1987 in Hong Kong

Events in the year 1987 in British Hong Kong.


1987 in British Hong Kong






1985  • 1986  • 1987  • 1988  • 1989


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1970s  • 1980s  • 1990s

See also: History of Hong Kong  •
Timeline of Hong Kong history  •
List of years in Hong Kong

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Events

October

The October 1987 crash hit stock markets around the world, but Hong Kong was hammered especially hard. On Monday, October 19, the city's benchmark Hang Seng index fell 11 per cent, a slump that prompted stock exchange chairman Ronald Li to suspend trading for the rest of the week “to protect the investor”

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