JANUARY
12-18
12-19
20-23
24-25
30
FEBRUARY
4
4-24
15
22
26
27
28
CALENDAR OF EVENTS in 1974
Visit of Lord Fulton of Falmer and Lady Fulton
Visit of Sir John Tilney MP and Lady Tilney
Visit of the President of Nauru
Visit of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten of Burma
Official Languages Bill passed making Chinese equal with English for legal purposes
First Inspector of Prisons appointed
Second Hong Kong Arts Festival
Letter of Intent signed to negotiate Mass Transit Underground Railway with Japanese Consortium
Enactment of Independent Commission Against Corruption Ordinance setting up the Commission
Enactment of Securities Ordinance to establish a Securities Commission and Federation of Stock Exchanges, to make provisions in relation to stock exchanges and dealers in securities and to provide for the protection of investors
Enactment of Official Languages Ordinance to declare English and Chinese as the Official Languages of Hong Kong
UK accedes to the GATT arrangement regarding international trade in teştiles on Hong Kong's behalf.
Budget Speech, introducing higher taxes on tobacco, alcohol and motoring
Tsing Yi bridge opened