28 chronicle entries dated 24 January, spanning 14 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、港島、香港、啟德濱、倫敦、油麻地、維港西部、香港仔、大埔、高地及新界部分地區、衙前圍村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/1889#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2007#〈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: Natural Environment (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2008#〈條目編號〉
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Hongkong Electric Company completed its registration on 24 January 1889 and began supplying electricity to parts of Hong Kong Island the following year.
On 24 January 1948, the Chinese ambassador to London submitted a diplomatic document to the British government reaffirming that sovereignty over Kowloon Walled City belonged to China.
To prepare for the 1961 population census, the Hong Kong Government conducted trial sample surveys on 24 January 1960 in Yau Ma Tei, Aberdeen, Tai Po, and the western part of Victoria Harbour.
On 24 January 1964, two British experts arrived in Hong Kong to study the idea of converting seawater into drinking water by distillation proposed for China Light and Power and Hongkong Electric; by 5 February of the same year, they submitted the relevant study report to the Director of Public Works, Michael Wright.
On 24 January 1989, the proposals in the Education Commission's Report No. 3 were accepted by Governor David Wilson and the Executive Council, namely to use public funds to subsidise all post-secondary colleges in uniformly implementing three-year courses.
On 24 January 1996, Vitasoy announced the findings of its investigation into the incident, stating that the off-flavour originated from malfunctioning production equipment and improper hygiene handling, and was not harmful to the human body.
On 24 January 1997, Tung Chee-hwa, as Chief Executive-designate, announced the list of the first Executive Council, comprising 15 members made up of 3 ex-officio official members and 11 non-official members, with Chung Sze-yuen as convenor.
On 24 January 2007, WWF Hong Kong submitted a petition with over 20,000 collected signatures to the Environmental Protection Department to express opposition to the construction of an LNG terminal on Tai A Chau.
From 24 January to 18 February 2008, the Hong Kong Observatory issued continuous cold weather warnings for a total of 594 hours and 30 minutes, the longest period since the warning system began operating in 1999.
From 24 January 2008, the Observatory issued a Cold Weather Warning, which remained in force until it was cancelled on 18 February of the same year, lasting 594.5 hours; as of 1 July 2017, this was the longest such warning.
From 24 January 2008 to 16 February of the same year, Hong Kong experienced 24 consecutive days of cold weather, during which the average daily minimum temperature was 9.9 degrees Celsius, and the minimum temperature recorded on 3 February was 7.9 degrees Celsius.
Since the Cold Weather Warning system was established in 1999, the Observatory issued warnings continuously from 24 January to 18 February 2008, lasting 594.5 hours, the longest since the system was implemented.
The Hong Kong Waste Management Association, together with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Green Strategy Alliance, co-organised a Hong Kong forum on food waste management on 24 January 2015 to discuss the related challenges and opportunities.
On 24 January 2016, Hong Kong recorded a minimum temperature of 3.1 degrees Celsius; Tai Mo Shan recorded a minimum temperature of minus 6.0 degrees Celsius on the same day. The cold weather persisted from 22 January to 27 January.
On 24 January 2016, frost and ice were widely recorded in many parts of the New Territories and on high ground, with rime, freezing rain, sleet and ice pellets also observed.
On 24 January 2016, the Education Bureau decided that all kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong would be closed that day, the first such closure since the opening of Hong Kong as a port due to a cold wave.
On the day before that day, the Nga Tsin Wai Village Redevelopment Concern Group issued a statement to the public saying it would no longer participate in the related actions.
The remaining two shops had reached a consensus with the Urban Renewal Authority on the previous evening regarding rehousing and compensation arrangements.
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.