35 chronicle entries dated 15 January, spanning 30 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.
涉及地點廣南、香港、金鐘、香港天文台、橫瀾島、上環、佐敦道、摩星嶺、旺角、大嶼山、香港單車館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/1115#〈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〉
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On the fifteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of the Zhenghe era of the Northern Song, the court ordered the resumption of pearl gathering and required the Guangnan Maritime Trade Office to present pearls annually to the imperial court.
On 15 January 1845, the Hong Kong government promulgated the Triad and Secret Societies Ordinance 1845, providing that local Chinese who joined triads or secret societies would be guilty of a felony punishable by up to three years' imprisonment, possibly with hard labour; after serving the sentence, they were to be branded on the right cheek and expelled from Hong Kong.
On 15 January 1857, over 400 Europeans fell ill in a mass arsenic poisoning after eating bread made by the Yuk Shing bakery, including the wife of Governor Bowring; as the arsenic dose in the bread was relatively small, no one died.
From 15 January 1876, the Hong Kong Government ordered that Chinese wishing to make representations to the authorities had to do so through the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, who also held the post of Protector of Chinese, thereby enhancing direct contact between the Chinese and the government.
The expansion of the Admiralty Naval Dockyard began in 1901, with a foundation stone ceremony held on 15 January 1902, and was finally completed in 1909.
The construction project for the Supreme Court Building in Hong Kong was initiated at the end of 1899, its foundation stone was laid on 12 November 1903, and it was officially opened and began operation on 15 January 1912, a process lasting 12 years.
On 15 January 1933, a new location for the rain gauge was established about fifteen metres southwest of the entrance to the Observatory's main building.
The Hong Kong Government implemented immigration control measures on 15 January 1941 on the basis of the Immigration Control Ordinance enacted in 1940.
On 15 January 1945, Allied forces launched large-scale air raids on Hong Kong for two consecutive days, deploying 471 sorties and dropping about 150 tons of bombs, while destroying 21 Japanese transport ships and warships.
On 15 January 1960, the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company opened a route between the new reclamation at Sheung Wan and Jordan Road Pier, Hong Kong's second vehicular ferry service.
On 15 January 1971, Chase Manhattan Bank, a large American bank, announced that it had chosen Hong Kong as the location of its Southeast Asia regional headquarters.
On 15 January 1974, representatives of the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong again stated that the local industrial sector supported the oil refinery proposal.
On 15 January 1975, Hong Kong Refining Company Limited announced the shelving of its plan to build an oil refinery and chemical plant; the joint venture was formed by Textile Alliance and Japan's Toa Oil.
The Land Development Corporation undertook urban renewal projects, and its operation was supported by the Government and based on prudent commercial principles.
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.
The Home Visit Permit issued since 20 July 1979 was progressively replaced by the Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents from 15 January 1999.
China Merchants Bank completed the mandatory acquisition of Wing Lung Bank on 15 January 2009, and the bank has since become its wholly-owned subsidiary and was renamed China Merchants Wing Lung Bank.
On 15 January 2010, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council issued a statement saying that the Basic Law made no provision for a "referendum", so any "referendum" held in Hong Kong would have no legal binding force.
On 15 January 2014, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced the establishment of the Lantau Development Advisory Committee and confirmed that its membership list had been finalised.
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.