Events in the year 2004 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Incumbents

Chief Executive A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

Tung Chee-hwa Tung Chee-hwa (; born May 29, 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and retired politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He served as a vice chairman of th ...

Events

April

* 2 April – Playhouse Disney (Hong Kong TV channel) is launched.

August

* 13 to 29 August – Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Olympics

September

* 12 September -

2004 Hong Kong legislative election 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the H ...

* 17 to 28 September - Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

October

* October -

MC Jin Jin Au-Yeung (; born June 4, 1982), known professionally as MC Jin, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and comedian of Chinese descent. Jin is notable for being the first Asian American Asian Americans are Americans with ancestry ...

, American son of Hong Kong immigrants, a rapper, songwriter, actor and comedian, releases his debut album, ''

The Rest Is History The Rest Is History may refer to: * ''The Rest Is History'' (podcast), a history podcast hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook * ''The Rest Is History'' (Jin album) * ''The Rest Is History'' (Same Difference album) * ''Aaron Karo: The Res ...

''.

December

* 21 December -

Ma On Shan Ma On Shan may refer to: * Ma On Shan (peak) ( zh, t=馬鞍山, s=马鞍山, l=saddle peak, links=no), a mountain in the New Territories of Hong Kong * Ma On Shan (town), a New Town in the New Territories on the foot of Ma On Shan mountain * Ma On ...

rail line is opened.

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Kelly Chen Kelly Chen Wai-lam (born Vivian Chen Wai-man on 13 September 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She has been referred to as a " Diva of Asia" (). Chen has great success in the East Asian entertainment industry with nearly 20 million rec ...

, Hong Kong female celebrity is awarded "The Outstanding Young Persons of the World" by the

Junior Chamber International Junior Chamber International, commonly referred to as JCI, is a non-profit international non-governmental organization of young people between and years old. It has members in about 127 countries, and regional or national organizations in mo ...

Deaths

May

* 1 May -

Wong Ker-lee Wong Ker-lee, (; 15 August 1910 – 1 May 2004) was a Fujianese Hong Kong businessman and politician. He was first Mayor of Taichung after the Chinese retrocession of Taiwan from 1946 to 1947 when he resigned for the February 28 Incident. After h ...

, 93, Fujianese Hong Kong businessman and politician. (b. 1910)

June

* 11 June - Joyce Symons, 85, Hong Kong educator. (b. 1918)

July

* 16 July - John Park, 80, Hong Kong sailor (b. 1924)

November

* 24 November - James Wong, 64, Hong Kong lyricist, actor, director, talk show host and author (b. 1941)

References

{{Year in Asia, 2004 Years of the 21st century in Hong Kong