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Calendar of Events

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Some 3,600 cyclists take part in the first Hong Kong Cyclothon, a two-day cycling event that includes the 35km Challenge Ride, with a route taking in the Tsing Ma Bridge and other landmarks.

The Chief Executive meets the President of the Republic of Croatia, Mrs Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, at Government House.

A barge scrapes past Kap Shui Mun bridge, causing a two-hour emergency closure of the Kap Shui Mun and Tsing Ma bridges. Both road traffic and MTR services on the Airport Express and Tung Chung Line are suspended.

The Signal Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui, the Race Course Fire Memorial in So Kon Po and the façade of the Old Mental Hospital in Sai Ying Pun are declared as monuments under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance.

Hong Kong film director John Woo is awarded the Samurai Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival for his continuous achievements in creating ground- breaking films.

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The Monetary Authority reports the Exchange Fund made a loss of $63.8 billion in the third quarter of 2015, the largest quarterly loss yet by value.

The Chief Executive welcomes a new initiative by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to set up an 'innovation node' in Hong Kong, bringing together students, academics and entrepreneurs from Boston and Hong Kong.

An original Magna Carta goes on public display at Sotheby's Hong Kong Gallery as part of worldwide celebrations of its 800th anniversary. Magna Carta established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the sovereign, was subject to the law. The Secretary for Justice says it is 'an embodiment of a number of core values such as equality before the law and access to justice which the community of the Hong Kong SAR shares.

The Housing Authority reports all water samples taken from all public rental estates completed before 2005, involving 144 estates, meet the WHO standard.

The Chief Executive announces the decision to set up a Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in South Korea at a meeting with its President Park Geun-hye.

'Event Horizon' features 31 life-size identical figures - 27 on rooftops and four at ground level by world-renowned British artist Sir Antony Gormley.

The Innovation and Technology Bureau is formally established to formulate policies; strengthen co-ordination among the government, industry, academia and research. sectors; and expedite the development of related industries in Hong Kong.

Wu Siu-hong wins the 51st Bowling World Cup in Las Vegas, the first competitor from Hong Kong to win this competition.

A total of 1,467,229 registered electors cast their votes in the 2015 District Council Ordinary Election, representing a turnout rate of 47.01 per cent, higher than the 41.49 per cent recorded in 2011.

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare announces applications for the Low-income Working Family Allowance Scheme will be received in three phases from May 2016 onwards.

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