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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)
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《香港志·自然》自然環境 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment
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On 17 April 1931, the Hong Kong Government published the last pre-war census, with 7 March 1931 as the reference date, excluding military personnel, showing a total population of 840,473; compared with the 625,166 recorded in the 1921 census, this was an increase of 34.43%.
In 1931, the Ching Sing Poetry Society was founded jointly by three people, Cheung Chau-kam, Tam Lai-woon and Cheung Wan-fei; a gathering was held on 19 April of the same year, and in 1932 the society published a collection of poetic couplets titled 《正聲吟社詩鐘集》.
On 20 April 1931, floods struck the Kowloon-Canton Railway embankment near Tai Po and caused it to collapse; a train carrying 60 passengers from Shenzhen to Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon derailed, killing 11 and leaving 9 injured in hospital.
On 20 April 1931, the Kowloon-Canton Railway embankment near Ma Liu Shui in the New Territories was damaged by heavy rain, and when a southbound train to Kowloon passed the spot, the embankment suddenly subsided, causing the locomotive and four carriages to derail, ultimately leaving 12 dead and 32 injured.