22 chronicle entries dated 14 January, spanning 18 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、英格蘭、中國銀行大廈、九龍寨城、北京、清風街天橋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/1847#〈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/2000#〈條目編號〉
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On 14 January 1847, Chan Tin-sung was convicted at the Hong Kong Vice-Admiralty Court of robbing the opium merchant ship 'Belleisle' and killing its captain, becoming the first Chinese pirate sentenced to death.
From 14 to 19 January 1893, Hong Kong experienced six consecutive days of severe cold, with the daily minimum temperature below 5.0 degrees Celsius on each day.
From 14 January 1948, the department originally known as the Harbour Office was renamed the Marine Department, responsible for managing port operations and vessel-related matters.
On 14 January 1950, the Hong Kong China Merchants Steam Navigation Company, together with the entire crews of thirteen ships remaining in Hong Kong, jointly declared an uprising.
On 14 January 1954, several Hong Kong women's organisations jointly held a charity sale of relief tickets (one dollar each), raising over $40,000 for the victims of the Shek Kip Mei fire.
On 14 January 1961, Hong Kong footballer Cheung Chi-doy made his Blackpool debut in the English First Division, becoming the first Chinese player to appear in the top tier of English football.
On 14 January 1976, a memorial event presided over by the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch was held in the Bank of China Building, attended by about 20,000 local residents and foreign nationals expressing their condolences.
On 14 January 1978, over 600 stable hands of the Jockey Club initiated industrial action due to wage deductions for stable hands at Sha Tin stables, using refusal to lead horses into the arena as a protest tactic.
The Chinese government issued a statement regarding the Hong Kong Government's demolition of Kowloon Walled City, and indicated its full understanding of the decision.
On 14 January 1993, the ICAC prosecuted Chan Sung-king, former chairman of the Carrian Group, for conspiracy to defraud and corruption, and the case was transferred to the Supreme Court.
On 14 January 1999, a representative of the Supreme People's Court and the Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong jointly signed an arrangement on mutual service of judicial documents in civil and commercial matters between the two places, which took effect on 30 March of the same year.
From 14 January 2000, the Tsing Fung Street flyover restricted vehicles with a total weight exceeding 5.5 tonnes between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. the following day, with franchised buses exempted.
On 14 January 2005, the Drainage Services Department launched a ten-year project to cover 16 sections of open channels across Hong Kong in three phases.
On 14 January 2008, the Civil Engineering and Development Department's Lung Mei environmental impact assessment report was conditionally accepted by the Advisory Council on the Environment.
On 14 January 2015, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region published a Policy Address and at the same time criticised a publication of the Hong Kong University Students' Union.
The Policy Address stressed that society should remain vigilant against propositions such as the "Hong Kong nation theory" advocated by Undergrad and the student leaders of the occupation movement.
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.