2004 in Hong Kong
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See also: | Other events of 2004 History of Hong Kong • Timeline • Years |
Events in the year 2004 in Hong Kong.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]April
[edit]- 2 April – Playhouse Disney (Hong Kong TV channel) is launched.[2]
August
[edit]- 13 to 29 August – Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Olympics[3]
September
[edit]- 12 September - 2004 Hong Kong legislative election[4]
- 17 to 28 September - Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Paralympics[5]
October
[edit]- October - MC Jin, American son of Hong Kong immigrants, a rapper, songwriter, actor and comedian, releases his debut album, The Rest Is History.[6]
December
[edit]- 21 December - Ma On Shan rail line is opened.[7]
Full date unknown
[edit]- Kelly Chen, Hong Kong female celebrity is awarded "The Outstanding Young Persons of the World"[8] by the Junior Chamber International.
Deaths
[edit]May
[edit]- 1 May - Wong Ker-lee, 93, Fujianese Hong Kong businessman and politician. (b. 1910)[9]
June
[edit]- 11 June - Joyce Symons, 85, Hong Kong educator. (b. 1918)[10]
July
[edit]November
[edit]- 24 November - James Wong, 64, Hong Kong lyricist, actor, director, talk show host and author (b. 1941)[12]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Xavier, Gerry (24 January 1997). "Decision day brings a 10-minute replay of Tung's landslide". The Standard. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2007.
- ^ Playhouse Disney Hong Kong Website
- ^ Berlin, Peter (25 August 2004). "Too many languages". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "2004 Legislative Council Election" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
- ^ "Intellectual disability ban ends". BBC Sport. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ Lee, Traci G. (April 9, 2015). "The Return of MC Jin". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
- ^ "The Financial Secretary inaugurates MOS Rail today". Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation. 21 December 2004. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ Jci.cc
- ^ "Xiàmén shì guī guó huáqiáo liánhé huì". Xiamen.
- ^ With a song in their hearts Review of DGS Girl, South China Morning Post, 3 September 2005
- ^ John Park Biographical information
- ^ "15,000 mourned late Hong Kong lyricist Wong Jim". China Daily. 6 December 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2017.