CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN 1989
26.7.89
5.8.89
17.9.89
21.9.89
27.9.89
11.10.89
15.10.89
31.10.89
7.11.89
8.11.89
29.11.89
1.12.89
5.12.89
11.12.89
12.12.89
21.12.89
29.12.89
A prime site at Garden Road is sold for $2.7 billion, boosting confidence in the future of the property market.
The Mass Transit Railway opens its new Eastern Harbour Crossing line between Quarry Bay and Kowloon.
The new Minister of State with special responsibility for Hong Kong, Francis Maude, arrives for a three-day visit.
The new Eastern Harbour Crossing opens to road traffic, four months ahead of schedule. Construction costs of the road and rail tunnel total about $3.4 billion.
The 13th Joint Liaison Group meeting begins in London.
The Governor delivers his annual policy speech in which he announces a massive port and airport development project, costing $127 billion.
The Governor arrives in the United States for an eight-day visit, during which he meets members of the new administration.
Consultation on the second draft of the Basic Law ends.
The Prince and Princess of Wales arrive for a four-day visit, in which their programme includes the official opening of the new Cultural Centre and the Exhibition and Convention Centre.
The foundation stone for the new University of Science and Technology is laid by the Prince of Wales.
China Motor Bus drivers stage a four-hour strike over disagreement about the newly-proposed pension scheme.
Li Kwan-ha becomes the first local officer appointed as Commissioner of Police.
The 14th round of Joint Liaison Group meetings begins in Hong Kong. A meeting of the Basic Law Drafting Committee opened in Guangzhou. It was announced at the end of the meeting that members had agreed the number of directly-elected members in the first SAR legislature should not exceed 30 per cent.
The first mandatory repatriation to Hanoi of 51 Vietnamese boat people screened out as economic migrants.
The British Government announces that 225 000 people or 50 000 heads of households in Hong Kong will be granted full British passports.
A third crossing point between Hong Kong and China opened for traffic at Lok Ma Chau.
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