kong-macau-and-taiwan-residents |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=16 August 2018}}
• 17 August – The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, which is in charge of managing the West Kowloon Cultural District, terminates the contract for the M+ museum with Hsin Chong Construction because of the latter's insolvency.{{cite news |last1=Leung |first1=Kanis |title=West Kowloon Cultural District Authority fires main contractor on Hong Kong's M+ Museum over financial settlement controversy |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2160257/west-kowloon-cultural-district-authority-fires-main |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=17 August 2018}}
• 23 August – The High Court rules airport security rules were breached when in 2016, airline staff carried luggage which Chung-yan Leung, daughter of then-Chief Executive Chun-ying Leung, has left behind at the check-in counter through security screening directly to her at the boarding gate. Chun-ying Leung has personally spoken to airline staff over the phone before the incident.{{cite news |last1=Siu |first1=Jasmine |last2=Lum |first2=Alvin |title=Airport chiefs broke safety rules for former Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying's daughter, court finds |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2161041/airport-chiefs-broke-safety-rules-former-hong |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=23 August 2018}}
• 24 August – Artistic gymnast Wai Hung Shek defends his title at the 2018 Asian Games, claiming the second gold medal for Hong Kong.
• 28 August – Kie-chung Cheung, an associate professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Hong Kong and a member of the governing council of the university, is arrested for murdering his wife at Wei Lun Hall, a residential building of which he is a warden.{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Eric |last2=Griffiths |first2=James |title=Hong Kong professor accused of killing wife and stuffing body in suitcase |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/29/asia/hong-kong-professor-murder-intl/index.html |access-date=6 October 2019 |publisher=CNN |date=29 August 2018}}
• 31 August – The Independent Commission Against Corruption charges Wilson Wing-yip Fung, then-Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Labour, with accepting an advantage as a public servant and misconduct in public office, and Ung-iok Chan, sister-in-law of Stanley Ho, with offering an advantage to a public servant.{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=Hong Kong's anti-graft agency charges former official and tycoon over alleged HK$510k bribe |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/08/31/hong-kongs-anti-graft-agency-charges-former-official-tycoon-alleged-hk510k-bribe/ |access-date=6 October 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=31 August 2018}}

• 5 September – 13 protesters who have been jailed for their role in a 2014 protest at the Legislative Council against the government-proposed northeast New Territories development plan, win an appeal against their sentences at the Court of Final Appeal, and are immediately released.{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Hong Kong Law & Crime Politics & Protest Hong Kong northeast New Territories land activists win final appeal, freed immediately |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/07/hong-kong-northeast-new-territories-land-activists-win-final-appeal-freed-immediately/ |access-date=26 October 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=7 September 2019}}
• 14 September – Frankly Chu, a retired superintendent found guilty of assaulting a pedestrian with a baton in Mong Kok during the 2014 Hong Kong protests, loses an appeal and jailed immediately to serve his remaining prison term.{{cite news |title=Baton attack cop Frankly Chu loses court appeal |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1417796-20180914.htm |access-date=26 October 2019 |work=RTHK |date=14 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026133024/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1417796-20180914.htm |archive-date=26 October 2019}}
• 16 September – The Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) issues Tropical Cyclone Signal Number 10, the highest level in the warning system, as Typhoon Mangkhut hits Hong Kong. This is the second year in a row that the top typhoon warning is issued; last year's Typhoon Hato was also classified as a Number 10 typhoon.{{cite news |last1=Berlinger |first1=Joshua |title=Hong Kong hit by typhoon as 40 reported dead in Philippines |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/15/asia/typhoon-mangkhut-hong-kong-intl/index.html |access-date=26 October 2019 |publisher=CNN |date=16 September 2018}}
• 17 September – The HKO lowers the typhoon warning to Number 3, as Typhoon Mangkhut leaves Hong Kong. Most bus routes are suspended due to fallen trees, and water and electricity at some neighbourhoods, including Heng Fa Chuen, Cheung Chau and Yuen Long are suspended. There is severe flooding around residential blocks at Heng Fa Chuen and inside Paradise Mall, the shopping centre of the housing estate.{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Tony |last2=Su |first2=Xinqi |title=Typhoon Mangkhut officially Hong Kong's most intense storm since records began |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2164523/its-official-typhoon-mangkhut-was-most-intense |access-date=26 October 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=17 September 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Heng Fa Chuen seaside housing estate cleans up after Typhoon Mangkhut brings floods and destruction |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/09/17/heng-fa-chuen-seaside-housing-estate-cleans-typhoon-mangkhut-brings-floods-destruction/ |access-date=26 October 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=17 September 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Jane |last2=Hui |first2=Sophie |title=Monstrous Mangkhut: Super typhoon leaves more than 200 injured and paralyzes transport as it pummels Hong Kong with record-breaking winds |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=200244&sid=11 |access-date=26 October 2019 |work=The Standard |date=17 September 2018}}{{cite news |title=Delays, disruptions for commuters after Mangkhut |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1418389-20180917.htm |access-date=26 October 2019 |work=RTHK |date=17 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026152521/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1418389-20180917.htm|archive-date=26 October 2019 }}{{cite press release |date=17 September 2018 |title=Traffic situation after Typhoon Mangkhut |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201809/17/P2018091700379.htm |website=info.gov.hk |publisher=Government of Hong Kong |access-date=26 October 2019}}
• 19 September – Malaysian native Kim-sun Khaw, an associate professor in anaesthesiology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and an anaesthetist at the Prince of Wales Hospital, is found guilty of murdering his wife and daughter in 2015, by filling up a leaky yoga ball with carbon monoxide and putting it in his car. He is sentenced to life imprisonment.{{cite news |title=Malaysian doctor gets life term for 'yoga ball' murders of wife and daughter in Hong Kong |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/malaysian-professor-gets-life-term-for-yoga-ball-murders-in-hong-kong |access-date=1 November 2019 |work=The Straits Times |date=19 September 2018}}
• 23 September – The Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link starts operation.{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Eric |title=Launch of HK-China high-speed rail link goes smoothly, but fears remain |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/23/asia/hong-kong-high-speed-rail-china-intl/index.html |access-date=1 November 2019 |publisher=CNN |date=23 September 2018}}
• 24 September – The government bans the Hong Kong National Party.{{cite magazine |last1=Quackenbash |first1=Casey |title=Hong Kong Has Outlawed a Pro-Independence Political Party in Unprecedented Move |url=https://time.com/5393577/hong-kong-bans-independence-party/ |access-date=1 November 2019 |magazine=Time |date=24 September 2018}}
• 28 September – Researchers from the University of Hong Kong discovers the first human case of rat hepatitis E in a 56-year-old man from Hong Kong.{{cite news |title=First human case of rat hepatitis found in Hong Kong |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45677526 |access-date=1 November 2019 |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |date=28 September 2018}}

• 5 October – Victor Mallet, vice-chairman of the Foreign Correspondents' Club and Asia news editor at the Financial Times, is denied renewal of his work visa, after he chaired an event in August where Hong Kong independence activist and Hong Kong National Party convenor Ho-tin Chan gave a speech.{{cite news |title=Hong Kong rejects visa for FT editor Victor Mallet |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45769811 |access-date=14 December 2019 |publisher=BBC |date=6 October 2018}}
• 10 October – Chief executive Carrie Lam delivers her second Policy address. Policies announced include the Lantau Tomorrow Vision, in which a 1700-hectare artificial island is planned, and a total ban on electronic cigarettes.{{cite news |title=Chief Executive Carrie Lam's policy address 2018: Hong Kong leader lays out plans for housing, health care and more |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2167768/chief-executive-carrie-lams-policy-address-2018-hong-kong |access-date=14 December 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=10 October 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Policy Address 2018: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam pledges more housing, including artificial island off Lantau |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/10/10/policy-address-2018-hong-kong-leader-carrie-lam-pledges-housing-including-artificial-island-off-lantau/ |access-date=14 December 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=10 October 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Coonan |first1=Clifford |title=Hong Kong makes surprise move to stamp out e-cigarettes |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/asia-pacific/hong-kong-makes-surprise-move-to-stamp-out-e-cigarettes-1.3659002 |access-date=14 December 2019 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=10 October 2018}}
• 12 October – Siu-lai Lau is barred from running in November 2018 Kowloon West by-election for her advocacy of self-determination for Hong Kong. She was running to win back her seat in the by-election, after being disqualified from the Legislative Council over her way of taking the oath of office.{{cite news |title=Activists criticize Hong Kong's ban of legislative candidate |url=https://apnews.com/c0631e43b29b4a208781139093da1927 |access-date=14 December 2019 |work=Associated Press News |date=13 October 2018}}
• 16 October – A signalling error causes severe service delay on 4 major MTR lines.{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=In Pictures: Unprecedented delays on Hong Kong's MTR with three major lines hit simultaneously by signalling issues |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/10/16/unprecedented-delays-hong-kongs-mtr-three-major-lines-hit-simultaneously-signalling-issues/ |access-date=14 December 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=16 October 2018}}
• 18 October – The Immigration Department announces a 4-year replacement procedure for new Hong Kong identity card.{{cite news |title=HK$5,000 fine for late identity card replacement |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1423646-20181018.htm |access-date=20 December 2019 |work=RTHK |date=18 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220143932/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1423646-20181018.htm |archive-date=20 December 2019}}
• 22 October – A land developer applies to the judiciary for a redevelopment of the State Theatre, a Grade I historic building, and claims will conserve part of the building.{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=Developer seeks to take control of historic State Theatre building for redevelopment |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/10/22/developer-seeks-take-control-historic-state-theatre-building-redevelopment/ |access-date=20 December 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=22 October 2018}}
• 24 October
• The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge opens.{{cite news |title=Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge: World's longest sea crossing opens to quiet start |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-45961705 |access-date=20 December 2019 |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |date=24 October 2018}}
• Cathay Pacific and its subsidiary Cathay Dragon admits to data leakage of about 9.4 million passengers.{{cite news |last1=Cook |first1=James |title=Cathay Pacific says data of 9.4 million passengers stolen in hack |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/10/24/cathay-pacific-says-data-94-million-passengers-stolen-hack/ |access-date=20 December 2019 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=24 October 2018}}
• 25 October – Paternity leave increases from 3 to 5 days.{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=Statutory paternity leave in Hong Kong to rise from three to five days |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/10/25/statutory-paternity-leave-hong-kong-rise-three-five-days/ |access-date=20 December 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=25 October 2018}}
• 30 October – The Hang Seng Management College is officially granted university status, becoming the second private university in Hong Kong.{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Kang-chung |title=Liberal arts college in Hong Kong upgraded to private university amid city's push to be global financial hub |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/2170921/liberal-arts-college-hong-kong-upgraded-private-university |access-date=20 December 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=30 October 2018}}

• 1 November – The government announces the non-means-tested Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme, effective 1 January 2019.{{cite news |title=Public transport fare subsidy to start in January |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20181102-public-transport-fare-subsidy-to-start-in-january/ |access-date=28 December 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=2 November 2018}}
• 8 November
• Exiled Chinese writer and dissident Jian Ma announces on Twitter his speaking events were cancelled by Tai Kwun Center for Heritage and Arts, where the talks would take place. Tai Kwun cites not wanting the arts centre 'to become a platform to promote the political interests of any individual' as the reason.{{cite news |last1=Flood |first1=Alison |title=Hong Kong arts centre cancels Chinese dissident author event |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/08/hong-kong-arts-centre-cancels-chinese-dissident-author-event |access-date=28 December 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=8 November 2018}}
• Victor Mallet, former vice-chairman of the Foreign Correspondents' Club and Asia news editor at the Financial Times, is denied entry into Hong Kong as a visitor, weeks after he was refused a work visa renewal.{{cite news |last1=Master |first1=Farah |last2=Pomfret |first2=James |title=Hong Kong bars British journalist from entering |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-politics-visa/hong-kong-bars-british-journalist-from-entering-idUSKCN1NE09G |access-date=28 December 2019 |date=9 November 2018 |ref=Reuters}}
• 11 November – Mainland border security is found, since 2012, occupying a piece of private land at Sha Tau Kok within the Frontier Closed Area and using it for farming, without the permission of the landowner or the Hong Kong government.{{cite news |title=Hong Kong gov't to investigate reports of Chinese border guards occupying land in border zone |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/11/12/chinese-border-guards-occupying-hong-kong-land-sha-tau-kok-border-area/ |access-date=28 December 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |agency=FactWire |date=12 November 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Sum |first1=Lok-kei |title=Chinese border defence corps turns private Hong Kong land into 21,000 sq ft garden without owners' knowledge |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2172685/occupy-hong-kong-chinese-border-force-turns-private-land |access-date=28 December 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=12 November 2018}} The government later says it will 'actively follow up' on the report.{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Hong Kong gov't to investigate reports of Chinese border guards occupying land in border zone |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/11/13/hong-kong-govt-investigate-reports-chinese-border-guards-occupying-land-border-zone/ |access-date=28 December 2019 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=13 November 2018}}
• 25 November – The November 2018 Kowloon West by-election takes place for the Kowloon West geographical constituency. The vacancy results from the disqualification of legislative councillors over the 2016 oath-taking controversy. Hoi-yan Chan from the pro-government camp wins. The opposition pan-democrats fails to regain a majority in the geographical constituencies and, hence, veto power.{{cite news |title=Hong Kong democrats fail to regain veto power in crucial by-election |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/26/hong-kong-democrats-fail-to-regain-veto-power-in-crucial-by-election.html |access-date=30 December 2019 |website=cnbc.com |publisher=CNBC |date=26 November 2018}}
• 29 November – Data leakage at credit reporting agency TransUnion is reported. Credit reports of high-profile figures were obtained easily due to inadequate online authentication. TransUnion has since suspended its online service.{{cite news |last1=Tsang |first1=Denise |title=Credit reporting agency TransUnion forced to suspend online services over personal data security flaw as Hong Kong leader urges fix |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2175654/credit-agency-transunion-suspends-online-services |access-date=30 December 2019 |publisher=South China Morning Post |date=29 November 2018}}
• 30 November
• 5 people are dead and more than 30 people are injured as a coach carrying employees working at the Hong Kong International Airport crashes into a taxi at Tsing Yi.{{cite news |title=Five dead, more than 30 injured after coach rams into taxi |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20181130-five-dead-more-than-30-injured-after-coach-rams-into-taxi/ |access-date=30 December 2019 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=30 November 2018}}
• The Dutiable Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 takes effect, banning the sale of alcohol in vending machines and to people under 18 years old.{{cite news |title=Liquor sale law to take effect |url=https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2018/11/20181114/20181114_143105_571.html |access-date=30 December 2019 |website=news.gov.hk |publisher=Information Services Department, Government of Hong Kong |date=14 November 2018}}
• Rex Tso announces his return to amateur career and his goal to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |last1=Alladin |first1=Unus |title=My goal is to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, says Hong Kong boxing star Rex Tso after less than impressive comeback |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2175893/my-goal-compete-tokyo-olympics-says-hong-kong-boxing-star-rex-tso |access-date=30 December 2019 |work=South China Morning Post |date=30 November 2018}}

• 2 December – Lawmaker Eddie Chu is barred from standing in the a rural representative election on the grounds of his implicit support of self-determination for Hong Kong.{{cite news |last1=Lum |first1=Alvin |last2=Sum |first2=Lok-kei |last3=Zhao |first3=Shirley |title=Hong Kong lawmaker Eddie Chu disqualified from running in village election after being questioned twice on independence |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2176031/hong-kong-lawmaker-eddie-chu-disqualified-running-rural |access-date=1 January 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=2 December 2018}}
• 4 December – Patrick Ho, former Secretary for Home Affairs, is found guilty of bribing officials from Chad and Uganda.{{cite news |title=Hong Kong ex-official Patrick Ho convicted in US over bribery scheme |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20181205-hong-kong-ex-official-patrick-ho-convicted-us-over-bribery-scheme |access-date=1 January 2020 |work=France 24 |date=5 December 2018}}
• 10 December – An empty school bus rolls downhill after the driver has exited the vehicle at North Point, killing 4 people and injuring 11.{{cite news |last1=May |first1=Tiffany |title=Runaway Bus With No Driver Careens Through Hong Kong Intersection |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/world/asia/hong-kong-bus-crash.html |access-date=1 January 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=10 December 2018}}
• 12 December
• HKD $1000 banknotes of the 2018 series enters circulation.{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Avery |title=New $1,000 notes enter circulation |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=203177&sid=2 |access-date=3 January 2020 |work=The Standard |date=12 December 2018}}
• The Department of Justice decides not to charge former-Chief Executive Chun-ying Leung for corruption due to insufficient evidence, while the Independent Commission Against Corruption also announces no further investigative action will be taken. Chun-ying Leung signed an agreement with Australian engineering firm UGL as part of a takeover deal with DTZ, of which he is a director, to prevent him joining any rival firm within 2 years. He received part of the HKD $50 million payment after he became chief executive in 2012.{{cite news |last1=Creery |first1=Jennifer |title=Insufficient evidence to convict ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung of $50million deal, says Dept. of Justice |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/12/12/breaking-insufficient-evidence-convict-ex-hong-kong-leader-cy-leung-50million-deal-says-dept-justice/ |access-date=1 January 2020 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=12 December 2018}}{{cite press release |date=12 December 2018 |title=ICAC Statement |url=https://www.icac.org.hk/en/press/index_id_661.html |website=icac.org.hk |publisher=Independent Commission Against Corruption |access-date=1 January 2020}}

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• 13 December – The Court of First Instance rules juxtaposed border checkpoint at the Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station is constitutional, and mainland border security officers can continue operating at the station.{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Hong Kong court rejects legal challenge against joint checkpoint plan of high-speed rail terminus |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/12/13/breaking-hong-kong-court-rejects-legal-challenge-joint-checkpoint-plan-high-speed-rail-terminus/ |access-date=3 January 2020 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=13 December 2018}}
• 18 December – Hong Kong Children's Hospital goes into operation.{{cite news |last1=Lou |first1=Ivanka |last2=Cheung |first2=Elizabeth |title=HK$13 billion Hong Kong Children's Hospital starts operating limited service with inpatient wards to start opening in 2019 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/2178561/hk13-billion-hong-kong-childrens-hospital-starts |access-date=3 January 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=18 December 2018}}
• 21 December
• Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng is not charged for unauthorised structures at her home, while her husband Otto Lok-to Poon is charged for the same offence at his home.{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=Otto Poon – husband of Hong Kong Justice Sec. – prosecuted for illegal structure at home |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/12/21/otto-poon-husband-hong-kong-justice-sec-prosecuted-illegal-structure-home/ |access-date=3 January 2020 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=21 December 2018}}
• The government announces the ratio of public to private housing supply each year will change from 6:4 to 7:3.{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Naomi |last2=Zha |first2=Shirley |title=Hong Kong to increase proportion of new public housing to 70 per cent of supply target over next 10 years, minister Frank Chan announces |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2179082/hong-kong-increase-proportion-new-public-housing-70 |access-date=3 January 2020 |work=South China Morning Post}}
• 28 December – The construction and operation contracts for Kai Tak Sports Park is awarded to a consortium led by New World Development.{{cite news |title=Kai Tak sports centre contract awarded |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1435466-20181228.htm |access-date=3 January 2020 |work=RTHK |date=28 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103155611/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1435466-20181228.htm |archive-date=3 January 2020}}
• 31 December – The report drafted by the Task Force on Land Supply is released, where they suggests 8 options to increase land supply.{{cite press release |date=31 December 2018 |title=Task Force on Land Supply submits report to Government |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201812/31/P2018123100642.htm |website=info.gov.hk |publisher=Government of Hong Kong |access-date=4 January 2020}}{{cite report |author=Task Force on Land Supply |date=December 2018 |title=Striving for Multi-pronged Land Supply |url=https://www.landforhongkong.hk/pdf/Report%20(Eng).pdf |work=landforhongkong.hk |publisher=Government of Hong Kong |access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103160300/https://www.landforhongkong.hk/pdf/Report%20%28Eng%29.pdf |archive-date=3 January 2020}}

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• 26 January
• Yim-ping Chau So, politician (b. 1927){{cite web |title=In Memoriam: Mrs. So Chau Yim Ping |url=https://foundation.hkbu.edu.hk/en/node/8167 |publisher=Hong Kong Baptist University Foundation |access-date=31 July 2019 |date=26 January 2018}}
• Michael Wright, architect (b. 1912){{cite news |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/01/30/ex-official-michael-wright-reformed-public-housing-hong-kong-dies-105/ |title= Ex-official Michael Wright, who reformed public housing in Hong Kong, dies at 105| work=Hong Kong Free Press |access-date=2 February 2018}}
• 6 February – Tsung-I Jao, sinologist, historian, calligrapher and painter (b. 1917).{{cite news |last1=Chou | first1=Oliver | last2=Kao |first2=Ernest |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2132180/distinguished-scholar-jao-tsung-i-pride-hong-kong-dies-age |title=Distinguished scholar Jao Tsung-i, the 'pride of Hong Kong', dies at age 100 |date=6 February 2018 |work=South China Morning Post |access-date=4 January 2020}}
• 22 February – Ching Li, actress (b. 1948){{cite news |last1=Yu |first1=Yui-ching |title=一代亞洲影后李菁 家中暴斃數天無人知 享年69歲 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/162202/%E5%86%8D%E8%A6%8B%E6%9D%8E%E8%8F%81-%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3%E4%BA%9E%E6%B4%B2%E5%BD%B1%E5%90%8E%E6%9D%8E%E8%8F%81-%E5%AE%B6%E4%B8%AD%E6%9A%B4%E6%96%83%E6%95%B8%E5%A4%A9%E7%84%A1%E4%BA%BA%E7%9F%A5-%E4%BA%AB%E5%B9%B469%E6%AD%B2 |access-date=31 July 2019 |website=hk01.com |publisher=HK01 |date=22 February 2018 |language=zh}} (death announced on this day)
• 10 March – Hsiang Chien Tang, textile industrialist and father of Henry Tang (b. 1923){{cite news |title=Tang Hsiang-chien, HK's 'Textile King', dies at 95 |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20180312-tang-hsiang-chien-hk-s-textile-king-dies-at-95/ |access-date=3 January 2020 |work=Hong Kong Economic Journal |date=12 March 2018}}
• 27 March – Sui-kau Chan, industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1926).{{cite web |title=In Memoriam: Dr. the Hon. Chan Sui Kau |url=https://foundation.hkbu.edu.hk/en/node/8377 |publisher=Hong Kong Baptist University Foundation |access-date=4 January 2020| date=27 March 2018}}
• 3 April – Kelly Lai Chen |access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104133215/https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/HKFA/documents/2005525/11224027/Kelly%2bLai%2bChen_e.pdf |archive-date=4 January 2020 }}]]
• 31 May – Eunice Lam, writer, columnist and socialite (b. 1943).{{cite news |url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/people-events/article/2149343/late-bruce-lees-former-sister-law-eunice-lam-dies-age |title=Late Bruce Lee's former sister-in-law Eunice Lam dies at age 75 |first=Vivian| last=Chen |work=South China Morning Post |date=5 June 2018 |access-date=14 June 2018 }} (death announced on this day)
• 8 June – Yichang Liu, writer, newspaper editor and publisher, considered the founder of modern literature in Hong Kong (b. 1918).{{cite news| url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2150017/liu-yichang-hong-kong-author-whose-works-inspired-wong-kar| title=Liu Yichang, author whose works inspired Wong Kar-wai films, dies at 99| last=Su| first=Xinqi| date=9 June 2018| work=South China Morning Post| access-date=11 June 2018}}
• 10 July – Ka Ping Tin, entrepreneur and philanthropist (b. 1919).{{cite web |title=HSMC Mourns the Passing of Dr Tin Ka Ping |url=https://www.hsu.edu.hk/en/hsmc-mourns-the-passing-of-dr-tin-ka-ping/ |publisher=Hang Seng Management College |access-date=4 January 2020 |date=10 July 2018}}
• 29 July – Yei-ching Chow, entrepreneur (b. 1935){{cite web |title=Message of Condolence for the Departure of Dr. Chow Yei-ching |url=https://www.hk.emb-japan.go.jp/itprtop_en/00_lament_drchowyeiching.html |publisher=Consulate General of Japan in Hong Kong |access-date=4 January 2020 |date=31 July 2018}}{{cite news |title=其士創辦人周亦卿病逝 享年 82 歲 |url=https://www.thestandnews.com/society/%E5%85%B6%E5%A3%AB%E5%89%B5%E8%BE%A6%E4%BA%BA%E5%91%A8%E4%BA%A6%E5%8D%BF%E7%97%85%E9%80%9D-%E7%B5%82%E5%B9%B482%E6%AD%B2/ |access-date=4 January 2020 |publisher=Stand News |date=30 July 2018 |language=zh}}
• 5 August – Ellen Joyce Loo, singer-songwriter (b. 1986).{{cite news |last1=Millington |first1=Alison |title=A 32-year-old Hong Kong pop star has died after falling from a building |url=https://www.insider.com/hong-kong-pop-star-ellen-joyce-loo-dies-after-falling-from-building-2018-8 |access-date=4 January 2020 |website=Insider.com |date=5 August 2018}}
• 13 August – Gerald Nazareth, retired judge (b. 1932).{{cite magazine |date=September 2018 |title=Gerald Paul (Gerry) Nazareth, CBE |url=http://calc.ngo/sites/default/files/newsletter/2018%209%20CALC%20Newsletter%20-%20%20September%202018%20-%2013%20September%202018.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104150348/http://calc.ngo/sites/default/files/newsletter/2018%209%20CALC%20Newsletter%20-%20%20September%202018%20-%2013%20September%202018.pdf |archive-date=4 January 2020 |magazine=Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel Newsletter |location=Wellington, New Zealand |publisher=Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel |access-date=4 January 2020}}
• 30 August – Ray, professional wrestler (birth year unknown).{{cite news |title=闘病中の覆面女子レスラーＲａｙさん死去 |url=https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/iceribbon/1112740/ |access-date=4 January 2020 |website=Tokyo Sports |date=31 August 2018 |language=ja}}
• 11 September – Fou-li Tchan, photographer (b. 1916).{{cite web |title=追光逐影74載，一代攝影宗師陳復禮仙逝，享年103歲 |url=http://www.hkctp.com.hk/news/id/2650 |work=Hong Kong China Tourism Press |access-date=4 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104152730/http://www.hkctp.com.hk/news/id/2650 |archive-date=4 January 2020 |language=zh |date=13 September 2018}}
• 20 September – Ching-yuen Huang, children's literature writer (b. 1920).{{cite news |last1=Ng |first1=Kang-chung |title=Hong Kong pioneer of Chinese children's literature Huang Ching-yuen dies at 98 |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2165123/pioneer-chinese-childrens-literature-huang-ching-yuen-dies-98 |access-date=4 January 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=21 September 2018}}
• 23 September – Charles Kao, electrical engineer, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate and former president and vice-chancellor of Chinese University of Hong Kong (b. 1933).{{cite magazine |date=24 September 2018 |title=Uniting the world through telecommunications – Sir Charles Kao |url=https://london.ac.uk/news-opinion/london-connection/feature/sir-charles-kao |magazine=London Connection |publisher=University of London |access-date=4 January 2020}}
• 20 October
• Walter Kwok, real estate developer, former chairman and CEO of Sun Hung Kai Properties (b. 1950).{{cite news |last1=Olsen |first1=Robert |title=Hong Kong Billionaire Walter Kwok Dies At Age 68 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertolsen/2018/10/21/hong-kong-billionaire-walter-kwok-dies-at-age-68/#655a8812495e |access-date=4 January 2020 |work=Forbes |date=21 October 2018}}
• Wah Ngok, actor (b. 1942).{{cite news |title=Veteran HK actor Ngok dies in Canada |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/23/veteran-hk-actor-ngok-dies-in-canada/ |access-date=4 January 2020 |work=The Star |date=23 October 2018}}
• 30 October – Yong Jin, novelist, newspaper editor (b. 1924).{{cite news |title=Jin Yong: The 'Tolkien of Chinese literature' dies at 94 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46040266 |access-date=4 January 2020 |website=bbc.com |publisher=BBC |date=31 October 2018}}
• 2 November – Raymond Chow, film producer (b. 1927).{{cite news |title=Raymond Chow, Hong Kong Film Producer Behind Bruce Lee, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/raymond-chow-dead-hong-kong-film-producer-behind-bruce-lee-dies-at-91-1157588 |access-date=4 January 2020 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2 November 2018}}
• 3 November – Yammie Lam, actress (b. 1963).{{cite news |last1=Leung |first1=Rachel |title=Former TVB actress Yammie Lam, 55, found dead in Hong Kong flat |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/2171526/former-tvb-actress-yammie-lam-55-found-dead-hong-kong |access-date=4 January 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=3 November 2018}} (death announced on this day)
• 14 November – Sze-yuen Chung, retired politician (b. 1917).{{cite web |title=HKUST Mourns Passing of its Key Founder Dr. CHUNG Sze-Yuen |url=https://www.ust.hk/news/announcements/hkust-mourns-passing-its-key-founder-dr-chung-sze-yuen |website=ust.hk |publisher=Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |access-date=4 January 2020 |date=14 November 2018}}
• 21 November – Nai-keung Lau, politician (b. 1947).{{cite news |last1=Cheung |first1=Gary |last2=Cheung |first2=Tony |title=Veteran Hong Kong politician Lau Nai-keung dies, aged 71, after decade-long battle with cancer |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2174406/veteran-hong-kong-politician-lau-nai-keung-dies-aged-71 |access-date=4 January 2020 |work=South China Morning Post |date=21 November 2018}}
• 3 December – Florence Hui, politician (b. 1974).{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Former Hong Kong home affairs official Florence Hui dies aged 44 |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/12/03/former-hong-kong-home-affairs-official-florence-hui-dies-aged-44/ |access-date=4 January 2020 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=3 December 2018}}

• List of Hong Kong films of 2018

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