The politicians, athletes, everyday people who made headlines in Hong Kong in 2025
From Regina IP and Vivian Kong to Jimmy Lai and Ryan Choi, the Post looks at the headline makers of 2025
Hong Kong’s headlines in 2025 were shaped by a wide cast of newsmakers, from political heavyweights to everyday residents.
Among them were former lawmaker Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, gold medallist fencer turned legislator Vivian Kong Man-wai and a local mother who won widespread praise for speaking out after a hot-air balloon festival fiasco.
The Post looks back at the figures who dominated the headlines over the past year.
Regina Ip
The ex-official turned legislator eventually bowed out, ending her half-century-long political career.
Ip was among 12 lawmakers aged 70 and above who decided not to seek re-election in the December 7 poll. The decision of 35 sitting lawmakers to step down also marked the highest proportion since Hong Kong’s return to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
She later told the Post that she appeared “rather angry” because she was suffering “an almost panic attack,” fearing the New People’s Party she founded would lose many seats. The NPP subsequently won three seats, half of its previous six.
