- 1862-00-02 —
Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-'Alí, a cousin of the Báb, lived in Shanghai during this period. This is the first record of a Bábí or Bahá'í living in China. [PH24]
- From 1870 he lived in Hong Kong dealing as a merchant and was joined by his brother, Hájí Mírzá Muhammad Husayn. [PH24; Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 2min56sec]
- 1881-00-00 — A nephew of the wife of the Báb, Mirza Ibrahim, resided in Hong Kong.
[Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 4min5 sec]
- 1914-11-06 —
Agnes Alexander arrived in Japan at the request of 'Abdu'l-Bahá en route she stopped in Hong Kong. [TR30; Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 6min15sec]
- She lived there for a total of thirty–two years. [PH32]
- See also W2:42–4 and Sims, Traces That Remain.
- 1927-03-27 — Martha Root left Shanghai for Hong Kong. At the end of May she sailed for Australia and New Zealand. During her stay in Hong Kong she made a trip to mainland China visiting Guangzhou and made another sortie to Saigon and Cambodia. [P35]
- 1930-08-22 — Martha Root returned to China for her third visit and stayed two months. She sailed from Shanghai on the 22nd of October 1930. [PH39-41; Film Early History of the Baha'í Faith in China 13min 46 sec ]
- 1954-10-01 — Anthony and Mamie Seto arrived in Hong Kong.
- 1956-02-12 — The first four people to become Bahá'ís in Hong Kong, Nari Sherwani, Ng Ying Kay, Chan Lie Kun and Chan Lie Fun, enrolled. [PH75]
- 1956-04-21 — The first local spiritual assembly of Hong Kong was formed.
- 1957-04-21 — The launch of the Northeast Asia Six Year Plan (1957-1963)
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of North East Asia had an area of jurisdiction embracing Japan, Korea, Formosa, Macao, Hong Kong, Hainan Island, and Sakhalin Island. [JTA80-86]
- 1964-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of North East Asia was re-formed with its seat in Tokyo comprising Japan, Formosa, Hong Kong
and Macao. [BW14p102]
- 1974-04-21 —
- 1976-11-27 —
An International Teaching Conference was held in Hong Kong, attended by 506 Bahá'ís. [BW17:81; VV33]
- For the message of the Universal House of Justice see BW17:135–6.
- For pictures see BW17:110, 111, 121–2.
- 1988-10-02 —
One hundred and twenty people in Hong Kong and 280 in Macau become Bahá'ís as a result of teaching institutes. [BINS189:8]
- A later report stated that more than 600 people in Macau had become Bahá'ís. [BINS194:3]
- 1989-00-06 — A branch of the Bahá'í International Community's Office of Public Information was established in Hong Kong in anticipation of the time when the Bahá'í Faith can be proclaimed on the mainland of China. [AWH61; VV54]
- 1992-09-17 — The Bahá'í Professional Society of Hong Kong was inaugurated. [BINS292:8; BW92–3:129]
- 2001-00-00 — The publication of Bahá'í-Inspired
Perspectives on Human Rights edited by: Tahirih Tahririha-Danesh with contributions from Kiser Barnes, Greg Duly, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims, Graham Hassall, Darren Hedley, Nazila Ghanea-Hercock, Chichi Layor, Michael L. Penn, and Martha L. Schweitz.
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