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Calendar of Events

2012

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12

17

20

24

August

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7

10

15

21

22

24

The Financial Secretary meets the Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru, Mr Luis Miguel Castilla, who is visiting Hong Kong with a delegation of Peruvian officials and business leaders seeking business ties with Hong Kong.

The Secretary for Development, Mr Mak Chai-kwong, resigns over allegations relating to housing allowance claims when he was a civil servant. He is subsequently replaced by former Legislative Council member, Mr Paul Chan Mo-po, on 30 July.

The Trade Descriptions (Unfair Trade Practices) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012 is enacted by the Legislative Council, creating new offences targeting common unfair trade practices such as misleading omissions and 'bait-and-switch' tactics.

The results are released for the inaugural Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination, a significant step in implementing the New Academic Structure which provides students with six years of secondary education (three junior and three senior years) and extends undergraduate programmes from three years to four from the 2012-13 academic year.

As Typhoon Vicente nears Hong Kong, the Hurricane Signal Number 10 is issued by the Hong Kong Observatory for the first time in 13 years.

Sarah Lee Wai-sze wins a bronze medal in the Women's Keirin event at the Olympic Games in London, only the third medal Hong Kong has won at an Olympic Games. The Government and volunteers continue to clean up plastic pellets scattered on beaches, at sea and at fish culture zones as a result of spillage from a cargo ship during Typhoon Vicente.

The three astronauts of China's Tiangong-1/Shenzhou-9 manned space docking and rendezvous mission arrive in Hong Kong for a four-day visit.

The Chief Executive congratulates the Hong Kong athletes on their performance at the London Olympics and says that Hong Kong people are proud of them.

The Government announces a new universal access policy to install lifts wherever site conditions permit at over 230 elevated walkways.

The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mrs Carrie Lam, and the Secretary for Development attend the commissioning ceremony for the Hong Kong West Drainage Tunnel, the largest flood prevention project in Hong Kong's history.

Mainland gold medallists from the London Olympics arrive in Hong Kong for a three- day visit.

The Chief Executive says that in 2013 there will be a zero quota for Mainland pregnant women to give birth in private hospitals in Hong Kong

September

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2-5

The Immigration Department launches a new service allowing Taiwan visitors to register online free of charge prior to arrival in Hong Kong.

At the London Paralympic Games, Wong Ka-man wins a gold medal in the women's table tennis singles and Yu Chui-yee wins gold medals in the women's individual foil and epee fencing events.

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