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《香港志·總述 大事記》(公元前 5000 年至 2017 年,共 6,500 多條大事) Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events)
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute (2020). Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events) (p. 〈頁碼〉). /chronicle/archive/1878#〈條目編號〉
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On 14 December 1878, Hennessy, as Governor, appointed Ng Choy (Wu Ting-fang) as a Justice of the Peace, making him the first Chinese to receive this position since the founding of Hong Kong.
On 25 December 1878, a fire broke out on Hing Lung Street in Central, spreading to Queen's Road Central, Stanley Street and Wellington Street, destroying 368 houses with property losses of about $1 million.