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2006 in Hong Kong : June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →
- A father and his 11-month-old daughter were knocked down and killed by a lorry in Central - the second fatal accident in two days involving a vehicle that was reversing. [1]
- The government has come under mounting pressure to get tough on domestic and sexual violence, with advocates of women's rights calling for a further review of what they described as "outdated and insufficient" programs to deal with the issue. [2]
- Hong Kong Disneyland has drawn more than five million visitors in its first year of operation, but is not expected to hit its target of 5.6 million by the time it celebrates its first anniversary next Tuesday. [3]
- A top anti-organized crime and triad officer who was credited with arresting Hong Kong's most notorious robber plunged to his death from a public housing estate in Kwai Chung. [5]
- A small-intensity earthquake rattled Hong Kong Thursday night, causing skyscrapers to shake and sending worried people running into the streets. The Hong Kong Observatory said it recorded a tremor, measuring 3.5, or minor, on the Richter scale, in waters near Hong Kong, at 7.53pm. [8]
- An exodus of managers has hit Hong Kong's latest tourist attraction Ngong Ping 360, which is set to open today. [9]
- Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen has defended his stance that Hong Kong's laissez-faire - or "positive non-intervention" - economic policy is dead, saying the brouhaha over his remarks is mere quibbling over economic vernacular. [10]
- Hong Kong's newest tourist attraction - Ngong Ping 360 - finally got off the ground Monday after a three-month delay due to technical glitches. [11]
- Hong Kong's labor force hit a new record high of 3.663 million as the city's unemployment rate in the three months ended August 31 dropped to its lowest level in five years. [12]
- The High Court has handed the government its second defeat in its attempt to uphold a law that says men younger than 21 who engage in sodomy may be imprisoned for life. [13]
- Independent lawmaker Leung Yiu Chung has received a letter containing a threat to kill his entire family within seven days. [14]
- The parents of a 10-year-old boy who died after they stuffed him inside a suitcase pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday, clearing the way for sentencing next month. [17]
- Hong Kong saw its competitiveness ranking jump three places to 11th in the world, according to the latest edition of the World Economic Forum's annual index. But the SAR was kept out of the top 10 by a flagging performance in education. [18]
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