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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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《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Resources and Ecology
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On 19 April 1902, the Kowloon British School in Tsim Sha Tsui opened; now known as King George V School, its opening ceremony was held on the same day and formal teaching began on 5 May.
On 31 May 1907, the Hong Kong Government announced new tropical cyclone warning arrangements set by the Observatory, including three wind gun shots fired by the Marine Police at ten-second intervals, and the hoisting of a new gale signal lamp at the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station and on the masts of vessels under the Harbour Office.
From 9 December 1907, the time ball tower at the Tsim Sha Tsui Water Police Headquarters ceased operation, and the instruments were moved to Signal Hill.
From 9 December 1907, the time ball tower at the Tsim Sha Tsui Water Police Headquarters ceased service, so Observatory staff moved the instruments to a new tower on Signal Hill in the same area.
On 4 October 1911, the Kowloon-Canton Railway was fully opened, with the Chinese and British sides departing from Guangzhou and Tsim Sha Tsui respectively, arriving at Luohu Station in Shenzhen on the first trains, and holding a track-linking ceremony at the Luohu Bridge.
From 1 January 1920, the Observatory sent time signals daily from 8:56 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. using three white flashing lights on the wireless mast at its headquarters.
On 26 November 1921, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company was announced, initially operating two bus routes, one connecting Tsim Sha Tsui and Sham Shui Po and the other running between Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon City.
In May 1923, Kai Tak Motor Car Company Limited launched a bus service carrying passengers between Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Hung Hom and Kowloon City.
On 2 December 1923, an organisation named Far East Wireless Communication Company recorded an opera with a small microphone at the King's Theatre in Tsim Sha Tsui and broadcast it via a transmitter at the Kowloon Hotel; it was clearly received by a P&O steamer 60 miles away, marking the first such broadcast in Hong Kong and the Far East.
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 17 August 1937, the linking project between the Kowloon-Canton Railway and the Canton-Hankow Railway was completed, allowing trains departing from Tsim Sha Tsui in Hong Kong to reach Hubei directly and connect with the Yangtze River system; after the Japanese army occupied China's coastal areas, the railway became an important channel for transporting military supplies to the interior.
The Japanese army ceased operation of its combat command post at the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui and separately established the Hong Kong Military Government.
On 18 October 1947, Victoria Harbour hosted its first cross-harbour swimming race after the Second World War, starting from the railway pier at Tsim Sha Tsui Station and finishing at the Victoria Swimming Club in Central.
On 17 April 1949, the first double-decker bus purchased by Kowloon Motor Bus officially entered service, running on Route 1 between Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon City.
On 11 November 1961, Chungking Mansions obtained an occupation permit issued by the Hong Kong Government, and the building in Tsim Sha Tsui was deemed completed and officially occupied on the same day.
On 22 December 1961, several lots of the Kowloon Wharf in Tsim Sha Tsui were purchased by Henry Fok's group for HK$30 million; Star House was later completed on the site.
On 8 June 1964, the Beatles from the United Kingdom flew into Hong Kong, where about 5,000 people gathered at the airport to wait for them; the following day the band moved to the Lai Kung Theatre in Tsim Sha Tsui to perform, and on 10 June they completed their itinerary and left Hong Kong.
On 21 September 1967, four pharmacies in Tsim Sha Tsui were searched by police, who seized about 10,000 LSD tablets and a batch of antibiotics valued between $20,000 and $50,000, and four men were arrested, this being the first seizure of LSD by the Hong Kong Police.
The exhibits included several national treasure-class artefacts unearthed in mainland China, such as the Bronze Galloping Horse and the jade burial suit sewn with gold thread.
On 2 November 1978, New World Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui opened in phases, comprising an office tower, a large shopping mall, a hotel and serviced apartments.
On 6 August 1979, about 70 boat dwellers living in Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter, having received no reply to their demand for onshore resettlement, went to sit in at the Chatham Road military camp in Tsim Sha Tsui to express their dissatisfaction.
On 12 August 1979, the boat dwellers unanimously agreed to move to Tuen Mun, and their sit-in demonstration at the Tsim Sha Tsui military camp accordingly came to an end.
On 16 December 1979, the MTR Modified Initial System entered its second stage, and train service between Shek Kip Mei Station and Tsim Sha Tsui Station began operating from that day.
On 12 February 1980, the section between Tsim Sha Tsui Station and Central Station of the Hong Kong MTR officially opened, marking the full completion of the Modified Initial System and being the first local railway line crossing Victoria Harbour.
On 24 September 1980, the first seven residential blocks of City One Shatin were put on public sale at the sales office in New World Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui.
On 23 November 1982, Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui, developed by Wharf Holdings, officially opened; the mixed-use development comprised shopping malls, offices, hotels and residences, was the largest of its kind in Hong Kong at the time, and could accommodate 600 shops.
In 1983, the Environmental Protection Agency set up a continuously operating monitoring station at each of five locations: Tseung Kwan O, Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui, Central and Western District, and Kwun Tong.
In 1983, the Environmental Protection Department implemented a broader air monitoring programme, setting up one air monitoring station each in Tseung Kwan O, Kwun Tong, Tsim Sha Tsui, Causeway Bay and Central and Western District.
On 10 October 1984, Yip Kai-foon and three robbers carried out an armed robbery at King Fook Jewellery in Tsim Sha Tsui, taking jewellery and watches worth more than $930,000.
On 1 May 1985, six masked robbers including Kwai Ping-hung stormed into Chung Shun Watch Company in Tsim Sha Tsui armed with weapons and robbed watches worth about $1.8 million.
On 8 November 1988, the China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui was officially opened, providing cross-border ferry services linking Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macau.
The Hong Kong Cultural Centre contains a Grand Theatre, a Concert Hall and a Studio Theatre, with a total seating capacity of more than 4,000 across the three venues.
The four robbers took jewellery and ornaments valued at about 20 million dollars and fled the scene immediately, and no one was injured in the process.
On 16 November 1990, four armed robbers carried out a robbery at a jewellery shop in the basement shopping arcade of the Regent Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui.
On 18 April 1991, the Hong Kong Science Museum in Tsim Sha Tsui opened, with four exhibition halls covering Children's Gallery, Technology, Life Science and Science.
On 10 October 1994, the Chinese Culture Association applied to use the Tsim Sha Tsui Cultural Centre venue to hold a "Double Tenth National Day" event, which was approved by the Urban Council.
In July 1995, the Victoria Harbour (Phase Two) Water Control Zone came into effect, covering Sham Shui Po, Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui and other areas, with the water quality objectives taking effect on the same day.
On 25 January 1997, a karaoke bar in Prat Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui, was set on fire; the fire was subsequently upgraded to No. 3 alarm, ultimately causing 17 deaths and 13 injuries; the incident was said to involve triad disputes.
After an environmental impact assessment study, the Kowloon-Canton Railway East Rail Tsim Sha Tsui Extension altered its alignment to preserve the Signal Hill Signal Tower completed in 1907.
On 28 September 1998, the Hong Kong Museum of History moved out of Kowloon Park and adopted 100 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui as its permanent premises.