21 chronicle entries dated 23 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.
涉及地點香港、新界北部、橫瀾島、天文台總部、北京、南丫島Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
同日條目
Chronicle entries dated 23 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/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: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1979#〈條目編號〉
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On 23 February 1900, The China Ten-Day Periodical was first published to spread the ideas of the Chinese revolution and periodically compile news from The China Daily into volumes for distribution.
On 23 February 1903, Shinshiro Niwa, Ryokichi Otani and Koki Yamakawa arrived in Hong Kong aboard the Japanese Navy training ship Hashidate on the orders of the Geodetic Committee of the Japanese Ministry of Education.
On 23 February 1957, New Asia College established a two-year art special course to train talents in Chinese and Western painting, and the college also became the first higher education institution in Hong Kong able to confer art degrees.
On 23 February 1976, the Supreme Court sentenced Cheng Yuet-ying to 16 years' imprisonment and a fine of $1 million, payable within twelve months, the highest fine imposed for a drug trafficking offence in Hong Kong at the time.
On 23 February 1982, a ship collision occurred in the waters around Waglan Island, in which a fishing boat was struck by a container ship and sank, and all four people who fell into the sea were rescued.
On 23 February 1997, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a decision by vote declaring that the laws previously in force in Hong Kong that did not contravene the Basic Law were adopted as laws of the Special Administrative Region, and specifying which ordinances and applicable rules would not be adopted.
On 23 February 2000, the Hong Kong SAR Government introduced a local resettlement programme for Vietnamese refugees and expanded its scope of application.
Vietnamese refugees and eligible boat people who arrived in Hong Kong before 9 January 1998 and had remained continuously in Hong Kong could submit applications for permanent residence.
On 23 February 2013, the Government introduced measures to curb property speculation, raising the stamp duty on properties valued at $2 million or below to 1.5 per cent.
The Government amended the Stamp Duty Ordinance to require stamp duty to be paid upon signing the agreement for sale and purchase of non-residential properties.
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.