1967 Hong Kong riots

1967 Hong Kong riots
Clash between striking tram workers and Hong Kong police officers on 30 August 1967
Date	May – December 1967
Location	British Hong Kong
Methods	Demonstrations, strikes, assassinations, planting of bombs
Resulted in	Riots quelled Government crackdown on pro-CCP groups Pro-CCP publications banned British colonial government retains control of Hong Kong
Parties
British Hong Kong Hong Kong Police Force Supported by: British Forces Overseas Hong Kong Pro-Kuomintang camp Pro-CCP demonstrators Anti-British Struggle Committee Hong Kong and Kowloon Federation of Trade Unions Supported by: Chinese Communist Party People's Militia
Lead figures
David Trench Yeung Kwong
Casualties
Death(s)	51
Injuries	832
Arrested	4,979
Convicted	1,936

The 1967 Hong Kong riots were large-scale anti-government riots that occurred in Hong Kong during British colonial rule. Beginning as a minor labour dispute, the demonstrations eventually escalated into protests against the colonial government. The protests were partially inspired by successful anti-colonial demonstrations in Portuguese Macau which had occurred a few months prior.

The use of roadside bombs and petrol bombs by demonstrators prompted the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) to raid the demonstrators' strongholds and arrest their leaders. Fifty-one people were killed in the subsequent violence. As many of the bombs were made in pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) schools, then governor David Trench decided to close those schools and ban pro-CCP publications in the colony.

The protests occurred in the backdrop of the Cultural Revolution taking place in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China), with many of the protesters harbouring leftist views and sympathies toward the CCP. After the riots, the British Hong Kong government publicly reflected on its failure to address certain social grievances and carried out major social reforms. However, another series of riots would occur in 1981.