Calendar of Events
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The Hong Kong Heritage Museum opens a permanent Jin Yong Gallery to showcase the contributions of Dr Louis Cha, considered the most influential Chinese martial arts novelist, to Hong Kong's popular culture.
Ms Yang Qianyu secures Hong Kong's first gold in the women's elite - individual road race at Bahrain's Asian Road and Para Cycling Championship, first held in 1963.
The territory wraps up its warmest winter on record, averaging 18.4 degrees, in a tie with the December-February period in 1998-99.
The Premier, Mr Li Keqiang, says the CPG will continue to implement, both to the letter and in spirit, the principle of 'one country, two systems, under which Hong Kong enjoys a high degree of autonomy, in his report of the CPG's work at the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC). A plan to develop a city cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will be drawn up, he says. Professional boxer Mr Rex Tso Sing-yu defeats Mr Hirofumi Mukai of Japan at the Clash of Champions 2 in Hong Kong. The win gives him three belts in one go retaining his World Boxing Organisation (WBO) international super flyweight title and World Boxing Council's (WBC) Asian Boxing Council super flyweight title and taking his opponent's WBO Asia-Pacific title.
The Chief Executive is elected Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
The Happy Valley Underground Stormwater Storage Scheme comes into full operation to better protect surrounding areas from flooding. The 60,000 cubic metre storage tank, equivalent to about 24 standard swimming pools, runs a groundwater and rainwater harvesting system for flushing, washing and irrigation at Happy Valley Recreation Ground.
The District Court hands down the city's first sentences for rioting in Mong Kok during the 2016 Lunar New Year, jailing two men and a woman for three years. Up to the year end, the trio's applications for leave to appeal against their convictions and sentences are pending and no hearing date has been fixed yet. Six people have received custodial sentences of between three years and four years nine months, while another person has been sentenced to a training centre, on the riot charge. The territory's 12th private hospital, the 500-bed Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital, opens in Wong Chuk Hang.
A principal fireman, Mr Yau Siu-ming, dies from serious injuries sustained during a mountain rescue operation at Ma On Shan.
The city makes its first conviction for the illegal deposit of waste with evidence collected via internet protocol cameras, installed at six dumping black spots in Central and Western, Sham Shui Po and Yuen Long in December 2016. A goods. vehicle owner is fined $3,500 for littering in public places under the Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances Regulation.