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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/HK_MetroparkHotelWanchai_swine_flu_2.jpg/375px-HK_MetroparkHotelWanchai_swine_flu_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/HK_MetroparkHotelWanchai_swine_flu_2.jpg/500px-HK_MetroparkHotelWanchai_swine_flu_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Metropark Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Wan_Chai" title="Wan Chai">Wan Chai</a> while it was under quarantine because of the first reported case of swine flu in Hong Kong</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>2009 flu pandemic in Hong Kong</b> was part of the <a href="/wiki/2009_swine_flu_pandemic" title="2009 swine flu pandemic">worldwide pandemic</a> that started with the city's first reported case of <a href="/wiki/Influenza_A_virus_subtype_H1N1" title="Influenza A virus subtype H1N1">influenza A virus subtype H1N1</a> infection, commonly called <a href="/wiki/Swine_flu" class="mw-redirect" title="Swine flu">swine flu</a>, on 1 May 2009, by a <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexican</a> national who had travelled to <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> via <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a>. It was also the first reported case in <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian0501_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian0501-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 25 November 2009, there have been 32,301 confirmed cases of swine flu in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-CHPDaily_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CHPDaily-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Initial_response">Initial response</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_swine_flu_pandemic_in_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Initial response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the news of the flu outbreak in Mexico and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, on 26 April, <a href="/wiki/Secretary_for_Food_and_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary for Food and Health">Secretary for Food and Health</a> <a href="/wiki/York_Chow" title="York Chow">York Chow</a> announced that Hong Kong had raised its <a href="/wiki/Influenza_pandemic" title="Influenza pandemic">influenza pandemic</a> alertness level to "serious",<sup id="cite_ref-ChowAnnounce_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChowAnnounce-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> out of three possible alertness levels: alert, serious and emergency.<sup id="cite_ref-PreparednessPlan_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PreparednessPlan-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hong Kong also became one of the first jurisdictions to declare swine flu as a <a href="/wiki/Notifiable_disease" title="Notifiable disease">notifiable disease</a>, and much of the procedures against its spread were learned from the <a href="/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Severe acute respiratory syndrome">2003 SARS outbreak</a>, of which Hong Kong was the center.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TimeTheLessonsFromSARS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimeTheLessonsFromSARS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chow advised Hong Kong residents to avoid travelling to cities facing this outbreak and stated that swine flu has been added to the list of <a href="/wiki/Notifiable_disease" title="Notifiable disease">notifiable disease</a>, which required cases of the flu to be reported to the government. Residents were also advised to take precautionary measures against infection if they're about to travel to affected areas. Surveillance measures at boundary control points were boosted to detect travellers with fever and respiratory symptoms, and travellers who were suspected of being infected would be quarantined and monitored.<sup id="cite_ref-ChowAnnounce_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChowAnnounce-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_case">First case</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_swine_flu_pandemic_in_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First case"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 May, Hong Kong Chief Executive <a href="/wiki/Donald_Tsang" title="Donald Tsang">Donald Tsang</a> told reporters that tests performed by the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Health_(Hong_Kong)" title="Department of Health (Hong Kong)">Department of Health</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Hong_Kong" title="University of Hong Kong">University of Hong Kong</a> confirmed that a 25-year-old Mexican citizen who had traveled to the city via Shanghai on a <a href="/wiki/China_Eastern_Airlines" title="China Eastern Airlines">China Eastern Airlines</a> flight was infected with swine flu.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian0501_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian0501-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph0501_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph0501-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In light of this, Tsang raised Hong Kong's influenza pandemic alertness level to "emergency" from "serious". This first confirmed case of swine flu in Hong Kong was also the first confirmed case in Asia. The man had developed a fever after arriving in Hong Kong, and was then isolated in <a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaret_Hospital_(Hong_Kong)" title="Princess Margaret Hospital (Hong Kong)">Princess Margaret Hospital</a>, the hospital designated to handle swine flu cases.<sup id="cite_ref-Standard0501_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Standard0501-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The hotel where the traveller had stayed, the Metropark Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Wanchai" class="mw-redirect" title="Wanchai">Wanchai</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-CNN0504_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CNN0504-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was quarantined and about 200 guests and 100 staff were instructed to remain in the hotel for seven days regardless of whether or not they had come into contact with the traveller.<sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph0501_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph0501-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Authorities also made an effort to track down anybody who had made contact with the traveller, with Chow appealing to those who were on the same flight as the traveller to contact health officials.<sup id="cite_ref-Standard0502_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Standard0502-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The guests and staff were released on 8 May, when the quarantine expired. Tsang was at the hotel for the release, speaking to reporters and with those who had been quarantined. To compensate for the quarantine, the government offered guests two free nights of accommodation at other hotels in Hong Kong. The Mexican traveller was also discharged after treatment with the antiviral drug <a href="/wiki/Tamiflu" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamiflu">Tamiflu</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Centre_for_Health_Protection" title="Centre for Health Protection">Centre for Health Protection</a> confirmed that he was no longer carrying the virus.<sup id="cite_ref-Bloomberg0508_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bloomberg0508-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="School_closure">School closure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_swine_flu_pandemic_in_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: School closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the finding that 12 students at <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_Convent_School" title="St. Paul's Convent School">St. Paul's Convent School</a> contracted the swine flu virus, Chief Executive Donald Tsang ordered the closure of all primary schools, kindergartens, and special schools for two weeks starting from 12 June. The 12 cases of infection were confirmed to be the first known cluster of local transmission of the virus. According to the <a href="/wiki/Education_Bureau" title="Education Bureau">Education Bureau</a>, the school closure affected about 500,000 students from 964 kindergartens, 601 primary schools and 61 special schools.<sup id="cite_ref-TheStandardSiu0612_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheStandardSiu0612-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TheStandardMoy0612_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheStandardMoy0612-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_swine_flu_pandemic_in_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/7_Days_in_Life" title="7 Days in Life">7 Days in Life</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 flu pandemic">2009 flu pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic_in_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 flu pandemic in Asia">2009 flu pandemic in Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic_by_country" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 flu pandemic by country">2009 flu pandemic by country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic_timeline" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 flu pandemic timeline">2009 flu pandemic timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic_tables" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 flu pandemic tables">2009 flu pandemic tables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Severe acute respiratory syndrome">Severe acute respiratory syndrome</a> (SARS)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_swine_flu_pandemic_in_Hong_Kong&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; 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Council elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Hong_Kong_Island_by-election" title="2007 Hong Kong Island by-election">Legislative Council by-election</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edison_Chen_photo_scandal" title="Edison Chen photo scandal">Edison Chen photo scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equestrian_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Olympic Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Hong_Kong_legislative_election" title="2008 Hong Kong legislative election">4th Legislative Council elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_acid_attacks" title="Hong Kong acid attacks">Acid attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%932008" class="mw-redirect" title="Financial crisis of 2007–2008">Global Financial Crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Sai_Kung_bus_crash" title="2008 Sai Kung bus crash">Sai Kung bus crash</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_East_Asian_Games" title="2009 East Asian Games">East Asian Games</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Flu pandemic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Hong_Kong_Express_Rail_Link_movement" title="Anti-Hong Kong Express Rail Link movement">Anti-Hong Kong Express Rail Link movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Hong_Kong_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Hong Kong by-election">Legislative Council by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Hong_Kong_electoral_reform" title="2010 Hong Kong electoral reform">2010 electoral reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manila_hostage_crisis" title="Manila hostage crisis">Manila hostage crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2011</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_818_incident" title="Hong Kong 818 incident">818 incident</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vallejos_v._Commissioner_of_Registration" class="mw-redirect" title="Vallejos v. Commissioner of Registration">Vallejos v. Commissioner of Registration</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Hong_Kong_local_elections" title="2011 Hong Kong local elections">4th District Council elections</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2012</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2012_Kong_Qingdong_incident" title="2012 Kong Qingdong incident">Protests against Kong Qingdong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hong_Kong_Chief_Executive_election" title="2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election">4th Chief Executive election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moral_and_National_Education_controversy" title="Moral and National Education controversy">Moral and National Education controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_plastic_disaster" title="Hong Kong plastic disaster">Plastic disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Hong_Kong_legislative_election" title="2012 Hong Kong legislative election">5th Legislative Council elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Lamma_Island_ferry_collision" title="2012 Lamma Island ferry collision">Lamma Island ferry collision</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2013</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Television_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong Television Network">Hong Kong Television Network controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Hong_Kong_dock_strike" title="2013 Hong Kong dock strike">Dock strike</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Knife_attack_on_Kevin_Lau" title="Knife attack on Kevin Lau">Knife attack on Kevin Lau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%932015_Hong_Kong_electoral_reform" title="2014–2015 Hong Kong electoral reform">2014 electoral reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Hong_Kong_protests" title="2014 Hong Kong protests">Umbrella Revolution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beating_of_Ken_Tsang" title="Beating of Ken Tsang">Beating of Ken Tsang</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearances" title="Causeway Bay Books disappearances">Causeway Bay Books disappearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Hong_Kong_heavy_metal_in_drinking_water_incidents" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Hong Kong heavy metal in drinking water incidents">Drinking water contamination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Hong_Kong_pro-vice-chancellor_selection_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Hong Kong pro-vice-chancellor selection controversy">HKU pro-vice-chancellor selection controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Hong_Kong_local_elections" title="2015 Hong Kong local elections">5th District Council elections</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Mong_Kok_civil_unrest" title="2016 Mong Kok civil unrest">Mongkok civil unrest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_New_Territories_East_by-election" title="2016 New Territories East by-election">Legislative Council by-election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Hong_Kong_Legislative_Council_candidates%27_disqualification_controversy" title="2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy">LegCo candidates' disqualification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Hong_Kong_legislative_election" title="2016 Hong Kong legislative election">6th Legislative Council elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_Legislative_Council_oath-taking_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hong Kong Legislative Council oath-taking controversy">LegCo oath-taking controversy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2017</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Hong_Kong_Chief_Executive_election" title="2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election">5th Chief Executive election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_imprisonment_of_Hong_Kong_democracy_activists" title="2017 imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists">Imprisonment of democracy activists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CUHK_democracy_wall_standoff" class="mw-redirect" title="CUHK democracy wall standoff">CUHK democracy wall standoff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Hong_Kong_bus_accident" title="2018 Hong Kong bus accident">Tai Po Road bus accident</a></li> <li>LegCo by-elections <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Hong_Kong_by-election" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Hong Kong by-election">March</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2018_Kowloon_West_by-election" title="November 2018 Kowloon West by-election">November</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93Zhuhai%E2%80%93Macau_Bridge" title="Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge">Opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Mallet_visa_controversy" title="Victor Mallet visa controversy">Victor Mallet visa controversy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Mangkhut" title="Typhoon Mangkhut">Typhoon Mangkhut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests" title="2019–2020 Hong Kong protests">2019–2020 Hong Kong protests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Yuen_Long_violence" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Yuen Long violence">Yuen Long attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Prince_Edward_station_attack" title="2019 Prince Edward station attack">Prince Edward station attack</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Hong_Kong_local_elections" title="2019 Hong Kong local elections">6th District Council elections</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests" title="2019–2020 Hong Kong protests">2019–2020 Hong Kong protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Hong_Kong" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_Ordinance" title="National Anthem Ordinance">National Anthem Ordinance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress_decision_on_Hong_Kong_national_security_legislation" title="National People's Congress decision on Hong Kong national security legislation">NPC decision on national security legislation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_pro-democracy_primaries" title="2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries">Pro-democracy primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_Legislative_Council_candidates%27_disqualification_controversy" title="2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council candidates' disqualification controversy">LegCo candidates' disqualification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Daily_raids_and_arrests" title="Apple Daily raids and arrests">Apple Daily raids and arrests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Hong_Kong_Legislative_Council_mass_resignations" title="2020 Hong Kong Legislative Council mass resignations">LegCo mass resignations</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2021</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests" title="2019–2020 Hong Kong protests">2019–2020 Hong Kong protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Hong_Kong" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_arrests_of_Hong_Kong_pro-democracy_primaries_participants" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 arrests of Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries participants">Mass arrests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Hong_Kong_electoral_reform" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 Hong Kong electoral reform">2021 Hong Kong electoral reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Offices_(Candidacy_and_Taking_Up_Offices)_(Miscellaneous_Amendments)_Ordinance_2021" title="Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021">Oath-taking rules law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apple_Daily_raids_and_arrests" title="Apple Daily raids and arrests">Apple Daily raids and arrests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_July_police_stabbing" title="1 July police stabbing">Police stabbing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Hong_Kong_legislative_election" title="2021 Hong Kong legislative election">7th Legislative Council elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stand_News_raids_and_arrests" title="Stand News raids and arrests">Stand News raids and arrests</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2022</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Hong_Kong_protests" title="2019–2020 Hong Kong protests">2019–2020 Hong Kong protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Hong_Kong" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witman_Hung_partygate" title="Witman Hung partygate">Witman Hung partygate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Hong_Kong_Chief_Executive_election" title="2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election">6th Chief Executive election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Xi_Jinping_visit_to_Hong_Kong" title="2022 Xi Jinping visit to Hong Kong">2022 Xi Jinping visit to Hong Kong</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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