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2023 In Pictures: A year of post

Release time：2024-05-21 15:24:19 Source：Culture Quest news portal

Hong Kong entered 2023 with Covid-related restrictions still in place. It was not until February that the city’s border with mainland China fully reopened, and it was March before the mask mandate was lifted.

Travellers rush through a border control point at Lok Ma Chau on January 8, 2023, when Hong Kong’s border with mainland China partially reopened after Covid-19, Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

In the months that followed, Hong Kong celebrated a series of post-pandemic firsts: the first Ramadan without restrictions on how many people could sit around a table together; the first mask-free Songkran, which ended with arrests after police officers were shot with water guns; and the first Tiananmen crackdown anniversary since restrictions on the number of people who could gather were lifted, which saw people stopped by police over candles, clothes and slogans.

The year also saw fireworks return to Victoria Harbour for China’s National Day for the first time since 2018, successive extreme weather events, and Hong Kong’s first “patriots-only” District Council poll, which resulted in the lowest-ever turnout for an election in post-Handover Hong Kong.

https://hongkongfp.com/2023/03/26/in-pictures-hong-kongs-muslims-mark-first-ramadan-since-covid-19/ — People spell “Free HK political prisoners” in lights atop Lion Rock, on January 1, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

Hongkongers flock to see blooming cherry blossom trees around Chek Lap Kok South on February 10, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. — Hongkongers flock to see cherry blossom trees in bloom around Chek Lap Kok South on February 10, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

A couple kiss in a shopping mall on February 14, 2023, the valentine’s day. Government lifted the Covid-19 mask mandate on March 1, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. — A couple kiss in a Hong Kong shopping mall on February 14, 2023. The Covid-19 mask mandate was not lifted until March 1, 2023. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

A refuse collection point in Kwai Chung Estate displayed recycled painting and decoration on the wall on March 6, 2023. Cleaners were banned from hanging decorations on the wall after the refuse collection point was reported and became famous. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. — A refuse collection point in Kwai Chung Estate on March 6, 2023. Cleaners were banned from hanging decorations on the wall after the refuse collection point was featured by local media. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

A man protests and cries outside the central government office on March 16, 2023. Complaining that his son was bullied by other students and ignored by school. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. — A man protests outside Hong Kong’s Central Government Offices on March 16, 2023, saying that his son’s bullying was ignored by his school. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP.

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