Calendar of Events
2016
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July
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9-10
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A fire breaks out at Amoycan Industrial Centre in Ngau Tau Kok and is upgraded to a No 4 alarm after nine hours. A senior station officer, Mr Thomas Cheung Y F, 30, dies on the same night and a senior fireman, Mr Samuel Hui Chi-kit, 37, dies two days later. Ten other firefighters are injured. The blaze is largely put out after 108 hours.
Hong Kong continues to be the world's second largest recipient of foreign direct investment flows in 2015, according to the World Investment Report 2016 released by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
The Hang Seng Index ends down 2.9 per cent at 20,259 points, after falling as much as 5.8 per cent in intraday trading upon news that the UK has voted to exit the European Union.
Teams comprising the Fire Services, Buildings, Lands and Labour departments start inspecting all mini-storage facilities, first targeting those located in industrial buildings without automatic sprinkler systems.
The last batch of the government stockpile of confiscated ivory, weighing about 1.5 tonnes, is incinerated. This brings to 28 tonnes the amount of ivory destroyed since May 2014.
The 2016 Population By-census is launched. About 300,000 households, covering around 10 per cent of home addresses, may provide their answers via an e-questionnaire online, an e-questionnaire mobile app downloaded on their mobile devices or a face-to-face interview.
Ocean Park records a $241.1 million deficit for the 2015-16 fiscal year. It will raise daytime admission tickets for adults and children to $438 and $219 respectively on 1 January 2017, from $385 and $193.
The Chief Executive confers posthumous gold medals for bravery on firefighters. Mr Thomas Cheung Y F and Mr Samuel Hui Chi-kit.
Temperatures rise to 35.6 degrees, the second highest for July since 1884. The high temperatures trigger intense thunderstorms which affect Hong Kong in the late afternoon and last till the early hours of the next day, with about 10,000 bolts of cloud-to-ground lightning recorded.
The Electoral Affairs Commission introduces a confirmation form to ensure LegCo election candidates clearly understand the contents of the Basic Law and the legal requirements and responsibilities involved in signing the declaration in the nomination form, which states that the candidates will uphold the Basic Law and pledge allegiance to the HKSAR.
Six secondary students break Hong Kong's record at the 57th International Mathematical Olympiad with three golds, two silvers and a bronze. For the first time, the territory is ranked among the top 10 in the Olympiad, coming 9th out of 109 country and regional teams.
Four people in a group of five Hong Kong travellers are injured in an axe attack on a train in Würzburg, Germany.