Events in the year 2025 in Hong Kong.
Incumbents
Executive branch Photo Name Position Term John Lee Chief Executive 1 July 2022 present Eric Chan Chief Secretary for Administration 1 July 2022 present Paul Mo-po Chan Financial Secretary 16 January 2017 present Paul Ting-Kok Lam Secretary for Justice 1 July 2022 present
Legislative branch Photo Name Position Term Andrew Leung President of the Legislative Council 12 October 2016 31 December 2025
Judicial branch Photo Name Position Term Andrew Cheung Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal 11 January 2021 present
Events
January 1 January – A crash involving five vehicles along the West Kowloon Highway near the Olympian City complex leaves three people dead and four others injured.
February 4 February – The United States Postal Service indefinitely suspends its acceptance of parcels from China and Hong Kong. 27 February – Former Legislative Council member Lam Cheuk-ting is sentenced to three years' imprisonment on charges of inciting violence during the 2019 Yuen Long attack.
March 11 March – Social worker Jackie Chen is convicted of rioting during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. 31 March – The United States imposes sanctions on Justice Secretary Paul Lam, security office director Dong Jingwei, police commissioner Raymond Siu and two deputies, and Committee for Safeguarding National Security secretary-general Sonny Au, for their role in persecuting exiled pro-democracy activists.
April 10 April – British MP Wera Hobhouse, a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, is denied entry to Hong Kong for undisclosed reasons.
May 30 May – Signing of the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organisation for Mediation (IOMed).
June 12 June – The homes of six people are raided in the first publicly known joint operation by Hong Kong and mainland Chinese authorities under the 2020 Hong Kong national security law. 29 June – The pro-democracy League of Social Democrats announces its dissolution.
July
16 July – The government introduces the Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill, which proposes to grant limited legal rights to same-sex couples who have entered into marriages or civil unions overseas. 20 July – Tropical Storm Wipha hits Hong Kong, causing flight cancellations, fallen trees, and displacement of over 250 people. 23 July – High Court Judge Russell Coleman orders the suspension of regulations criminalising the use of bathrooms designated for the opposite sex following a petition by a transgender applicant. 25 July – The government places a HK$200,000 bounty on 19 members of the overseas pro-democracy organization Hong Kong Parliament.
August
4 August – Hong Kong cancels passports and bans financial support for 16 overseas activists under the national security law. 13 August – A court in Hong Kong convicts former J-pop idol Kenshin Kamimura for sexually molesting a female interpreter and related incidents during a fan meeting in the territory in March.
September 9–14 September – The Hong Kong Open Badminton competition is held. 9 September – High Court Judge Russell Coleman rules in favor of a petition by a lesbian couple seeking to be recognised as the parents of a child born after undergoing reciprocal in vitro fertilization in South Africa. 10 September – The Legislative Council votes against a bill that would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples who were married overseas. 18 September – A World War II-era bomb weighing about is discovered at a construction site in Quarry Bay, forcing the evacuation of 6,000 residents. 24 September – Typhoon Ragasa passes near Hong Kong, injuring at least 90 people.
October 15 October – The Legislative Council passes a bill that would require operating licences from online ride-hailing services. 20 October – Emirates SkyCargo Flight 9788, a Boeing 747 operated by Air ACT on behalf of Emirates SkyCargo, crashes into a airport security vehicle at Hong Kong International Airport before falling into the sea, killing the two people on board the vehicle.
November 26 November – 168 people are killed in a fire that sweeps through several apartment blocks of the Wang Fuk Court estate in Tai Po.
December 7 December – 2025 Hong Kong legislative election 14 December – The pro-democracy Democratic Party announces its dissolution. 15 December – Media magnate and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai is convicted on charges of violating the national security law. 18 December – Around 1 billion yen (HK$50 million) is stolen following a robbery targeting four suitcases carried by two employees of a Japanese cryptocurrency and luxury goods company in Sheung Wan.
Holidays
1 January, Wednesday – New Year's Day 29 January, Wednesday – Lunar New Year's Day 30 January, Thursday – The second day of Lunar New Year 31 January, Friday – The third day of Lunar New Year 4 April, Friday – Ching Ming Festival 18 April, Friday – Good Friday 19 April, Saturday – The day following Good Friday 21 April, Monday – Easter Monday 1 May, Thursday – Labour Day 5 May, Monday – Buddha's Birthday 31 May, Saturday – Tuen of The Festival 1 July, Tuesday – Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 October, Wednesday – National Day 7 October, Tuesday – The day following the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 29 October, Wednesday – Chung Yeung Festival 25 December, Thursday – Christmas Day 26 December, Friday – The first weekday after Christmas Day
Arts and entertainment List of Hong Kong films of 2025 List of Hong Kong submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Deaths 10 January: Shiu Ka-chun, 55, democracy activist, MLC (2016–2020). 21 February: Khalil Fong, 41, singer-songwriter. 17 March: Lee Shau-kee, 97, business magnate, founder of Henderson Land Development. 31 May: Veronica Chan, 102, businesswoman, founder of the Asian Ladies Football Federation. 12 June: Charles Ho, 75, businessman, chairman of Sing Tao News Corporation (2001–2021). 27 June: Chua Lam, 83, Singaporean-born food critic. 3 July: Suet Nei, 79, actress. 4 July: Chow Chung, 92, actor. 16 July: Taylor Wong, 75, film director (The Truth, With or Without You, The Three Swordsmen). 27 July: Henry Hu, 105, academic administrator and politician, founder of HKSYU, MLC (1976–1983) and MUC (1965–1981). 28 October: Benz Hui, 76, actor. 31 October: Stanley Fung, 81, actor and comedian. 4 November: Lam Sheung Mo, 75, actor (Days of Tomorrow).
References
External links Official website Online calendar