Hong Kong has a highly developed transport network,encompassing both public and private transport. Based on Hong Kong Government's Travel Characteristics Survey,over 90% of daily journeys are on public transport,the highest rate in the world. However,in 2014 the Transport Advisory Committee,which advises the Government on transportation issues,issued a report on the much-worsened congestion problem in Hong Kong and pointed at the excessive growth of private cars during the past 10–15 years.
The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL),it consists of heavy rail,light rail,and feeder bus services,centred around a 10-line rapid transit network,serving the urbanised areas of Hong Kong Island,Kowloon,and the New Territories. The system encompasses 245.3 km (152.4 mi) of railways,as of December 2022,with 179 stations—including 99 heavy rail stations,68 light rail stops and 1 high-speed rail terminus.
Yuen Long is an MTR station in the north-eastern part of Yuen Long Town,New Territories,Hong Kong,on the Tuen Ma line between Kam Sheung Road and Long Ping. It is an interchange between the Tuen Ma line and Yuen Long stop of the Light Rail system.
Ho Man Tin is an underground MTR rapid transit station on the Kwun Tong line and the Tuen Ma line,located beneath Valley Road in Lo Lung Hang,as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link project. The station's lower platforms opened on 23 October 2016 along with Whampoa station as part of the Kwun Tong line extension,while the upper platforms of the Tuen Ma line opened on 27 June 2021.
In Hong Kong,the Land Registry is a government department under the Development Bureau responsible for the administration of land registration. It also provides facilities for search of the Land Register and related records by the public and other government departments.
Fairview Park is a substantial private residential estate in the Yuen Long District,New Territories,Hong Kong. It is unusual in Hong Kong for consisting of freestanding houses,rather than flats.
In Hong Kong,censorship,which refers to the suppression of speech or other public communication,raises issues regarding the freedom of speech. By law,censorship is usually practised against the distribution of certain materials,particularly child pornography,obscene images,sedition,separatism,state secrets,and reports on court cases which may lead to unfair trial.
Anti-parallel trading protests took place in Hong Kong between 2012 and 2015,and again in 2019,against parallel traders importing goods from Hong Kong to Mainland China. Protestors claim that parallel trading has caused a shortage of household goods and an increasing inflation rate. Parallel trading and the protests have exacerbated the Hong Kong-Mainland conflict. There has also been conflict between local shop owners and citizens as the parallel trading boosts shop sales but raises the local prices of daily necessities.
The 2019 Yuen Long attack,also known as the 721 incident,refers to a mob attack that occurred in Yuen Long,a town in the New Territories of Hong Kong,on the evening of 21 July 2019. It took place in the context of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. A mob dressed in white stormed the MTR's Yuen Long station and attacked protesters returning from a demonstration in Sheung Wan on Hong Kong Island as well as bystanders.
This segment of the timeline of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests covers the month of July 2019. The anniversary of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong to China on 1 July saw large daytime protests. In the evening of that day,protesters stormed the Legislative Council Building and defaced symbols,with police only moving in after midnight. This incident,which was sharply condemned by the government of Carrie Lam,did however not lead to a split between peaceful and violent protesters. Observers linked the understanding of the non-violent protesters for the violent wing to the lack of willingness of the Lam government to engage in dialogue about the protesters' five demands. Apart from major protests on Sundays,there were also mostly peaceful demonstrations during the week.
The month of August 2019 in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests saw a continuation of protests throughout the city. Several of the peaceful daytime protests were held by social groups such as families,the elderly,and various professions. In many instances,peaceful protests occurs during the day,turning increasingly violent at night. In North Point and Tsuen Wan,white- or blue-shirted armed groups were attacking protesters,but unlike in the Yuen Long violence of 21 July they were beaten back in North Point. Protesters aimed at drawing international attention through methods such as extended sit-ins at the airport. In many occasions,an eye injury of a female protester who had served as frontline medical staff became a symbol of the protests. At the airport protests,a mainland journalist was violently tackled by protesters who did not reveal his identity to the protesters. Protesters later apologised for this incident,reducing tensions and satisfying some pro-establishment lawmakers. The Prince Edward station attack on 31 August proved to be a further landmark event in the protests.
The month of November 2019 in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests started with protesting in malls and police getting into homes and malls to arrest protesters. The death of Chow Tsz-lok in Sheung Tak,Tseung Kwan O had led to more protests. In mid November,there were city-wide strikes which lasted for more than a week. Hong Kong Police officers fired tear gas in Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK),Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU),and nearby areas. In late November,the District Council elections were held. The pro-democracy camp in conjunction with the localist groups got more than 80 per cent of the seats and gained control of 17 out of 18 District Councils.
Tiffany Yuen Ka-wai is a Hong Kong activist and politician,who has been a member of the Southern District Council for Tin Wan since 2020. She was the vice chairperson of Demosistōbefore resigning from the party in 2018. For her participation in the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries,she was arrested in January 2021 along with over 50 other pro-democrats on national security charges and remains in jail as of October 2021.
Nabela Qoser is a Hong Kong journalist and broadcaster. Until end of May 2021,she was Assistant Programme Officer at Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) and co-hosted the RTHK talk show. She attracted media attention in 2019 following her outspoken questioning of government officials.
Hong Kong Connection,formerly The Common Sense,is a long-running news documentary television programme produced by Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK. It mainly covers Hong Kong politics,economics,education,disadvantaged,environmental protection,mainland China affairs,international affairs,etc. The programme premiered on 5 March 1978.
The Hong Kong National Security Law is a piece of national security legislation passed on 30 June 2020 which was a major factor,besides the COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying gathering regulations,in essentially ending the anti-extradition bill protests. The law established the crimes of secession,subversion,terrorism,and collusion with foreign organisations. Implementation of the law entitles authorities to surveil,detain,search and extradite persons suspected under its provisions to Mainland China.
Choy Yuk-Ling,better known as Bao Choy,is a journalist and television producer in Hong Kong,best known for her work on and subsequent arrest for Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)'s Hong Kong Connection. In the making of the investigative documentary titled 7.21 Who Owns the Truth? for Hong Kong Connection, Choy requested and obtained publicly available vehicle registration records to identify suspects involved in the Yuen Long mob attack during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. She was arrested in November 2020 for allegedly violating the Road Traffic Ordinance in Hong Kong for falsely declaring her intention to access the database and was found guilty and fined on two charges in April 2021. In June 2023 she won her appeal against the sentence,with the Court of Final Appeal annulling it.
The city held its first National Security Education Day after the national security law had come into force. Chief Executive Carrie Lam emphasized that the law had helped Hong Kong to emerge from the "dark violence" of the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. National Security Committee Adviser Luo Huining also gave a speech. Even very young children were photographed handling toy weapons,which drew criticism.
On 14 May,authorities froze the assets of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai. This was the first time that the pertaining provision in Article 43 of the national security law was applied. While Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on 18 May that the move would serve to bolster the status of Hong Kong as an international financial hub,several senior bankers and corporate lawyers not associated with Lai's accounts opined that the action –which was followed at the end of the month by a warning from the Security Secretary to banks against dealing with the frozen assets –was exposing risks for clients and top financial managers in Hong Kong.
Few protests took place in June 2021 and there were no large-scale demonstrations in threat of the national security law. The anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre on 4 June saw only small crowds or single individuals engaging in vigils in the vicinity of Victoria Park –the venue of large vigils on the same occasion in past years –before police dispersed them. The pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily once again had its headquarters raided by police using the national security law;its executives were arrested. Security Bureau also froze the assets of three Apple Daily companies,which led the newspaper to print its final edition on 24 June. Many pan-democratic groups disbanded at the end of the month under pressure from the law.
