Calendar of Events
2020
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The National People's Congress passes a decision to establish and improve the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for Hong Kong to safeguard national security.
The government launches an online exhibition to mark the 30th anniversary of the promulgation of the Basic Law.
June
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July
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Hong Kong International Airport gradually resumes transfer/transit services.
The Civil Service Bureau announces a pay freeze for all civil servants in 2020-21, effective from 1 April 2020.
The Financial Secretary says the government will invest around $27 billion in Cathay Pacific Airways to protect Hong Kong's role as a leading international aviation hub in the region and the city's long-term economic development.
The National Anthem Ordinance comes into effect, making it an offence to publicly and intentionally insult the national anthem in any way.
The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region takes effect in Hong Kong. The law specifies the crimes of secession, subversion, terrorist activities and collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security.
The 2020 Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens tournament is cancelled. The COVID-19 pandemic causes the cancellation of the Hong Kong Sevens for the first time since its debut in 1976.
Police establish the National Security Department to enforce the national security law.
Police arrest around 370 people for offences including unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct in a public place, furious driving and possession of offensive weapon in connection with protests on Hong Kong Island. Ten are arrested for suspected breaching of the national security law.
The Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the HKSAR is established in accordance with the national security law.
In the first prosecution since the national security law came into effect, a man carrying a flag bearing the slogan 'Liberate Hong Kong Revolution of Our Times' as he drove a motorcycle into police at a protest on 1 July is charged with incitement to secession and terrorist activities.
The free trade agreement and investment agreement between Hong Kong and ASEAN come into force for Indonesia.
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