37 chronicle entries dated 16 February, spanning 13 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.
涉及地點界內、香港、荷李活道、九龍、石硤尾、白沙灣半島、赤洲、果洲群島、吉澳洲、荔枝窩海灘、茅坪、米埔村Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
同日條目
Chronicle entries dated 16 February (oldest first)
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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/1684#〈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/1979#〈條目編號〉
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On 16 February 1684, the Qing government sent officials to inspect the boundary and ordered the return of land within the boundary to its original owners, while offering a three-year tax exemption to attract farmers from various places to move in and cultivate abandoned and ownerless land.
On 16 February 1842, Pottinger again declared Hong Kong a free port and established the principle that its external trade would be largely exempt from customs duties.
On 16 February 1887, the Alice Memorial Hospital on Hollywood Road held its opening ceremony and began operating the next day, serving Hong Kong's Chinese population with Western medical treatment.
The report made a preliminary estimate that of Hong Kong's external trade, about 80% of re-exported goods first arrived in South China from overseas or North China, and were then shipped via Hong Kong to North China or overseas.
The government established a special committee to study the economic recession, whose report stated that Hong Kong could not become an independent economic entity and held that the advantages and disadvantages of the environment and systems of surrounding regions would affect Hong Kong.
On 16 February 1951, a tuberculosis clinic in Kowloon began operation, a facility completed with United Nations support, providing free tuberculosis examination and treatment to the public, and the first clinic established by the authorities after the end of World War II.
On 16 February 1954, the first two-storey bungalow was completed, built by the Public Works Department on the site of the Shek Kip Mei fire, and fire victims were arranged to move in.
From 16 February 1967, the Hong Kong Government implemented different clearance arrangements for Macau identity card holders entering and leaving Hong Kong: they were processed in the same way as foreign passport holders, submitting a white form on entry and a yellow form on exit.
Tung Ping Chau, another name for Ping Chau, is the easternmost island within Hong Kong, and the vast majority of its land has been included in the extension of Plover Cove Country Park.
The Ninepin Group comprises two main islands, North Ninepin and South Ninepin, with protected plants such as gardenia and palm grass growing on South Ninepin.
This department coordinates the allocation of resources for local sports and recreational activities, and identifies and trains talented athletes with potential.
The Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon was first held on 16 February 1997, starting in Sheung Shui and finishing in Shenzhen, with more than 1,000 participants.
On 16 February 2005, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Progressive Alliance completed their merger to form the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.
On 16 February 2009, the Census and Statistics Department announced that Hong Kong's population was 7,008,900 as at 31 December 2008, an increase of 56,100 over the end of 2007.
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.