19 chronicle entries dated 27 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.
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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/1950#〈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/1983#〈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/2014#〈條目編號〉
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On 27 January 1950, the Hong Kong Government promulgated an order on military restricted zones, designating 55 sites and properties used by the British forces in Hong Kong as military restricted zones from 1 February.
On 27 January 1956, the Hong Kong Government reorganised the Urban Council under an amending ordinance of 1956: six additional unofficial member seats were created with a term of four years, and four new elected member seats were introduced; after the reorganisation it comprised six official members, eight appointed unofficial members and eight elected members, 22 in total.
On 27 January 1965, a run occurred at Ming Tak Bank, and the Office of the Commissioner of Banking announced that it would take over the bank and ordered it to suspend business in order to verify its funds, debts and property holdings.
Under the ordinances, banknotes previously issued and in circulation by the Mercantile Bank were deemed to be banknotes issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and the Mercantile Bank's note-issuing right was revoked and transferred to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
On 27 January 1978, the Hong Kong Government published two pieces of legislation, one of which withdrew the banknote-issuing right from a bank, while the other concerned The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
On 27 January 1995, the Hong Kong Government stated that, owing to differing views in society, it had decided to shelve the implementation of the Old Age Pension Scheme.
On 27 January 1998, the Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry ceased operating the North Point to Kowloon City vehicular ferry route, retaining only the dangerous goods vehicular ferry service.
On 27 January 2004, Hutchison Whampoa's telecommunications arm was the first to launch 3G services in Hong Kong, becoming the first telephone service operator in the territory to provide the technology.
On 27 January 2010, construction of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link officially began, with a total length of about 26 kilometres.
The Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link runs from West Kowloon Station through a dedicated tunnel directly to Shenzhen Futian Station, connecting to the national high-speed rail network.
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.