140 chronicle entries dated 1 January, spanning 62 years. Each records only time, place and people or organisations, with the source file and page number. Entries from volumes not yet published are not filled in, and no nearby date is substituted.
同一日日子相同、年份唔同 —— 唔一定同一件事。 · 志錄大事 · 全年份索引 · 呢日嘅 JSONSame calendar day, different years — not necessarily the same event.
涉及地點香港、香港天文台、香港天文台總部、尖沙咀、尖沙咀水警總部、中環、西營盤般鹹道、堅尼地道52號、上水大龍實驗農場、長洲、哥連臣角、橫瀾島Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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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/1863#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》自然環境 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1974#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》自然資源與生態 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Resources and Ecology
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Resources and Ecology (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1981#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況(人口) Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2013#〈條目編號〉
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On 1 January 1884, a Stevenson screen was installed at a position approximately 23 metres west-southwest of the main building of the Hong Kong Observatory.
From 1 January 1884, the Hong Kong Observatory began regular meteorological observations at four locations: Green Island, Stonecutters Island, Cape D'Aguilar and Victoria Peak.
From 1 January 1884, a standard barometer used by the Hong Kong Observatory, manufactured by Negretti & Zambra with serial number No. 1368, had its mercury cistern set at an altitude of about 33.2 metres.
From 1 January 1884, the Hong Kong Observatory carried out three rounds of temperature and humidity measurements daily and recorded the day's maximum and minimum temperatures.
From 1 January 1884, the temperature measuring equipment set up by the Hong Kong Observatory comprised dry-bulb and wet-bulb thermometers placed in a Stevenson screen, as well as maximum and minimum thermometers.
On 1 January 1885, a time ball was installed by the Observatory at the second-generation Marine Police Headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui to provide time signals for vessels in the harbour; in 1907 the time ball was moved to the Signal Tower on Signal Hill.
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 1 January 1926, a fire broke out at the Hong Kong Hotel in Central, causing property losses of $2.5 million, and a sailor died during the firefighting effort.
On 1 January 1929, the opening ceremony of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Library was held; it was Hong Kong's first modern library established by Chinese.
The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America chose a site on Bonham Road in Sai Ying Pun and opened a primary school section on 1 January 1937 under the name Pui Ying Middle School (Hong Kong Branch) of Guangzhou, adding a junior secondary section in the autumn of the same year.
On 1 January 1946, the China Democratic League established its Southern General Branch in Hong Kong; on 28 February of the same year, the organisation added a Hong Kong-Kowloon Branch.
On 1 January 1947, the Hong Kong Economic Herald was officially launched, the longest-established Chinese-language financial and economic magazine still extant in Hong Kong.
On 1 January 1947, the Cantonese film Golden Pink Neon Dress premiered in Hong Kong, the earliest Cantonese film made in Hong Kong in 16mm full colour.
From 1 January 1947 to 31 August of the same year, the barometric instrument used by the Observatory was a barometer manufactured by Negretti & Zambra, serial number No.1409.
On 1 January 1948, the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang held its founding congress at 52 Kennedy Road on Hong Kong Island, at which Song Qingling was elected Honorary Chairman and Li Jishen became Central Chairman.
On 1 January 1949, the Church Social Service Centre completed its reorganisation to become a self-financing family service organisation not subordinate to the government, and was renamed the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society, providing support to families in financial difficulty.
From 1 January 1950, the Hong Kong Observatory, together with the Hong Kong Agriculture Department, began meteorological observations at the Ta Lung Experimental Farm in Sheung Shui.
Following recommendations made at the 1949 storm warning procedures conference held in Manila, the Observatory began using a black ball as the local strong wind signal on 1 January 1950.
On 1 January 1953, the Cheung Chau meteorological observation station was opened by the Observatory to observe weather conditions in the eastern and western approach areas of Kai Tak Airport.
From 1 January 1955, the Hong Kong government ceased public-sector trading in white rice and instead granted exclusive import rights for rice to 29 rice merchants.
From 1 January 1955, the newly installed GL III radiosonde radar at King's Park Meteorological Station took over the functions of the Army radar, carrying out four upper-air wind observations daily.
On 1 January 1957, the Hong Kong Government published a report on the Kowloon and Tsuen Wan riots, stating that the unrest in Kowloon was instigated by pro-Kuomintang triad members and was criminal in nature with no prior political planning, while the unrest in Tsuen Wan arose from confrontation between left-wing and right-wing unions.
On 1 January 1958, the Social Welfare Office was separated from the control of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, becoming an independently operating government department and renamed the Social Welfare Department, responsible for social welfare matters.
From 1 January 1960, Hong Kong made the one-dollar coin legal tender, replacing the one-dollar note whose printing ceased at the end of that year, and it went into circulation the following day.
From 1 January 1961, the meteorological station at King's Park began measuring sunshine with a Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder, replacing the same model used at the Headquarters.
On 1 January 1964, the Cape Collinson meteorological station began operation, with observation duties taken over by Observatory staff previously stationed on Waglan Island.
On 1 January 1967, the Hong Kong Shippers' Council was announced, aiming to protect the rights and interests of Hong Kong importers and exporters in the cargo transport process.
Ng Sik-ho was prosecuted for trafficking in drugs including morphine bricks and raw opium, the period involved running from 1 January 1967 to 12 November 1974.
From 1 January 1969, the Observatory used radiosondes at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily to measure upper-air pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind direction and speed.
On 1 January 1970 the Hong Kong Chung Shan Library opened at Boundary Street, Kowloon, founded by the Chinese Culture Association as a private library, three storeys high with 75,000 volumes and facilities including a cultural exhibition room for displaying Chinese artefacts.
From 1 January 1973, the Observatory abolished signal numbers 5 to 8 and replaced them with four No. 8 signals, namely northwest, southwest, northeast and southeast.
Under an ordinance enacted in 1972, the Hong Kong Society of Accountants was established on 1 January 1973 to recognise accountants' qualifications, regulate their professional conduct, and promote the continued development of the accountancy profession.
On 1 January 1974, the Hong Kong Government merged the Advisory Committee on Air Pollution Control and the Advisory Committee on Marine and Land Pollution Control to form the Advisory Committee on Environmental Pollution Control.
From 1 January 1974, the IBM 1130 computer was officially put into use, its function being to analyse and process data received via communication lines and to produce weather charts.
From 1 January 1976, building plans submitted to the Buildings Ordinance Office under the Public Works Department could use either imperial or metric units of measurement.
On 1 January 1981, Li Ka-shing took over as Chairman of the Board of Hutchison Whampoa, setting a precedent as the first Chinese to lead a British-owned conglomerate.
From 1 January 1981, Hong Kong abolished all previously issued hunting licences and completely prohibited hunting, and the former closed season and closed area provisions ceased to have effect.
Under a polytechnic ordinance enacted in 1983, the Hong Kong Government established City Polytechnic of Hong Kong on 1 January 1984, with Chung Sze-yuen as Chairman of the Council.
City Polytechnic of Hong Kong was formally established on 1 January 1984 under an ordinance enacted in 1983, with Chung Sze-yuen as Chairman of the Council.
If an employee has been employed under a continuous contract for 5 to 10 years and the reason for dismissal does not involve serious misconduct or redundancy, the employee may decide whether to claim long service payment.
The long service payment scheme came into effect on 1 January 1986 under the Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 1985, implemented by the Hong Kong Government.
On 1 January 1989, the Observatory replaced the 8-inch standard rain gauge with a 203 mm rain gauge on the 8.5-metre lawn in front of the main building.
The Planning Department's duties include formulating and regularly reviewing the territorial development strategy, preparing district planning plans, and providing guidance on land use and development directions.
At midnight on 1 January 1993, about twenty thousand people gathered in Lan Kwai Fong, Central, to welcome the New Year, during which a crowd crush broke out, causing twenty-one deaths and over one hundred injuries.
From 1 January 1995, all telephone numbers in Hong Kong were expanded from seven to eight digits, with residential numbers required to have a '2' added at the beginning.
The case involved the national flag and regional flag that were defaced and damaged during a demonstration by the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China on 1 January 1999.
Hong Kong fully liberalised the external telecommunications services market on 1 January 1999; the external telecommunications facilities market was liberalised on 1 January 2000.
On 1 January 2000, the Environment and Food Bureau was established by the SAR Government as a measure to streamline policy formulation and management structure, completed alongside the reorganisation of the environment policy bureau.
In accordance with the provisions of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the operation of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group came to an end on 1 January 2000.
Environmental hygiene services and related facilities were originally undertaken by the two municipal councils and were subsequently taken over by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department took over the food safety control work of the Department of Health and the livestock and poultry inspection work of the former Agriculture and Fisheries Department.
Starting from 1 January 2000, the Environmental Protection Department required project proponents to submit a project profile in both Chinese and English when making an application.
With effect from 1 January 2000, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced that the Hong Kong banking system had smoothly passed through the transition period.
On 1 January 2003, the Education Department was merged into the Education and Manpower Bureau, which retained that name, pursuant to a relevant ordinance enacted in 2003.
CEPA, which took effect on 1 January 2004, allowed 273 Hong Kong products to enter the Mainland tariff-free under rules of origin and gave 18 Hong Kong service industries priority access to the Mainland market.
From 1 January 2004, applicants for Comprehensive Social Security Assistance and social security allowances had to have resided in Hong Kong for seven years to be eligible.
On 1 January 2005, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region held a fundraising event to relieve victims of the South Asian tsunami, raising a total of 33 million dollars.
On 1 January 2005, the Hong Kong Observatory recorded an urban temperature of 6.4°C in the early morning, the lowest temperature recorded on New Year's Day since 1962.
From 1 January 2005, the supplementary agreement took effect, further raising the level of openness in many service areas including law, accounting, banking and securities.
From 1 January 2005, the above ordinance implemented school-based management, and the composition of incorporated management committees must include parents, teachers and alumni.
Starting from 1 January 2006, all goods produced in Hong Kong and imported into the Mainland, except those listed as prohibited imports, received full tariff exemption in the Mainland, as stipulated in the above agreement.
From 1 January 2009, the Mainland introduced 29 market liberalisation measures covering 17 service sectors, including mining and exploration services for the first time.
From 1 January 2009, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region implemented a three-year Elderly Health Care Voucher Pilot Scheme, providing $250 in health care vouchers each year to elderly persons aged 70 or above.
On 1 January 2013, the Government implemented the "zero double non-permanent residents" policy, under which public and private hospitals no longer accepted delivery bookings from non-local pregnant women.
On 1 January 2014, the new Air Quality Objectives were implemented by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, after a review of the old objectives had been completed.
On 1 January 2016, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region established the Future Fund, with initial capital drawn from the balance of the Land Fund amounting to HK$219.7 billion.
From 1 January to 9 February 2016, a Karenia mikimotoi red tide affected the waters of Tai Po and Sai Kung in eastern Hong Kong, with the fish farming industry estimating economic losses of nearly HK$30 million.
On 1 January 2016, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department received a report from fishermen of a red tide in the Lo Fu Wat fish culture zone.
The automatic weather station installed at the Tuen Mun Main Fresh Water Service Reservoir has been in service since 1 January 2016, with its function limited to measuring rainfall.
Starting from the financial year beginning 1 January 2016, HKEX required local listed companies to disclose their environmental, social and governance performance on a 'comply or explain' basis.
The archive holds 36501 entries, of which 8766 are dated to an exact day — those are the only ones used here. Entries dated only to a month or a year are never forced into a day. Coverage reflects published volumes only; missing years are not filled in.