2025 in Hong Kong

Events in the year 2025 in Hong Kong.

Incumbents

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="4"\| Executive branch
Photo ! Name ! Position ! Term
207x207px \| John Lee \| Chief Executive \| 1 July 2022 {{endash}} present
175x175px \| Eric Chan \| Chief Secretary for Administration \| 1 July 2022 {{endash}} present
175x175px \| Paul Mo-po Chan \| Financial Secretary \| 16 January 2017 {{endash}} present
175x175px \| Paul Ting-Kok Lam \| Secretary for Justice \| 1 July 2022 {{endash}} present

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! colspan="4"| Executive branch

Photo

! Name

! Position

! Term

207x207px

| John Lee

| Chief Executive

| 1 July 2022 {{endash}} present

175x175px

| Eric Chan

| Chief Secretary for Administration

| 1 July 2022 {{endash}} present

175x175px

| Paul Mo-po Chan

| Financial Secretary

| 16 January 2017 {{endash}} present

175x175px

| Paul Ting-Kok Lam

| Secretary for Justice

| 1 July 2022 {{endash}} present

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colspan="4"\| Legislative branch
Photo ! Name ! Position ! Term
175x175px \| Andrew Leung \| rowspan="2"\| President of the Legislative Council \| 12 October 2016 {{endash}} present

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colspan="4"| Legislative branch

Photo

! Name

! Position

! Term

175x175px

| Andrew Leung

| rowspan="2"| President of the Legislative Council

| 12 October 2016 {{endash}} present

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colspan="4"\| Judicial branch
Photo ! Name ! Position ! Term
175x175px \| Andrew Cheung \| Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal \| 11 January 2021 {{endash}} present

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colspan="4"| Judicial branch

Photo

! Name

! Position

! Term

175x175px

| Andrew Cheung

| Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal

| 11 January 2021 {{endash}} present

Events

=January=

1 January – A crash involving five vehicles along the West Kowloon Highway near the Olympian City complex leaves three people dead and four others injured.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3292981/hong-kong-taxi-driver-arrested-after-3-die-horror-road-crash |title=Hong Kong taxi driver arrested after 3 die in horror road crash |date=1 January 2025 |access-date=1 January 2025 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

=February=

4 February – The United States Postal Service indefinitely suspends its acceptance of parcels from China and Hong Kong.{{Cite news |date=February 5, 2025 |title=USPS has suspended parcels from Hong Kong and China. Here's what it means for Shein and Temu |url=https://apnews.com/article/usps-china-hongkong-shein-temu-b456d7b6d66780090bd5bef862dfda13 |access-date=February 5, 2025 |publisher=AP News |language=en}}
27 February – Former Legislative Council member Lam Cheuk-ting is sentenced to three years' imprisonment on charges of inciting violence during the 2019 Yuen Long attack.{{Cite news |date=February 27, 2025 |title=Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker jailed over 2019 mob attack |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250227-hong-kong-pro-democracy-lawmaker-jailed-over-2019-mob-attack |access-date=February 27, 2025 |publisher=France 24 |language=en}}

= March =

11 March – Social worker Jackie Chen is convicted of rioting during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=A social worker who tried to mediate during the 2019 protests in Hong Kong is convicted of rioting |url=https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-social-worker-convicted-riot-94525882f146c3de471da9ca5294ee18 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=AP News |language=en}}
31 March – The United States imposes sanctions on Justice Secretary Paul Lam, security office director Dong Jingwei, police commissioner Raymond Siu and two deputies, and Committee for Safeguarding National Security secretary-general Sonny Au, for their role in persecuting exiled pro-democracy activists.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-31 |title=US sanctions 6 Chinese and Hong Kong officials, drawing backlash from the city's government |url=https://apnews.com/article/us-sanctions-hong-kong-china-officials-ed07f314f1f19ee825e0b162822f04c2 |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}

= April =

10 April – British MP Wera Hobhouse, a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, is denied entry to Hong Kong for undisclosed reasons.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-13 |title=British parliamentarian refused entry to Hong Kong |url=https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-uk-parliament-denied-entry-hobhouse-99a641bb0b23dfcde3125fb64eef4405 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=AP News |language=en}}

= May =

30 May – Signing of the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed).{{Cite web |date=30 May 2025 |title=China sets up international body in Hong Kong to rival World Court |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/30/china-sets-up-international-body-in-hong-kong-to-rival-world-court |access-date=30 May 2025 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}

= June =

12 June – The homes of six people are raided in the first publicly known joint operation by Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities under the 2020 Hong Kong national security law.{{Cite web |date=13 June 2025 |title=China and Hong Kong national security authorities launch 1st publicly known joint operation |url=https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-national-security-joint-operation-ca9eb10ff1865acbc0c1ba2870583708 |access-date=13 June 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}
29 June – The pro-democracy League of Social Democrats announces its dissolution.{{Cite web |date=29 June 2025 |title=The last Hong Kong pro-democracy party that held street protests disbands |url=https://apnews.com/article/league-social-democrats-disbands-prodemocracy-party-hong-7618d8dba691a2342625fed25572fc57 |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}

=September=

9–14 September – The Hong Kong Open Badminton competition will be held.{{Cite web|url=https://bwfworldtour.bwfbadminton.com/tournament/5203/hong-kong-open-2025/overview |title= Hong Kong Open 2025 |date=22 October 2024|access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Badminton World Federation |language=en}}

Holidays

{{small|Source}}:{{Cite web|url=https://publicholidays.hk/2025-dates/|title=Hong Kong Public Holidays 2025|access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Public Holidays Global}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/holiday/2025.htm|title=General holidays for 2025|access-date=22 October 2024 |website=Govt HK|language=en}}

1 January, Wednesday – New Year's Day
29 January, Wednesday – Lunar New Year's Day
30 January, Thursday – The second day of Lunar New Year
31 January, Friday – The third day of Lunar New Year
4 April, Friday – Ching Ming Festival
18 April, Friday – Good Friday
19 April, Saturday – The day following Good Friday
21 April, Monday – Easter Monday
1 May, Thursday – Labour Day
5 May, Monday – Buddha's Birthday
31 May, Saturday – Tuen of The Festival
1 July, Tuesday – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
1 October, Wednesday – National Day
7 October, Tuesday – The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
29 October, Wednesday – Chung Yeung Festival
25 December, Thursday – Christmas Day
26 December, Friday – The first weekday after Christmas Day

Arts and entertainment

Deaths

10 January: Shiu Ka-chun, 55, democracy activist, MLC (2016–2020).{{cite web|url=https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hongkong-shiu-ka-chun-death-01092025133836.html|title=港前立法會議員邵家臻因胃癌病逝終年55歲|work=Radio Free Asia|date=9 January 2025 |language=zh|access-date=9 January 2025|archive-date=9 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250109210301/https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hongkong-shiu-ka-chun-death-01092025133836.html|url-status=live}}
21 February: Khalil Fong, 41, singer-songwriter.{{Cite web |last=Lim |first=Kolette |date=2025-03-01 |title=HK singer-songwriter Khalil Fong dies at 41 after battling illness for five years |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/life/hong-kong-singer-songwriter-khalil-fong-dies-at-41-after-battling-illness-for-five-years |website=The Straits Times}}
17 March: Lee Shau-kee, 97, business magnate, founder of Henderson Land Development.{{cite news|title=Henderson Land founder Lee Shau-kee dies at 97|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1796117-20250317.htm|access-date=17 March 2025|work=RTHK|date=17 March 2025}}
31 May: Veronica Chan, 102, businesswoman, founder of the Asian Ladies Football Federation.{{cite news |title=Veronica Chan, 'the mother of Asian women's football' dies, aged 102 |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312637/veronica-chan-mother-asian-womens-football-dies-aged-102 |access-date=25 June 2025 |work=South China Morning Post |date=1 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250602093113/https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3312637/veronica-chan-mother-asian-womens-football-dies-aged-102 |archive-date=2 June 2025 |language=en}}
12 June: Charles Ho, 75, businessman, chairman of Sing Tao News Corporation (2001–2021).{{Cite web|title=Businessman Charles Ho dies at 75|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1808785-20250612.htm|website=RTHK|access-date=12 June 2025|date=12 June 2025}}
27 June: Chua Lam, 83, Singaporean-born food critic.{{Cite web|title=Renowned food critic Chua Lam dies at 83 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2ezwweje43o |website=BBC|access-date=27 June 2025|date=27 June 2025}}
3 July: Suet Nei, 79, actress.{{Cite web|title=Hong Kong mourns loss of 2 stars of film and television, Chow Chung and Suet Nei|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3317048/hong-kong-mourns-loss-2-stars-film-and-television-chow-chung-and-suet-nei|website=South China Morning Post|date=5 July 2025|access-date=8 July 2025}}
4 July: Chow Chung, 92, actor.

References

External links

[http://www.cso.gov.hk/eng/home/home.htm Official website]
[https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/?year=2025&country=42 Online calendar]

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