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Calendar of Events

2019

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The Chief Executive leads a delegation to attend a high-level meeting in Bangkok to discuss collaboration between Hong Kong and Thailand, and meets the Prime Minister of Thailand.

The police remove all dangerous goods from PolyU, comprising 3,989 bottles of petrol bombs, 1,339 explosives, 601 bottles of corrosive liquid and 573 weapons, after two days of crime scene investigation and hand the campus back to the university management.

The Hong Kong Museum of Art reopens with 11 exhibitions after closing in August 2015 for major expansion and renovation works that increased the total exhibition area by about 40 per cent, including a two-storey gallery that can display large artworks. Two of the new galleries present the works of Chinese artist Wu Guanzhong and the Chih Lo Lou collection of paintings and calligraphy that date from the Ming dynasty to the 20th century.

The first edition of the Yim Tin Tsai Arts Festival is launched, presenting the island of Yim Tin Tsai as an 'open museum' that integrates arts, religion, culture, heritage and green elements through collaboration among local artists, youngsters and Yim Tin Tsai villagers while introducing other tourist attractions of Sai Kung.

The autumn ends with a mean temperature of 26.1 degrees, 1.1 degrees above the norm from September to November, tying the record set in 2015.

December

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With the social and economic environment of Hong Kong facing unprecedented challenges, the Financial Secretary announces the government's fourth package of relief measures since August to support enterprises and employment, involving over $4 billion in total.

The Judicial Officers (Extension of Retirement Age) (Amendment) Ordinance 2019 takes effect, in general extending by five years the retirement ages of judges at the High Court and above as well as magistrates.

Rioters throw petrol bombs at the entrances of the Court of Final Appeal in Central and the High Court in Admiralty and spray the High Court's exterior walls with paint during a massive march marking six months since the start of the social incidents. At a flat in North Point, the police seize firearms, comprising one genuine handgun, 105 bullets and five magazines, in connection with the ongoing protests for the first time.

The Chief Executive meets President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang separately on her duty visit to Beijing to brief state leaders on the latest economic, social and political situation in Hong Kong.

The MTR's University Station reopens with basic services after extensive works to repair the serious damage caused by repeated acts of vandalism and arson. Since the start of the public order events in June, 85 of the 93 heavy rail stations and 62 of the 68 light rail stops have been vandalised, involving platform screen doors, closed- circuit TVs, lifts, escalators and other facilities. Fires were set to station exits and trains, fire hoses were abused to flood station floors, and miscellaneous objects and petrol

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