Chronicle Archive / 志錄
Hong Kong Chronicle Archive · undated entries
以下條目原文冇西曆年份（例如只記年號或朝代），故不列入時間軸，但同樣有官方來源同頁碼。 未繫年條目共 6640 條，每頁 300 條，呢度係第 3 / 23 頁。
These entries carry no Gregorian year in the source (e.g. only an era name), so they sit outside the timeline — but each still has an official source and page number. There are 6640 of them, 300 per page; this is page 3 of 23.
逐年條目見 志錄索引；志錄總數 29775 條。 Dated entries live in the archive index; the archive holds 29775 entries in total.
Undated entries, page 3
Although Chinese society attached great importance to the notion of women's chastity, at the level of traditional custom there was no rule preventing widowed women from remarrying.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.658
Jian Youwen, through his two works A Study of the Southern Migration Routes of the Two Song Emperors and Commemorative Collection of the Song Emperor's Terrace, investigated the escape routes of the Song royal family and various folk legends.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.86
Ma Yau Tong Village in Tseung Kwan O is about two hundred years old, and traditional Hakka weddings have long been held in the village.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
The residents of Kiu Tsui Chau can be divided into land and water groups, with the water dwellers relying on fishing for their livelihood.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.118
At the southern end of Kau Sai Chau lies Kau Sai Village, within which a Hung Shing Temple is preserved, estimated to be at least 150 years old.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.118
In terms of local ethnobotany, ferns are quite common, and residents of Hong Kong and Guangdong consider them to have medicinal, economic and ornamental value.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.473
Residents planted feng shui trees and feng shui woods to obtain spiritual comfort and to protect their dwellings.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.50
Archaeologists call the earliest civilisation to settle in Hong Kong the Tai Wan culture, whose inhabitants used grooved stone beaters to make bark cloth.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.375
Hakka weddings include segments such as the unicorn dance, ancestral worship in the clan hall, reading of the congratulatory text, and teasing the bride.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
Li Huiying is the author of these two books, namely A History of Chinese Fiction and Twenty Years of New Chinese Literature.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.85
Liu Yichang moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong and served as an editor for several newspapers.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.85
Luo Wen published a catalogue of Hong Kong's amphibians, turtles, lizards and snakes, and wrote a pamphlet on venomous snakes.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.326
At that time, the four famous opera troupes known as the Guangdong-Hong Kong famous troupes all considered it an honor to be able to perform continuously in Hong Kong.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.79
The jade zhang excavated from the Tai Wan site on Lamma Island was one of the exhibits in the exhibition.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.558
Science fiction works by Ni Kuang and Huang Yi are widely popular; romance novels by Yi Shu and Lin Yanni also have unique styles and are loved by readers.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.79
Chinese fan palm leaves can be made into palm-leaf fans, rain capes and bamboo hats, the leaf ribs into brooms and toothpicks, and the outer skin of the leaf stalks woven into palm-leaf mats.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.508
Afterwards, Jao Tsung-I settled in Hong Kong, publishing numerous works in many academic fields and gaining international fame.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.86
Cantonese opera subsequently gradually revived, with the number of amateur music societies and troupes rising markedly.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.648
After the early Qing lifting of the boundary evacuation ban, large numbers of Hakka people moved in, eventually forming the four main ethnic groups of Punti, Hakka, Hoklo and Tanka.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.455
The Jiaqing edition of the Xin'an County Gazetteer records that when people married, they had to send betel nuts, betel leaves, tea and fruit, a custom called 'guo li'.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
Jao Tsung-I's Kowloon and Historical Materials of the Late Song Dynasty delved deeper into historical issues of the Hong Kong area in the late Song period.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.86
During the Japanese occupation, spoken drama troupes staged plays, and the Hong Kong Symphony Orchestra and Japanese military bands held concerts.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.647
During the Japanese occupation, the library only allowed Japanese people to borrow books.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.651
On the third day of a Tang clan wedding in Ha Tsuen, the bride returned to her parents' home for the 'three-day return visit' and had to be back at her husband's home before dark.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
On the eve of a Tang clan wedding in Ha Tsuen, the groom's family feasted the villagers, and the next morning sent unmarried men to the bride's home to fetch the bride.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
After the bride of the Tang clan of Ha Tsuen enters the door, she first worships ancestors at the ancestral hall, then offers tea to the groom's elders.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
The term 'Lion Rock Spirit' is often used to describe the hardworking, mutually supportive and resilient nature of Hong Kong residents.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.99
Lion Rock is an important landmark of Hong Kong, and 'below the Lion Rock' often symbolises the spirit of local society.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.59
During the 19th century, the London Missionary Society missionary James Legge, together with Wang Tao and others, spent over twenty years translating the Four Books and Five Classics into English under the title The Chinese Classics, published successively in Hong Kong and London.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.81
In the mid-nineteenth century, the custom of sworn spinsters emerged in the Pearl River Delta, and the silk-reeling industry increased the economic capacity of unmarried women.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.667
Tanka weddings included the betrothal gift presentation, fetching the bride and the wedding banquet, formerly using boats as transport and venue, with the banquet usually held on a ceremonial boat.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
In the early 20th century, the Shek Tong Tsui area was filled with various Chinese entertainment venues, including brothels and restaurants.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.81
Entering the 20th century, Hong Kong produced a renowned sinologist and translator named D.C. Lau.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.81
Gu Long, a well-known writer in the field of Taiwanese martial arts novels, is honored alongside Liang Yusheng and Jin Yong as the 'Three Masters of Martial Arts', and his works are widely circulated in Chinese communities worldwide.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.79
Both the Tai Ping Ching Chiu and the On Lung Ching Chiu are peace-seeking jiao rituals for local well-being.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.78
If the man died before the marriage took place, the child bride could either return to her natal family and marry someone else, or remain in the man's household as a widow.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.660
The Observatory later sent staff to the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing to learn the compilation of the Chinese calendar.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.396
Located within and around the North Lantau Country Park, the Wisdom Path, Po Lin Monastery at Ngong Ping and the Tian Tan Buddha are all well-known landmarks.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.102
Among the exhibits of the museum at the old Hong Kong City Hall, only very few had Chinese descriptions.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.645
To promote the continued development of Cantonese opera, the Hong Kong government successively established the Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee and the Cantonese Opera Development Fund.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.648
Yim Tin Tsai lies in the inner sea of Sai Kung, and the Hakka settlement on the island has continued for more than three centuries.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.118
In Sai Kung District, Kau Sai Chau is one of the main communities where fishermen live.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.118
The troupe's performance venues also included the Hong Kong City Hall and community halls in the new towns.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.648
In summer, pleasure boats organise night squid-fishing as a leisure activity.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.425
In some Hakka villages in Hong Kong such as Lam Tsuen, So Lo Pun and Lai Chi Wo, villagers bathe in water boiled with Acorus gramineus and pomelo leaves on the 30th day of the lunar year, believing it can ward off bad luck.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.509
The traditional Hong Kong game 'fighting golden silk cats', also called 'fighting leopard tigers', involves participants pitting fighting spiders against each other.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.397
Most of Hong Kong's self-combed women were originally from Shunde, similar to the situation in other parts of South China.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.667
Hong Kong writers Liang Yusheng and Jin Yong began writing new-school martial arts novels, causing such works to shine again.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.79
Herklots published a checklist of Hong Kong snakes and records of reptile observations.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.326
Villagers also planted trees on the hillsides to supply firewood as fuel.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.50
The Wisdom Path was designed by the master of Chinese studies Jao Tsung-I.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.102
Weddings of the local Punti people in the New Territories followed traditional customs, with ceremonies including the betrothal gift presentation, the hair-combing ritual, fetching the bride, the return visit to the bride's family and ancestor worship.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
The Tang clan of Ha Tsuen in the New Territories still uses the traditional wedding ceremony, which lasts three days and three nights.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
The To clan of Tuen Mun in the New Territories was a major clan, and their compiled betrothal documents contained methods for buying and selling men and women under contract.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.661
New Territories villages had girls' houses and boys' houses for unmarried children, with girls moving into the girls' house at about the age of ten.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.701
In addition to worshipping ancestral tablets at home, the indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories also built ancestral halls in their villages to worship and make offerings to their clan ancestors.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.78
Indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories conduct spring and autumn sacrifices annually, sweeping tombs to honor ancestors, reflecting Hong Kong residents' emphasis on filial piety and ancestor worship.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.78
New-style weddings replaced parental arrangement and clan elder officiation with marital autonomy and a civil ceremony.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.660
The Xuehai Shulou library's collection is open for academic research and includes a reading room, being the earliest established among Hong Kong's private libraries.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.85
Hok Hoi Library, located on Bonham Road in Sheung Wan, was a privately run library that provided book-lending services to the public.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.651
The Bauhinia blakeana is the city flower and emblem of Hong Kong, first discovered in Hong Kong and a hybrid of two Bauhinia species.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.452
From the end of the Second World War until before 1962, the public could borrow books through organisations such as the British Council and the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.651
Some scholars' research indicates that local clans also took part in the buying and selling of child brides.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.661
In the 1850s, Hong Kong had 2 Chinese-language newspapers, 9 English-language newspapers, and 2 newspapers published in Portuguese.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.640
At the same time, Cao Juren also completed his novel Jiu Dian.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.85
At the same time, Xu Xu also wrote the novel The Other Shore.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.85
Cantonese opera is very popular in Hong Kong, called da xi by the public, and originated in Guangzhou and Foshan.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.79
In Tai O, fishermen call the peak of the tide 'water full' and the trough 'water dry tail', while the entire ebb-and-flow cycle is called 'one tide'.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.488
Before a Tanka person married, a ritual called 'tut ho' was presided over by a nam mo master, meaning the removal of old clothing and representing purification and coming of age.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
In South China, feng shui woods form a distinctive cultural landscape; when choosing a village site, residents generally preferred a location backed by hills, facing south, with streams and floodplains in front.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.253
In Hakka marriage tradition there was a custom called 'beating the matchmaker', in which, while the matchmaker was being teased, relatives and friends took the opportunity to help the bride into the bridal sedan chair.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.659
During the Jiaqing period of the Qing dynasty, local fishermen already had considerable knowledge of tidal changes, and this knowledge was adopted by the compilers of the county gazetteer.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.488
In Hong Kong, most da jiao rituals are called Tai Ping Qing Jiao; however, in places such as Kat O in Sha Tau Kok, Ko Lau Wan in Sai Kung and Tap Mun, they are called An Long Qing Jiao.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.78
Among the 'Tung Shing' almanacs sold in Hong Kong, the main publishers were Kwong King Tong and Wing King Tong, while the calendrical calculations were compiled by Chun Po Tong.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.397
In Chinese academia, Jao Tsung-I and Ji Xianlin are jointly called 'South Jao and North Ji', both being highly representative masters in contemporary Chinese national studies.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.86
Early Hong Kong villages mostly built gei wai in inner bays for aquaculture, concentrated in Mai Po and northeastern New Territories.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.277
These southern immigrant writers influenced Hong Kong's literary scene by founding or taking over multiple literary journals and newspaper supplements, including Wenyi Zhendi edited by Mao Dun and Xingdao Ribao · Xingzuo edited by Dai Wangshu.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.85
By the 1900s, Hong Kong had 11 Chinese newspapers, 3 English newspapers, 1 Portuguese and 1 Japanese newspaper.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.640
Blue-and-white porcelain produced in China had already gained worldwide fame by the 14th century.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.135
Bamboo has diverse uses in Hong Kong, such as building material, weaving material, rice dumpling leaves or containers.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.508
From the 1940s to the 1950s, many film studios clustered in Tai Hom Village and the surrounding Diamond Hill area, the most representative being the Grand View Film Studio.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.113
Since the Republic of China era, martial arts novels have circulated widely in Chinese communities; this is a unique genre in Chinese literature, though it later experienced a period of decline.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.79
Since the late 16th century, foreign missionaries coming to the East had already translated and expounded on Chinese classics.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.81
Since the Xinhai Revolution, Cantonese opera has gained a key development base in Hong Kong.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.79
The English name 'kaolinite' can be traced to a mountain called Gaoling Shan northeast of Jingdezhen, and the Chinese term for kaolinite derives from this mountain name.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.135
In the early 1920s, trade declined and British firms faced difficulties in developing their business in Hong Kong.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.480
In the 1950s, quartz output was more than double that of feldspar; by the 1960s the two drew closer, but feldspar commanded a higher unit price.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.105
Between 1968 and 1979, Hong Kong's annual kaolin output was about 1,300 to 6,753 tonnes.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.105
Before the 1970s, small quarries operated by small companies were found throughout Hong Kong.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.98
Before the 1970s, small quarries in Hong Kong were mostly operated by small companies.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.235
The Anderson Road quarry covered a total area of 86 hectares, with 40 hectares of flat land formed after extraction.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.156
In Hong Kong's GDP, the service industry's share has remained at 91% to 92% for many years.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.43
Historical records of feldspar mining exist at Cha Kwo Ling, Chek Lap Kok and Sha Tin's Copper Bay.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.135
The Cha Kwo Ling kaolin mine used open-pit mining, removing overburden before extracting the mineral.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.140
The kaolin of Cha Kwo Ling was processed by wet separation, through washing, settling, classification and sun-drying.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.140
Sedimentation formed stromatolite-bearing bioherms that also contain oil and natural gas.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.86
High-quality kaolin from the Chek Lap Kok mining area was once exported to Japan.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.144
Chek Lap Kok quartz sand was a by-product of kaolin mining.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.133
The Chek Lap Kok Formation was formed during the last glacial period and is rich in river sand, making it one of Hong Kong's precious sources of sand.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.235
Except in 1953, the output value of iron was higher than that of other minerals throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.105
By this time the property industry had surpassed manufacturing and finance in scale, ranking second in Hong Kong's economy, below only import and export trade.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.42
In its early days, the porcelain of Wun Yiu in Tai Po was mostly shipped to Zhangzhou in Fujian and exported overseas.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.137
The kiln used at Wun Yiu in Tai Po was a dragon kiln, each capable of firing over 10,000 pieces per batch; its distribution range included Jiangmen, Guangzhou, Dongguan, and Shilong in Guangdong Province, and it was also exported to various places in Southeast Asia.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.38
Tai Po Wun Yiu was initially held by the Man and Tse clans, and was later taken over and operated by Ma Caiyuan, a native of Changle in Guangdong, and his descendants.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.38
The graphite produced at Tai Mo To was carried in baskets to two drying grounds on the surface, where it was first sorted by hand according to quality and then left outdoors to dry naturally.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.131
The Tai Mo To graphite mine adopted the downward bench stoping method, with the ore excavated in layers from top to bottom.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.131
At the Tai Mo To graphite mine, after each layer was mined, the space was backfilled with tailings to prevent collapse.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.131
At the Tai Mo To graphite mine, ore was extracted with hoes and chisels, and explosives were used only when hard rock was encountered in driving tunnels.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.131
The graphite mineral produced at Tai Mo To Chau was mainly sold to Britain and the United States.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.130
The magnetite deposits at Sha Lo Wan on Lantau, west of Tung Chung and east of the Brothers were never formally mined commercially.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.127
The shell lime burned by local people from shells, oyster shells and coral could be put to many uses, such as building furnaces for salt-boiling and serving as agricultural fertiliser, and thus had considerable economic value.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
Local products such as salt, pearls, incense and rice were first collected at various places before being exported to other regions.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
The authorities issued a quartz mining licence for the Hau Hok Wan area, and the quartz extracted came from a 30-metre-wide quartz vein of no mineral value to the west of the bay.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.134
At that time, firewood sold for $2.5 to $3 per picul (100 catties), while the daily wage of a casual street labourer was only $1.5.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.51
At the time, cane sugar was mainly exported to Britain, British India and Shanghai, while salted fish was mostly shipped to Guangzhou for sale.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.530
By the Ming dynasty, rising demand for porcelain at home and abroad led Hong Kong's ceramics manufacturing and trade to gradually develop into an emerging industry.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
After the end of the Second World War, the monthly output of the Cha Kwo Ling mine remained at around 40 tonnes.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.140
After the end of the Second World War, most of the core equipment in the Lin Ma Hang mining area was dismantled.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.109
After the end of the Second World War, Aberdeen developed into the core base of the local fishing industry and also a central trading point for imported seafood, with a typhoon shelter and a fish wholesale market in the district.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.91
After the end of the Second World War, Hong Kong's economy centred on its role as an entrepot port, and the number of large cargo ships arriving in the territory continued to rise.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.276
During the First World War, as sources of goods were disrupted, Hong Kong turned to local production of light textiles.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.532
The waters near Tung Lung Chau are the area with the highest offshore sand and gravel extraction to date, with about 83 million cubic metres extracted in total.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.158
Several large-scale textile enterprises, including Nan Fung Textiles, the China Dyeing Works and South China Textile, chose to set up factories in Tsuen Wan District.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.146
From the twentieth century, large enterprises began large-scale mining of Hong Kong's quarries.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.27
Before the twentieth century, most quarries in Hong Kong were family-run.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.27
In the mid-twentieth century, Hong Kong's mining industry gradually became sizable because of the introduction of regulation and technology.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.98
Before the outbreak of the Second World War, Tsing Yi was already an important base of Hong Kong's lime industry.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.125
After the Second World War, Causeway Bay developed into a major leisure and shopping district on Hong Kong Island, while Tai Hang and Happy Valley remained residential areas.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.97
After the end of the Second World War, Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan gradually transformed into a light industrial area with numerous workshops engaged in metalwork, electroplating, plastics and garment manufacturing.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.101
After the end of the Second World War, Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan transformed into an area dominated by light industry, where workshops producing hardware, electroplating, light bulbs, plastics and garments appeared one after another.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.99
The report considered that the graphite seam at Tam Kon Chau was more uniform in texture and easier to mine than the larger, irregular fissure-type veins at Mo To.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.132
The mine covered 19 mu and produced several thousand tonnes of feldspar over the years.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.234
Residents of villages around the mine initially relied on fishing and farming, after which a company from Japan carried out magnetite mining there.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.121
During their years of operation, the three express trains faced multiple challenges including natural disasters, the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, floods in South China, tunnel collapses and the wave of migrant workers during the Spring Festival travel rush, yet their service was never interrupted.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.70
At the beginning of reform and opening up, many Hong Kong businessmen moved their factories north to mainland China, with the Pearl River Delta region being the most concentrated.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.27
At its peak, the purple sea urchin fishery caught about 60 to 80 tonnes per year, worth about $500,000.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.433
According to records, the lead mine at Silver Mine Bay on Mui Wo in Hong Kong had a history of silver refining operations.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.107
The geographical range in which agarwood forms in the Aquilaria sinensis tree was limited to the Lingnan area, and the agarwood produced in Dongguan (which covered Hong Kong) was regarded as superior in quality.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
Guangzhou had long been an important foreign trade port, and Hong Kong was its outer port, customs station and coastal defence front.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
After the country proposed the Belt and Road open cooperation initiative, Hong Kong used this opportunity to promote a new round of economic transformation and upgrading.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.44
Along the coast of Deep Bay and Mong Wu Shek, more than thirty mining sites were formerly found, with extraction focused on quartz and kaolin.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.145
Granite accounts for nearly forty per cent of Hong Kong's rocks and is a suitable building material.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.235
Several enterprises, including the Whampoa Dock, Green Island Cement and China Light and Power, built factories in Hung Hom and provided employees with jobs and housing.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.250
Kat O was formerly a commercial and trading hub in the Mirs Bay area.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.121
Kau Sai Chau and Yim Tin Tsai were the salt industry centres of Sai Kung District, and workshop remains are still preserved today.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.132
Recently, some Hong Kong fishermen have successfully cultivated Perna viridis in the waters around Tai Po and Sai Kung.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.425
From the 2000s onwards, Quarry Bay has transformed into a core commercial and business centre of the Eastern District on Hong Kong Island.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.87
The washed bloodworms were sent to the goldfish distribution centre near Sheung Shui railway station for sale, and were also sold to various parts of Europe.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.392
The dense wells, export ceramics and copper coins unearthed at Kowloon Bay suggest the site may have been a trading port.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.233
It was reported that graphite shipped from Tai Mo To to Britain and the United States was used in control rods for nuclear reactor cores at nuclear power plants.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.131
The Lam Tei quarry is located in Tuen Mun, is still in operation, and produces 1 million tonnes of stone each year.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.147
The Lam Tei quarry is located about 3 kilometres north of Tuen Mun and covers a total area of around 30 hectares.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.156
After more than a century of evolution, the substance and functions of Hong Kong's free port continued to change, ultimately making it the freest and most open commercial port in the world.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.38
The galena at Lin Ma Hang was first mined by the Portuguese.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.27
Before the Lin Ma Hang mine was officially closed in 1962, the operator had attempted to sell the remaining low-grade ore externally, but because the metal content was too low, the batch of ore was ultimately used for paving roads.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.109
The concentrate produced at the Lin Ma Hang mining area was sold to European metal traders in Britain, the Netherlands and Belgium for smelting.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.109
The Lin Ma Hang lead mine was initially mined by the Portuguese.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.108
Lin Ma Hang had the largest lead-zinc mine in Hong Kong, and the Portuguese had already carried out mining there as early as the early nineteenth century.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.129
Lin Ma Hang and Mui Wo produced galena, Needle Hill produced black tungsten ore and molybdenite, and Ma On Shan produced magnetite.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.234
After Lingnan was brought back under the empire's territory in the Western Han, Xuwen, Hepu and other places replaced Panyu as the ports of departure for foreign exchanges.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.375
The sixfinger threadfin is one of the species caught on the sandy and muddy seabed of Hong Kong and nearby waters.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.319
Underground mining at Ma On Shan used the sublevel stoping method, first driving tunnels, shafts and ore passes, then mining layer by layer from top to bottom.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.123
Ore from Ma On Shan was transported out through a mine shaft about 200 metres from the seafront, and the adjacent ore dressing facility used magnetic wet separation technology to raise the grade of iron sand.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.123
The Ma On Shan open-pit mine consisted of ten mining and transport platforms at different heights.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.122
At its peak, the Ma On Shan iron mine produced over 800 tonnes of iron ore sand daily and employed more than 1,000 miners.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.122
At its peak, the Ma On Shan iron mine employed several thousand miners.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.125
After beneficiation, the iron sand from Ma On Shan was loaded onto ships and then transported to Japan.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.123
The Ma On Shan ore dressing plant could process 700 tonnes of ore per day.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.123
After the Ma Tau Kok cattle depot opened, it spurred the development of fur processing and leather polishing industries in the To Kwa Wan area.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.99
During the Ming dynasty, this region produced large quantities of agarwood of the Guanxiang variety, also known as nü'er xiang, which was highly favoured in Guangdong and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang area; Sha Tin's Lek Yuen and Sha Lo Wan in western Lantau were sources of quality agarwood.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.38
During the Ming dynasty, the coastal areas of Guangdong already used sun-drying to make salt, and the product was called 'raw salt'.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.162
In the Ming dynasty, Hong Kong's economy became more diversified, with residents making a living from farming, fishing, salt boiling and lime making, as well as cultivating and exporting agarwood.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.227
During the Ming dynasty, Hong Kong residents also fired and transshipped porcelain for export.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.228
At present, only the Lam Tei Quarry in Tuen Mun remains in operation.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.148
At present only the Lam Tei Quarry remains in operation in Hong Kong, with a monthly stone output of 70,000 tonnes.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.156
In the early Southern Song dynasty, the authorities established a salt field called 'Kwun Fu Cheung' in the Kowloon Bay area.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.99
From the Southern Song dynasty until the coastal evacuation in the early Qing dynasty, salt making was the main industry in the Kwun Tong area.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.103
When the mainland's overall economy or foreign trade growth slows, Hong Kong's economic growth momentum and related trade also weaken.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.43
Subsequent tests showed that the fixed carbon content of the ore from Tam Kon Chau was only 1% to 2%, far below the 76% graphite level of Tai Mo To.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.132
During the expansion of Kai Tak Airport, Hung Hom to Causeway Bay served as a sand dredging area.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.54
After the coastal evacuation and the lifting of the boundary ban, the authorities brought in migrants to reclaim wasteland, and Hakka clans established villages and built kilns to fire lime and bricks and tiles.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
From the Qin and Han dynasties to the Qing dynasty, fisheries and agriculture were Hong Kong's main primary industries.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.181
There were several tungsten mines of varying scale in the Castle Peak area.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.119
The Qing government authorised each of the Four Mountains to elect one representative to manage the business and collect mining taxes on its behalf.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.532
After the lifting of the coastal evacuation in the early Qing dynasty, the fishing industry flourished, boats moored in the various bays, fishing villages and fishing ports gradually took shape, and those engaged in the trade settled there accordingly.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.236
After the coastal evacuation in the early Qing dynasty, Wun Yiu was abandoned for a time, and production resumed and the kiln site was expanded after the evacuation was lifted.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
The early Qing boundary evacuation order dealt a blow to the lime-burning industry, which recovered rapidly after the coastal evacuation was lifted and the boundary restored.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
In the early Qing period, workers in the salt-making industry were concentrated near Tuen Mun and Kap Shui Mun (now called Kap Shui Mun), while only a few people engaged in the trade in Tai Po, Sha Tau Kok and Tai O.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.236
In the early Qing period, lime-burning workers were scattered in several places including Ping Shan, Sha Tin, Tsuen Wan, Tai Po, Sha Tau Kok, Sai Kung and Castle Peak Bay.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.236
In the early Qing dynasty, pottery makers were still concentrated in Tai Po.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.236
In the early Qing dynasty, periodic rural markets appeared; Yuen Long's Tai Kiu Tun Hui was later replaced by Yuen Long Hui (present-day Yuen Long Old Market), and Sheung Shui's Tin Kong Hui was later replaced by Shek Wu Hui.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.236
In the early Qing dynasty, fishermen also practised aquaculture in northwestern Hong Kong, concentrated around Tin Shui Wai, Lau Fau Shan and Nim Wan.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.236
In the early Qing period, the main fishing ports included Sai Kung, Tai Po and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Shau Kei Wan, Aberdeen and Stanley on Hong Kong Island, and Cheung Chau and Tai O on the outlying islands.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.236
The coastal evacuation measure of the Qing dynasty caused a severe decline in Hong Kong's incense-making industry, and the transport and trading of Dongguan incense consequently faded gradually.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
A small amount of industry began to appear around Tsuen Wan in the early twentieth century, including the Texaco oil company and the Hong Kong Brewery.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.145
Population ageing has widened the income gap among Hong Kong households.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.705
During the Japanese occupation, the Ma On Shan iron mine employed more than 1,500 miners.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.27
The three express trains operated throughout the year, suspending service only on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and delivered supplies on schedule for the remaining 364 days.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.70
In the Sha Lo Wan area, prospecting and mining licences for feldspar and quartz were obtained, but there is no record of actual output.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.145
The pegmatite at Tung Lo Wan in Sha Tin was formerly mined for high-quality alkaline feldspar.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.145
Common catches of the above-mentioned inshore trawling included flower shrimp and flower crab.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.417
The Sheung Tong mine was small in scale and simple in extraction method, with vertical shafts and pits, and its shallow, short pits limited production capacity.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.119
Sheung Yiu and Hoi Ha were the bases of the lime-burning industry in Sai Kung District.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.132
At that time, potters were concentrated only in Tai Po.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.237
In the mid-nineteenth century, some villagers rented land from the Tang clan of Kam Tin for cultivation, and Sham Shui Po was the largest market in the area.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.108
In the mid-nineteenth century, Hong Kong's mining, stone quarrying and construction industries flourished because of urban development.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.181
In the mid-19th century, mining, stone quarrying and construction industries were quite prosperous in Hong Kong.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.456
In the mid-nineteenth century, much of Hong Kong's international trade was related to opium and the trafficking of coolies.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.181
Stone produced in the Four Hills area was sold to Guangzhou, Taishan, Shunde and Southeast Asia.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.147
Because of convenient transport and the good quality of their granite, the Four Hills area became the main source of local stone.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.147
In the Song dynasty, the salt industry was monopolised by the government through a system of exclusive production and sale.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.233
Entering the early twentieth century, Hong Kong's quarrying industry gradually became mechanised, and its products changed from rock blocks to crushed stone.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.151
Entering the early twentieth century, prospecting and trial digging for tungsten and iron ore were carried out at Needle Hill and Ma On Shan respectively.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.138
In the early 20th century, as industrial production continued to expand in Shau Kei Wan, its population rose accordingly.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.247
In the early 20th century, as demand for steamships continued to rise and most shipyards producing such vessels were located in old Kowloon, the labour force in that area increased accordingly.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.248
After entering the twentieth century, the share of fisheries, agriculture and mining in Hong Kong's overall economy kept declining, while manufacturing rose to become the main supporting industry.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.456
Entering the twentieth century, manufacturing developed into a major pillar industry in Hong Kong.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.181
Entering the 1930s, the place name Mong Kok was changed to Wong Kok, and the area subsequently evolved gradually into an industrial district mainly engaged in textiles and dyeing.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.117
Entering the late nineteenth century, with population growth, vegetable cultivation and poultry and livestock rearing in the New Territories developed further.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.532
Entering the 1960s, the Kowloon Wharf and its warehouse site were redeveloped and transformed into Ocean Terminal; this building was regarded at the time as the largest comprehensive shopping centre in Hong Kong.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.117
In the Tang dynasty, Guangzhou was an important foreign trade port, with Tuen Mun Bay serving as its outer port.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.232
In the Tang dynasty, agarwood trees began to be cultivated in the Dongguan area, and the agarwood formed from their resin was of considerable value on the market.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
During the Tang dynasty, Hong Kong's salt-making industry was already in large-scale production, as evidenced by the remains of salt-boiling furnaces.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.376
The output of pottery clay and kaolin was second only to that of iron, amounting to about 4,300 to 8,400 imperial tons per year except in 1951.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.105
Tin Ka Ping, founder of Tin's Chemical Industries, built a factory on 300,000 square feet of land reclaimed from the sea in Tuen Mun.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.150
Tuen Mun District was once famous for growing sugarcane and making sugar, and Tuen Mun Old Market served as the district's commercial hub.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.149
In the late Qing period, with urban expansion, the original agrarian social structure changed, and some New Territories farmers ceased farming and went abroad to seek a living; after the end of World War II, accelerated urbanization and industrialization prompted more New Territories farmers to move overseas or to cities for work, resulting in large areas of arable land being abandoned and left barren, and agriculture gradually declined.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.38
Besides supplying the local market and the Pearl River Delta, some of the blue-and-white porcelain from Wun Yiu was exported to Southeast Asia.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
Mong Kok's land and water resources gave rise to light industries such as laundry and cloth dyeing, driving continuous population growth.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.250
At a site in the hills behind Wun Yiu Village in Tai Po, now called "Da Nai Tung", china clay mining was formerly carried out.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.137
The tungsten mine on the northwestern slope of Ho Chung Village in Sai Kung was intermittently worked on a small scale by non-local people from the end of the First World War until the 1950s.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.120
The total quantity of sand and gravel extracted in the area west of West Po Toi Island amounted to 28 million cubic metres.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.158
The tungsten mine at Needle Hill eventually ceased operation owing to the commencement of the Shing Mun Tunnels project.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.98
In Sai Kung District, the lime-burning industry was concentrated in Sheung Yiu and Hoi Ha, while Kau Sai Chau and Yim Tin Tsai were the core sites of the district's salt industry.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.133
After the Western Han eliminated the Zhao regime of Nanyue in 111 BC, a salt office was established in Panyu, and the salt fields within Hong Kong's territory were placed under its control; as early as 119 BC, the imperial court had already implemented a state monopoly on salt and iron.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.93
As various works within the area from Pok Fu Lam Road to Shan Road were progressively launched, the demand for labour was substantial, driving an increase in the number of residents in the Western Corner area.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.247
After Western cement was imported into Hong Kong, the local lime-burning industry gradually declined.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
In the past, fishermen in eastern Hong Kong dived to catch high-value molluscs such as abalone and scallops.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.425
Today only the Mai Po Nature Reserve retains gei wai, where gei wai shrimps are reared to provide food for migratory birds.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.417
Among Hong Kong's current natural resource extraction activities, only sea sand extraction is still in operation.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.105
After Hong Kong was captured by Japanese forces, many industrial factories and retail shops ceased operation and closed.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.506
Hong Kong fishing boats were mostly found around Sai Kung, Aberdeen and Tai Po.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.276
Hong Kong not only cultivated incense trees and produced Guanxiang, but also handled the centralised transport and export of incense products from Dongguan County.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
In the early period when Hong Kong became a trading port, Stanley had already developed into a thriving fishing town, where more than 350 vessels of various types were permanently moored.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.38
Areas such as Hong Kong Village, Wong Nai Chung, So Kon Po and Pok Fu Lam had better soil and were major farming areas; a considerable number of residents around Shek Pai Wan also made a living by cultivation.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.530
Hong Kong is rich in granite resources, and even before the arrival of the British forces, residents on the island were already engaged in quarrying.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.530
Hong Kong's economic growth and residents' living standards are constrained by persistently high property and land prices.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.45
Hong Kong's economic development faces multiple constraints, including a tendency toward a single industrial structure, a high reliance on the service industry, and no obvious advantages in innovation and technology and high-end manufacturing.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.44
One of Hong Kong's agricultural core areas was the Yuen Long Plain, where rice cultivation was the focus and the Yuen Long silk rice produced was once exported to overseas markets.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.153
Hong Kong's original landscape was changed by farmland development, the introduction of foreign cash crops and clay extraction.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.228
Hong Kong is mountainous with abundant, high-quality granite outcrops, which favoured the development of the quarrying industry.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.98
Most of Hong Kong's metallic minerals were formed by Mesozoic magmatic activity, and some were once commercially mined.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.234
Hong Kong residents also participated in the establishment of special economic zones, covering areas such as overall planning, drafting regulations, and initiating various affairs.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.46
Hong Kong farmers reclaimed lowland areas, draining water from river valleys in order to switch to rice cultivation.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.228
Hong Kong farmers built weirs on rivers and streams to store water for irrigation, such as Shek Wu Pai and Ho Sheung Heung Pai.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.228
When Hong Kong businessmen first went to the mainland for development, their investment projects were generally small in scale, low in technological level, quick to recoup capital, and relatively profitable.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.46
When Hong Kong's lime industry flourished, fishermen burned dried starfish together with oyster shells to make lime for use as fertiliser and building material.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.432
Iron ore mining in Hong Kong was mainly of magnetite, with Ma On Shan being the largest producing area.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.121
Hong Kong's pearl farming industry was shelved due to issues such as the construction of Plover Cove Reservoir and frequent typhoons.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.425
In the early period of British rule in Hong Kong, foreign trade expanded rapidly, which led to the gradual rise of the comprador profession.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.456
Hong Kong fishermen used to go to sea from January to May each year to catch purple sea urchins.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.433
The population growth of Aberdeen was less than that of Shau Kei Wan because the dockyard there was poorly run.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.247
As a free port, Hong Kong allowed ships to enter and leave without being bound by Qing regulations, and the opium trade thus became its main economic lifeline.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.531
Crab pots remained a commonly used fishing gear in Hong Kong's fisheries, with relatively little environmental impact.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.417
Limestone was once mined at Cheung Pai Tau in northern Hong Kong, with very limited output.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然環境（香港地方志中心） · p.235
After the New Territories were leased to Britain, small industries such as lime, kerosene, ceramics and shipbuilding appeared in Tsing Yi.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.125
In the 1960s, the Hong Kong government opened up an industrial area on the original site of Po Kong Village and named it San Po Kong.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.113
After the outbreak of the First World War, the supply of goods was disrupted, and Hong Kong therefore turned to locally manufactured textiles and light industrial products.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.533
After the end of the First World War, German firms gradually resumed their commercial activities in Hong Kong, but their share remained far below the pre-war level.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.482
Because silver shrimps swim near the surface after nightfall, fishermen took advantage of the night to catch them with fine-meshed trawls in the waters around Po Toi Mei, Ha Mei, Cheung Chau Tau and Yam O.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.417
After the British took over Hong Kong, they promoted commercial activity, which led people of different backgrounds to come and settle, and to take part in infrastructure and various industries.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.184
Before the British occupation, agriculture in the Hong Kong region had already reached a certain scale; some prominent clans in the New Territories, besides holding extensive farmland there, also owned considerable fields on Hong Kong Island, which they rented out to tenant farmers.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.38
From the end of the Second World War until the 1970s, Hong Kong's textile and garment manufacturing industries were centred on Sham Shui Po.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.111
From the Ming dynasty until the mid-Qing period, one of the pillars of Dongguan County's economy was the incense manufacturing industry.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
From the mid-Ming dynasty to the late Qing dynasty, Wun Yiu produced abundant blue-and-white porcelain, which was sold along the coast of South China and in Southeast Asia.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.143
From the Southern Han period until the Ming dynasty, Tolo Harbour was an important site for pearl gathering by successive governments.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.143
From the Qin and Han dynasties to the Qing dynasty, Hong Kong's economy was dominated by industries such as salt-making, lime-making, incense-making and pottery-making.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.181
Because the cooking and processing of sea cucumber is very time-consuming, only a small number of Hong Kong residents and fishermen caught this seafood.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.432
As lower-cost sources of ore were found in other regions of the world, Hong Kong's graphite industry lost its competitive advantage.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.133
Clans that migrated south to Hong Kong set up kilns at Wun Yiu in Tai Po for the firing of blue-and-white porcelain.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
Before the 1840s, Yuen Long District had the most prosperous economy within Hong Kong.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.153
During the Northern Song dynasty, the Hainan Salt Barrier was already established on present-day Lantau Island (formerly known as Tai Hai Shan), which led to the emergence of settlements.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.233
During the Eastern Han period, overseas maritime trade routes gradually extended to the southeastern coastal areas, accelerating the development of the region east of the Pearl River Estuary and attracting people to move into Hong Kong and its surrounding areas.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.375
In the 1980s, Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product recorded an increase of over 250%, while at the same time the quantity of waste also showed a trend of sharp rise.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育（香港地方志中心） · p.545
At its peak in the early 1980s, the real estate sector's share of Hong Kong's GDP climbed to 13.6%.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.42
During the 1920s and 1930s, Mong Kok was transformed from a rural village into an industrial and commercial district, while the area around Shantung Street and Shanghai Street gradually developed into a commercial zone.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.117
About 33 million cubic metres of sand and gravel were extracted from Tsing Yi waters, the second largest amount among all sand extraction areas.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.158
During the Guangxu reign of the Qing dynasty, the Tai Po Seven Yeuk proceeded to build Tai Wo Shi.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.142
During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing dynasty, the Tang clan of Tai Po Tau Village founded Tai Po Market.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.142
In the late Qing period, the Tai Po area produced about 400,000 pieces of porcelain annually.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
During the Western Han period, Panyu County, to which Hong Kong then belonged, already had flourishing commercial trade.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.529
Before the outbreak of the First World War, Germans held a prominent position in Hong Kong's commercial activities.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.482
The business of existing Chinese-funded institutions expanded rapidly after reform and opening up.
來源 《香港志·總述 大事記》（公元前 5000 年至 2017 年，共 6,500 多條大事）（香港地方志中心） · p.46
Before 1841, most residents of the Southern District relied on fishing for their livelihood.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.91
Before 1842, settlements of various sizes had gradually formed in different parts of Hong Kong, their economies relying mainly on fisheries, agriculture, and the salt, incense wood and stone quarrying industries.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.25
Before the 1930s, the main industries supporting Hong Kong's economy included shipbuilding, sugar refining, and the manufacture of cigarettes, rope and cable, ginger candy and paper.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.533
Before the 1950s, mining in Hong Kong once supported many residents.
來源 《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態（香港地方志中心） · p.27
Before the 1980s, no official household income statistics for Hong Kong were available for consultation.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.705
Among those working in the stone quarrying trade, Hakka people formed the majority, with representative figures including Tang Yuen-cheong, Tsang Sam-lee and Tsang King-kee.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.530
During the Second Opium War, the influx of capital and labor into Hong Kong prompted the expansion of foreign trade.
來源 《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口）（香港地方志中心） · p.547
Auto Chat
只從已核對條目作答，不發明數字。