25 chronicle entries dated 16 January, spanning 17 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、橫瀾島、紅磡山谷道、深水埗桂林街、羅湖、大埔區、沙羅洞、交易廣場、北京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/1841#〈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/1997#〈條目編號〉
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On 16 January 1841, Elliot, in his capacity as British Superintendent of Trade in China and Plenipotentiary, proposed to the Qing Imperial Commissioner Qishan that the British side use Hong Kong Island as a place of residence and trade.
On 16 January 1909, Governor Lugard disclosed the fundraising progress and building plans for the University of Hong Kong, including Parsi merchant Mody's pledge of $150,000 for construction costs and a further donation of $30,000 as endowment.
On 16 January 1950, the Dairy Farm Workers' Union, under the guidance of the Federation of Trade Unions, accepted the arbitration proposal put forward by the employer.
On 16 January 1961, a major fire broke out in the Valley Road squatter area in Hung Hom, destroying about 1,200 houses, killing six people and affecting more than 10,000 people.
On 16 January 1964, a double-decker bus travelling along Kweilin Street in Sham Shui Po crashed into a two-storey tong lau, causing three deaths and 11 injuries.
On 16 January 1984, the Hong Kong Government issued a public mobile radiotelephone service licence to Hong Kong Mobile Communications Limited, a subsidiary of the telephone company, making it the first enterprise in Hong Kong to operate such a business.
On 16 January 1988, the first home-visit group organised by the Association for Mainland Chinese Returnees' Home Visits from Taiwan travelled to mainland China via Hong Kong.
Since 16 January 1989, the first Ultimate Song Chart Awards Presentation organised by Commercial Radio has officially begun, and the awards event has continued to be held annually thereafter.
When Sha Lo Tung was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest, 68 species of dragonflies were recorded there, while the total number of dragonfly species then found in Hong Kong was 106.
On 16 January 1997, the Agriculture and Fisheries Department designated the Sha Lo Tung stream and its two banks, covering about 22.1 hectares in total, as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
On 16 January 1998, the Strategy Development Commission was established, chaired by Tung Chee-hwa, to advise the Chief Executive on Hong Kong's long-term development.
The Social Workers Registration Board was established on 16 January 1998 to handle social worker registration matters and to discipline social workers who breached the rules.
On 16 January 2009, the State Council appointed Jao Tsung-I as a member of the Central Research Institute of Culture and History, the first Hong Kong scholar to receive such an appointment.
On 16 January 2010, a group of protesters, dissatisfied with the construction of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link and the government's resumption of land in Shek Kong's Choi Yuen Village, surrounded the Legislative Council and clashed physically with police officers.
On 16 January 2010, the Legislative Council Finance Committee approved a funding application of 66.9 billion dollars for the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.
On 16 January 2016, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank held its opening ceremony, with Hong Kong participating as a member of the Chinese delegation.
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.