11 chronicle entries dated 2 February, spanning 10 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、大潭篤、歌連臣角懲教所Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
Every entry is citable. Press “Cite this entry” for a Chinese footnote, Chinese bibliography, APA or Chicago note — all derived from the registered source and the generated archive, never hand-written. If a registered source has no publication year, the citation prints the access date and says so.
冇 JavaScript 都用得：來源書目模板 / Source patterns (no JavaScript needed)
《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/1856#〈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/1967#〈條目編號〉
Substitute the entry’s page number and ID (shown as 〈頁碼〉／〈條目編號〉) into the pattern above. The same templates, plus rules and limits, are in the citation block of /api/v1/archive.json.
On 2 February 1856, the Hong Kong government implemented the Chinese Passengers Act 1855 enacted by the British Parliament, requiring that any British ship departing from the colony, or taking on passengers at any Chinese port or within 100 miles of the coast, on a voyage exceeding seven days and carrying more than 20 Asian passengers, must be inspected by the Emigration Officer before leaving Hong Kong.
On 2 February 1857, the case was heard in the Supreme Court, and for lack of sufficient evidence only the persons connected with the Yuk Shing bakery were deported from Hong Kong.
On 2 February 1918, the inauguration ceremony of Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir was held; the dam was built by the Hong Kong Public Works Department itself, the first project it completed without the assistance of a London engineering consultant.
On 2 February 1968, the Hong Kong Psychological Society was formally established as a professional organisation for local psychology practitioners, with the aim of ensuring members adhere to professional ethical standards and promoting the growth and advancement of psychology in Hong Kong.
On 2 February 1973, the Hong Kong Government announced an amending ordinance imposing stricter and more detailed requirements for television broadcasting licence applications, requiring licensees to broadcast educational and news announcement programmes supplied by the Government, and tightening industry regulation.
On 2 February 2002, seven demonstrators were convicted by the Court of First Instance of murder and manslaughter, with sentences of life imprisonment and 12 to 13 years' imprisonment.
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.
