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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》建置與地區概況(人口) Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population
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《香港志·自然》自然環境 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment
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《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Resources and Ecology
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In 1901, Hong Kong's first Sikh temple was completed on Queen's Road East in Wan Chai, initially named after an association and later changed to another name.
Between 1901 and 1935, a Sikh temple, the Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association and the Confucian Hall were successively established in Wan Chai.
Over the same period, the share of the population in the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island (covering North Point to Wan Chai District No. 2) rose from 19.3% to 29.3%.
In 1904, the brothers Jian Zhaonan and Jian Yujie founded the Nanyang Tobacco Company in Wan Chai, which was later renamed the Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company, and its products sold well in China and across Southeast Asia.
On 22 January 1918, while police were conducting a search in a building on Gresson Street in Wan Chai, robbers opened fire in return and a gun battle broke out; the Hong Kong Government then mobilised British troops stationed in Hong Kong as reinforcements, and Governor Francis Henry May personally went to the scene to direct operations and call on the other side to surrender, with the incident causing eight deaths, five of them police officers.
On 26 July 1919, as a typhoon halted work, 300 coolies seized white rice from several rice shops in Wan Chai, and similar incidents later spread to Causeway Bay, Central and Sai Wan.
Entering the 1920s, the original warehouses, shipyards and monasteries in the coastal area successively relocated, and the sites were converted to residential use, attracting grassroots residents and small traders.
In response to the Wan Chai reclamation project of the 1920s, the authorities rebuilt Bowrington Canal into a new open channel 650 feet long and 36 feet wide, connected to the waterfront for drainage.
On 19 July 1926, heavy rain affected many places in Hong Kong and Kowloon, causing landslides and flooding, with water several feet deep in parts of Central and Queen's Road East in Wan Chai.
In 1928, the Eastern Athletic Association was formally established, evolving from the Chinese Football Team, with its premises on Johnston Road in Wan Chai.
On 18 May 1928, a stone-throwing incident targeting Japanese shops occurred in Wan Chai; the court imposed a fine the next day, aiming to curb the further spread of anti-Japanese sentiment among Hong Kong Chinese after the 'Jinan Incident' of 3 May.
Reclamation works in the Hennessy Road and Lockhart Road area were completed in the early 1930s, and Wan Chai subsequently developed gradually into a mixed commercial and residential district.
In 1931, District No. 2, located in Wan Chai, had its population density increase to 329.64 persons per acre after excluding the area occupied by the military barracks.
On 23 September 1931, various sectors in Hong Kong held memorial activities for compatriots who died in the Northeast during the Mukden Incident, with shops and organisations flying flags at half-mast; in front of the Shan Chuan shop in Wan Chai, a Japanese resident merchant mocked the Chinese present and beat one of them to death, triggering several days of riots that ultimately left 6 dead and 25 injured.
Kitchee Sports Club established its premises on Johnston Road in Wan Chai and was officially founded, with Yuen Yau-chun serving as its first president.
On 12 April 1938, a government senior technical school in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, began operation, the first institution in the territory to receive government funding to offer post-secondary level engineering education.
In the early morning of 23 December 1941, Japanese forces advanced towards Stanley Peninsula and in the direction of Aberdeen while also attacking Wan Chai.
The population decline in the eight districts of Shek Tong Tsui, Shau Kei Wan, Wan Chai, Stanley, Ngo Keng, Causeway Bay, Sai Ying Pun and Sheung Wan ranged from a low of 7.8% to a high of 14.2%.
In August 1942, the Japanese designated Wan Chai as an exclusive residential area for Japanese nationals and permitted the Japanese military to establish five hundred comfort stations there.
In August 1942, the Japanese occupation government announced that Wan Chai was designated as a residential area for Japanese, and required more than 2,000 residents to move out within three days.
In August 1942, the Japanese occupation government announced the designation of the Lockhart Road area in Wan Chai as a residential area for Japanese, and more than 2,000 residents had to move out unconditionally within three days.
In August 1942, the Japanese occupation government announced that the Lockhart Road area in Wan Chai would be designated a Japanese residential district, involving the occupation of over 160 buildings.
On 16, 17 and 18 July 1946, a storm struck Hong Kong Island, with Wan Chai, Sai Ying Pun and Des Voeux Road West suffering the most severe damage, and 11 people died.
On 1 September 1946, the Hong Kong and Kowloon Workers' Children Education Promotion Association was established and later renamed the Hong Kong and Kowloon Workers' Education Promotion Association; in September of the same year, it founded the first workers' children school, using the premises of the Naval Dockyard Chinese Employees' Union on Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, as its classroom.
On 27 May 1949, the Education Department announced plans to establish two workers' children schools in Wan Chai and Hung Hom to admit students from Hong Kong and Kowloon workers' schools, and required existing workers' schools to close, triggering a school protection movement in the labour sector.
The Hong Kong Playground Association took over the operation of the Southorn Stadium in Wan Chai from 5 June 1951, and the venue officially opened on that day.
The Hong Kong Yearbook, published by Wah Kiu Yat Po in 1954, records that Hong Kong Island was historically divided into several districts, covering Central, Sheung Wan, Sai Ying Pun, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, Shau Kei Wan, Stanley, Aberdeen and the Peak.
On 31 August 1957, a mass grave from the Japanese occupation period was discovered at Morrison Hill in Wan Chai, and more than 200 sets of remains of civilians killed by Japanese troops were unearthed.
According to 1961 statistics, the population density of Wan Chai was 209,179 persons per square kilometre, ranking second among all districts in Hong Kong.
From 1961 to 1976, the population of densely populated areas such as Sheung Wan, Central and Wan Chai declined, as pre-war residential buildings in these districts were demolished and redeveloped into commercial buildings.
On 12 April 1964, a tram overturned on Queen's Road East in Wan Chai, causing one death and 59 injuries, making it the first accident of its kind in Hong Kong's history.
The concept of the District Officer was to divide Hong Kong Island into four districts, namely Central District, Wan Chai District, Western District and Eastern District.
On the morning of 28 October 1977, about 5,000 police officers gathered at Edinburgh Place in Central and then walked to the Police Headquarters in Wan Chai.
The venue's core performance space can be used for a variety of purposes such as sports competitions, cultural and entertainment performances, and exhibitions.
Between 1981 and 2016, the six districts that recorded a decrease in population were Wan Chai, Central and Western, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin and Yau Tsim Mong.
From 1981 to 2016, measured by share of population, the decreases in the Southern District, Eastern District, Wan Chai and Central and Western District were all relatively low.
In 1981, the administrative districts on Hong Kong Island covered Southern District, Eastern District, Wan Chai District and Central and Western District.
The first Asia-Pacific Special Olympics was hosted by Hong Kong, the event lasted two days, the opening ceremony was held at the Wan Chai Sports Ground, and the Hong Kong team won 147 medals in total at the Games.
In the same year, the Hong Kong Government announced the "Territorial Development Strategy", reaffirming the reclamation works at Central and Wan Chai.
On 4 January 1984, the Hong Kong Government published the findings of a reclamation and urban development study, concluding that further reclamation was needed in both Central and Wan Chai.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育(香港地方志中心) · p.557
引用名稱作品 《海港填海及市區發展研究》(Harbour Reclamation and Urban Development Study)
On 25 November 1988, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre held its opening ceremony in Wan Chai; the complex has a total floor area of 409,000 square metres, including two hotels and an office building.
On 22 June 1990, the first International Book Printing Exhibition organised by the Trade Development Council opened at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
On 15 January 1992, more than 200 performing arts practitioners launched a march against triad violence, setting off from Central and walking to the Police Headquarters in Wan Chai.
On 2 August 1992, Sheung Wan Tai Tat Dei ceased operation, that day being its last day of business, an arrangement made to tie in with the Central and Wan Chai reclamation works.
On 18 November 1992, an international art fair was held at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition Centre, displaying over 4,000 exhibits with a total estimated value of more than HK$1 billion.
This year's Hong Kong Products Expo was held on the fifth floor of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, with 400 exhibitors, 21 years after the 31st edition.
In February 1996, the Central, Wan Chai and Causeway Bay areas were included in the water quality control zone, with the Victoria Harbour Phase III control zone and water quality objectives taking effect at the same time.
On 11 December 1996, the Selection Committee held the first Chief Executive election at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, in which Tung Chee-hwa won with 320 votes, Yang Ti-liang received 42 votes, and Peter Woo received 36 votes.
Archaeologists observed signs of tooth extraction on the skull of a woman aged about 40 at the Tung Wan Tsai North site on Ma Wan Island; this practice is consistent with the tooth-extraction custom commonly found in Neolithic human bones at the Hedang shell mound site in Foshan, indicating that the late Neolithic inhabitants of Hong Kong and those of the Pearl River Delta belonged to the same species.
The human bones excavated from the Tung Wan Tsai North burial site show marked similarities in physical characteristics to late Neolithic human remains mainly from the Pearl River basin in South China.
At 11:47 pm that night, Charles said in his address that Britain was returning Hong Kong's sovereignty to China in accordance with the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
At 10 a.m. on 1 July 1997, the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai was the venue for the celebration of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR.
Members of the Provisional Legislative Council, judges, as well as Executive Council members, principal officials and the Chief Executive, were successively sworn in.
At 1:30 am, the establishment ceremony of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was held at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition Centre, where the swearing-in ceremony of the SAR Government was also conducted.
At zero hours zero minutes on 1 July 1997, accompanied by the playing of the national anthem, the national flag of the People's Republic of China and the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were raised together on the flagpole.
The Central Government presented a gilded bronze sculpture entitled "Forever Blooming Bauhinia", which was unveiled at the new wing of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
On 3 July 1997, about 500 people gathered at the Immigration Department's Wan Chai headquarters to protest, seeking the right of abode in Hong Kong for children born in the mainland to Hong Kong residents.
On 1 October 1997, the first National Day since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a flag-raising ceremony was held at the Golden Bauhinia Square of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, and the authorities also held the first National Day reception.
In November 1997, the rescue archaeological excavation jointly conducted by the Antiquities and Monuments Office and staff sent by the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences at Tung Wan Tsai North on Ma Wan was declared completed.
On 10 September 1998, the Education Department, together with the Committee on Respect for Teachers and Radio Television Hong Kong, held a Teachers' Day reception at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
In September 1999, more than 400 glass panels in the curtain walls of the Revenue Tower and the Immigration Tower in Wan Chai were cracked or fell off.