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2014 in Hong Kong

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2014 in Hong Kong

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The following lists events from 2014 in Hong Kong.

Contents

February

  • February 14 - The 2014 Hong Kong Marathon took place. Feyera Gemeda and Rehima Kedir won the men's and women's races in 2:15:05 and 2:34:53 hours, respectively.

    • March

  • March - Hongkonger and Hong Kongese were officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
  • March 28-30 - 2014 Hong Kong Sevens, a rugby tournament, took place. There were four knockout stages in the tournament and each team that won its knockout stage was declared a champion.

    • April

  • April 13 - 33rd Hong Kong Film Awards took place.

    • July

  • July 1 - An annual Hong Kong March took place. The march featured protest that demanded rights of citizens: democracy, universal suffrage, freedom of speech, etc. Organizers of the march said over 500,000 protesters participated.
  • July - Occupy Central with Love and Peace is a proposed nonviolent occupation protest for universal suffrage. Its date is unknown, but it is scheduled for July.

    • September

  • September 22-26 - Student groups initiated large-scale class boycott campaigns.
  • September 27 - Occupy Central with Love and Peace officially started.

    • November

  • November 11 - Following a court injunction authorising the clearance of protest sites, pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong are warned they could face arrest if they do not leave the sites.
  • November 18 - Hong Kong authorities start dismantling a protest site in Admiralty following a court order.
  • November 25 - Hong Kong authorities start clearing away barricades in the district of Mong Kok.
  • November 26 - More than 80 people are arrested as police dismantle a protest camp in the Mong Kok commercial district. Student leaders Joshua Wong and Lester Shum are amongst those arrested.
  • November 27 - The Hong Kong Police Force arrests eleven more people in a second night of violence after removal of a camp in Mong Kok and seven police officers are arrested for alleged assault of a protester on October 15.
  • November 29 - Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators clash with police in the Mong Kok district as they try to reclaim their former protest site.

    • December

  • December 1 - Pro-democracy demonstrators and the Hong Kong Police Force clash outside the headquarters of the Government of Hong Kong. Dozens of people are arrested.
  • December 2 - C. Y. Leung, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, warns pro-democracy activists not to return to the streets after yesterday's clashes.

    • References

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