12 chronicle entries dated 9 February, spanning 12 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、大帽山、大老山、吐露港至大灘海一帶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/1861#〈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/2016#〈條目編號〉
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The Hong Kong government published a census on 9 February 1861, counting as at 31 December 1860, with a total population of 94,917, a foreign population of 2,476, and Chinese residents and boat people accounting for 90,691.
On 9 February 1949, Wen Wei Po published an editorial titled "New China and Hong Kong", stating that the Chinese Communist Party had decided it had no intention of dealing with Hong Kong affairs in the short term and would let the territory maintain the status quo.
On 9 February 1965, HSBC publicly announced that it would provide unlimited support to Wing Lung Bank and Far East Bank; Standard Chartered simultaneously stated that it would give unrestricted support to Kwong On Bank and Dao Heng Bank.
On 17 August 1978, the Heung Yee Kuk and the Secretary for the New Territories held a joint meeting and decided on premium payments for the transfer of small houses: for those built on private land under a building licence, transfer within five years required payment of a premium; for those built on government land granted by private treaty, transfer at any time required payment of a premium.
On 9 February 1980, the Hong Kong Government held a button-pressing ceremony at High Island Reservoir, which was officially put into water supply service thereafter.
On 9 February 1993, the Independent Commission Against Corruption took action and arrested 13 persons, including 5 Customs officers, who were alleged to have bribed Customs officers to facilitate the smuggling of luxury cars to the mainland, and 20 luxury cars worth a total of $18 million were seized in the operation.
On 9 February 2001, Ha Ping-shun was elected Chairman of the Council for 2001, at which time he was Hong Kong, China's Permanent Representative to the WTO.
On 9 February 2004, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the developer reached a consensus on the private-sector participation home ownership scheme project at Peninsula East, modifying the sales conditions so that the developer could pay $864 million in land premium to the Government and sell the flats as a private estate on the open market.
On 9 February 2005, the Hong Kong football representative team played the Brazil national football team in the Carlsberg Cup, with more than 23,000 spectators.
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.