21 chronicle entries dated 8 January, spanning 13 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、訊號山、城門郊野公園、沙田圓洲角、屯門區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/1879#〈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/1986#〈條目編號〉
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From 8 January 1879, the Gazette published the few notices involving Chinese in both Chinese and English; in case of any discrepancy in interpretation, the English version remained authoritative.
On 8 January 1900, Ma Ying-piu, an overseas Chinese merchant of Australian origin, opened in Hong Kong the first department store run by Chinese capital, named Sincere Company, which pioneered fixed prices, the employment of female shop assistants and the provision of shopping receipts in the retail trade.
On 8 January 1986, a hill fire broke out in the area near Pineapple Dam within Shing Mun Country Park, affecting 740 hectares of land and destroying about 282,500 trees in Shing Mun and Tai Mo Shan country parks.
On 8 January 1986, a No. 3 hill fire in Shing Mun Country Park spread rapidly to Tai Mo Shan, lasting 35 hours and only being extinguished the following day.
In the early morning of 8 January 1986, a hill fire broke out around Pineapple Dam in Shing Mun Country Park and spread towards Tai Mo Shan and Tai Lam, prompting the Fire Services Department to raise the fire alarm to No. 3.
During the two-day firefighting operation, the Hong Kong Government deployed about 1,000 person-times, while 900 hectares of woodland and 130,000 trees were destroyed by the fire.
On 8 January 1998, the Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee held its first meeting to discuss promoting the Basic Law to all sectors of society and overseas.
On 8 January 2000, the Housing Department discovered that piles at a Home Ownership Scheme construction site in Yuen Chau Kok, Sha Tin, were shorter than required.
On 8 January 2014, in reply to a Legislative Council question, the SAR Government stated that 2003-series thousand-dollar banknotes could be exchanged at banks.
On 8 January 2016, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department announced the findings of its investigation, showing that the red tide was composed mainly of Karenia mikimotoi, with a small amount of Karenia papilionacea.
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.