2024 in Hong Kong

Events in the year 2024 in Hong Kong.

Executive branch

 * Chief Executive: John Lee
 * Chief Secretary for Administration: Eric Chan
 * Financial Secretary: Paul Mo-po Chan
 * Secretary for Justice: Paul Lam

Legislative branch

 * President of the Legislative Council: Andrew Leung

Judicial branch

 * Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal: Andrew Cheung

January

 * 1 January: Members of seventh District Councils assume office.
 * 29 January: The High Court of Hong Kong orders Evergrande Group into liquidation after the real estate developer fails to restructure a debt amount in excess of US$300 billion.

February

 * 4 February: Hong Kong XI lose 4-1 to Inter Miami at Hong Kong Stadium.

March

 * 16 March: A court sentences 12 people to prison terms ranging from four to seven years in prison for storming LegCo in July 2019. The defendants included actor Gregory Wong and activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow.
 * 19 March: The Hong Kong Legislative Council passes the Safeguarding National Security Bill, obligated by Article 23 of HKSAR Basic Law.
 * 26 March: The Executive Council of Hong Kong approves the construction of the Hung Shui Kiu MTR station, which is expected to be completed by 2030.

April

 * 10 April: A fire at the New Lucky House in Jordan, Kowloon, kills five people and injures 35 others.
 * 22 April : Hong Kong bans restaurants from providing single-use plastic tableware.

May

 * 8 May: The Court of Appeal rules in favor of the Department of Justice, banning the protest song Glory to Hong Kong on national security grounds.
 * 30 May: The High Court of Hong Kong convicts 14 pro-democracy activists in the biggest trial in Hong Kong involving the 2020 Hong Kong national security law.

June

 * 6 June: British judges Jonathan Sumption and Lawrence Collins resign from the Court of Final Appeal, with Collins attributing his departure to the “political situation in Hong Kong”.
 * 18 June: Chief Executive John Lee announces that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange would end its practice of shutting trading during typhoons and other extreme weather.

Scheduled events

 * 10 to 15 September – The Hong Kong Open Badminton competition will be held.

Holidays
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 * 1 January, Monday – New Year's Day
 * 10 February, Saturday – Lunar New Year's Day
 * 12 February, Monday – The third day of Lunar New Year
 * 13 February, Tuesday – The fourth day of Lunar New Year
 * 29 March, Friday – Good Friday
 * 30 March, Saturday – The day following Good Friday
 * 1 April, Monday – Easter Monday
 * 4 April, Thursday – Ching Ming Festival
 * 1 May, Wednesday – Labour Day
 * 15 May, Wednesday – Buddha's Birthday
 * 10 June, Monday – Tuen of The Festival
 * 1 July, Monday – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day
 * 18 September, Wednesday – The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
 * 1 October, Tuesday – National Day
 * 11 October, Friday – Chung Yeung Festival
 * 25 December, Wednesday – Christmas Day
 * 26 December, Thursday – The first weekday after Christmas Day

Arts and entertainment

 * List of Hong Kong films of 2024
 * List of 2024 box office number-one films in Hong Kong
 * List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

 * 2 February – Gregory Charles Rivers, Australian-born actor (b. 1965)