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In June, French sculptor Paulo Grangeon's 1,600 papier mâché pandas, one for each of the 1,600 giant pandas left in the wild, came to Hong Kong as part of a world tour to raise funds for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and to raise awareness of the importance of wildlife conservation. Among the places they visited in Hong Kong was Ocean Park.
(Photo courtesy of Ocean Park Hong Kong)
The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung (first left, second row), at the APEC Economic Leaders' meeting in Beijing in November.
The Chief Executive meets the Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Hsien Loong, at Government House in September.
The Financial Secretary, Mr John C Tsang, addresses the 'Think Asia, Think Hong Kong' symposium in Paris in October.
The Chief Secretary for Administration, Mrs Carrie Lam, launches the ‘Bless Hong Kong' campaign in February.
The Chief Executive launches the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect in November.
The Secretary for Justice, Mr Rimsky Yuen (third right), at the inauguration of the China Maritime Arbitration Commission's Hong Kong arbitration centre in November.
The Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing (third left), and the Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Mr John Scanlon (second left), at the launch ceremony for the destruction of confiscated ivory in May.
Stars and crew meet the media at the world premiere of Transformers: Age of Extinction in June.
The Hong Kong Observation Wheel, a 60-metre high Ferris wheel, opened on the Central waterfront in December.
PMQ, a creative industries centre which was previously the Hollywood Road Police Married Quarters, was officially opened in June and staged various activities, including this Night Market.
The MTR West Island Line connecting Sheung Wan to Kennedy Town opened in December.
The Hong Kong team won the FISAC World Rope Skipping Championships in August.
Lok Kwan-hoi celebrates winning the Lightweight Men's Single Sculls at the Asian Games in South Korea in September.
(Photo courtesy of Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China)
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