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Hong Kong 1966 riots

Index Hong Kong 1966 riots

The Hong Kong 1966 Riots was a series of disturbances that took place over three nights on the streets of Kowloon, Hong Kong in the spring of 1966. [1]

42 relations: Bayonet, British Army, British Hong Kong, Carbine, Castle Peak Hospital, Chungking Mansions, Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Curfew, David Trench, Elsie Tu, Environment and Planning, Fire station, Government House, Hong Kong, Hong Kong 1956 riots, Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots, Hong Kong 1981 riots, Hong Kong Commercial Daily, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong Police Force, Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry, Kowloon, Kowloon Peninsula, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Michael Joseph Hogan, Mong Kok, Nathan Road, Ngau Tau Kok, Political corruption, Power station, Riot police, Sham Shui Po, South China Morning Post, Star Ferry, Star Ferry Pier, Central, Tear gas, Tsim Sha Tsui, United Kingdom, Urban Council, Wen Wei Po, Yau Ma Tei Police Station, 2014 Hong Kong protests, 2016 Mong Kok civil unrest.

Bayonet

A bayonet (from French baïonnette) is a knife, sword, or spike-shaped weapon designed to fit on the end of a rifles muzzle, allowing it to be used as a pike.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British Hong Kong

British Hong Kong was the period during which Hong Kong was under British Crown rule, from 1841 to 1997 (excluding the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945).

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Carbine

A carbine, from French carabine, is a long gun firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket.

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Castle Peak Hospital

Castle Peak Hospital is the oldest mental hospital in Hong Kong.

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Chungking Mansions

Chungking Mansions is a building located at 36–44 Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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Cross-Harbour Tunnel

The Cross-Harbour Tunnel (abbreviated CHT or XHT) is the first tunnel in Hong Kong built underwater.

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Curfew

A curfew is an order specifying a time during which certain regulations apply.

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David Trench

Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench (2 June 1915 – 4 December 1988) was a British Army officer and colonial governor.

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Elsie Tu

Elsie Tu, GBM, CBE (née Hume;; 2 June 1913 – 8 December 2015), known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life, was an English-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1995.

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Environment and Planning

The Environment and Planning journals are five academic journals.

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Fire station

A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, or firemen's hall) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatus such as fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire hoses and other specialized equipment.

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Government House, Hong Kong

Government House (formerly 督憲府/香港總督府/港督府), located on Government Hill in the Central District of Hong Kong Island, is the official residence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong 1956 riots

The Hong Kong 1956 riots were the result of escalating provocations between pro-Nationalist and pro-Communist factions in Hong Kong during Double Ten Day, 10 October 1956.

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Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots

The Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots were large-scale riots between pro-communists and their sympathisers, and the establishment.

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Hong Kong 1981 riots

Multiple disturbances broke out on Christmas Day of 1981 and New Year's Day of 1982 in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong Commercial Daily

The Hong Kong Commercial Daily (HKCD) is a Chinese state-owned newspaper, published in broadsheet format in Hong Kong and dubbed “China’s international media window” by the central government.

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Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong Police Force

The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is the largest disciplined service under the Security Bureau of Hong Kong.

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Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry

The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company Limited, HYF, is a ferry company founded in 1897 in Hong Kong.

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Kowloon

Kowloon is an urban area in Hong Kong comprising the Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon.

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Kowloon Peninsula

The Kowloon Peninsula is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong.

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Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral parliamentary legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

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Michael Joseph Hogan

Sir Michael Joseph Patrick Hogan, CMG, QC, (1908-1986) was an Irish lawyer and judge in the British Empire.

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Mong Kok

Mong Kok (also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK) is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District, on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong.

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Nathan Road

Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong that goes in a south–north direction from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po.

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Ngau Tau Kok

Ngau Tau Kok is an area of East Kowloon in Hong Kong, in the north of Kwun Tong District next to Kowloon Bay.

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Political corruption

Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain.

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Power station

A power station, also referred to as a power plant or powerhouse and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.

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Riot police

Riot police are police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots.

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Sham Shui Po

Sham Shui Po is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei 石硤尾.

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South China Morning Post

The South China Morning Post (also known as SCMP or The Post), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong English-language newspaper and Hong Kong's newspaper of record.

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Star Ferry

The Star Ferry is a passenger ferry service operator and tourist attraction in Hong Kong.

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Star Ferry Pier, Central

Star Ferry Pier, Central may refer to any of the successive generations of pier in Central, Hong Kong used by the Star Ferry for its services across Victoria Harbour to Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier and until April 2011, to Hung Hom Pier.

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Tear gas

Tear gas, formally known as a lachrymator agent or lachrymator (from the Latin lacrima, meaning "tear"), sometimes colloquially known as mace,"Mace" is a brand name for a tear gas spray is a chemical weapon that causes severe eye and respiratory pain, skin irritation, bleeding, and even blindness.

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Tsim Sha Tsui

Tsim Sha Tsui, often abbreviated as TST, is an urban area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Urban Council

The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon).

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Wen Wei Po

Wen Wei Po is a Hong Kong-based Chinese language newspaper, first established in Shanghai in January 1938, with the Hong Kong version launched on 9 September 1948.

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Yau Ma Tei Police Station

Yau Ma Tei Police Station is a police station in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

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2014 Hong Kong protests

A series of sit-in street protests, often called the Umbrella Revolution and sometimes used interchangeably with Umbrella Movement, occurred in Hong Kong from 26 September to 15 December 2014.

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2016 Mong Kok civil unrest

Civil unrest occurred in Mong Kok, Hong Kong from the night of 8 February 2016 until the next morning.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_1966_riots

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