18 chronicle entries dated 2 March, 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、中環、長洲、北京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/1844#〈條目編號〉
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On 2 March 1844, the Hong Kong government implemented a publication regulation requiring any book or newspaper to complete registration procedures before printing and distribution.
On 2 March 1883, the Hong Kong Observatory was formally established, with functions covering meteorological and geomagnetic observation, time signalling, and the issue of tropical cyclone warnings, with Doberck as its first Director.
On 2 March 1889, Chater and Keswick jointly founded a company named 'Hong Kong Land and Agency Company Limited', with property development as its core business; the company remains the longest-established group in Hong Kong's real estate sector.
On 2 March 1951, the Education Department opened the Government Vernacular and Commercial College, initially named the Senior Chinese Evening Institute, with three departments of literature, commerce and journalism; in 1975 it was renamed the Government Chinese Evening Institute, and in 1982 it became the Institute of Language in Education.
On 2 March 1962, the new Hong Kong City Hall in Central began service; it was the first multi-purpose public cultural and entertainment building built for the general public in Hong Kong after the Second World War, housing a museum and art gallery, a library and a theatre.
On 2 March 1964, a vessel named the "Ceylon" carrying hundreds of Hong Kong products set sail for Europe, holding an onboard exhibition during the voyage to promote Hong Kong goods to various countries; the exhibition was jointly organised by the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, and the Swedish East Asia Company Limited.
On 2 March 1966, a Soviet passenger ship named the M. Uritsky arrived in Hong Kong, but the Hong Kong Government refused to allow its Soviet crew members to go ashore.
The budget document stated that the Hong Kong Government's future reserve levels must be adjusted upward in line with the annual growth rate of expenditure.
On 2 March 1979, David Akers-Jones, as Secretary for the New Territories, after discussion with the Cheung Chau Rural Committee, announced the cancellation of the midnight bun-snatching competition on safety grounds.
On 2 March 1996, John Major stated that Britain's responsibilities towards Hong Kong would continue after the establishment of the Special Administrative Region in 1997, and that holders of the SAR passport would be granted visa-free entry to the United Kingdom.
On 2 March 1996, British Prime Minister John Major announced that holders of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport would in future enjoy visa-free entry to the United Kingdom.
On 2 March 1996, then British Prime Minister John Major arrived in Hong Kong for a three-day visit, during which he stated that the United Kingdom's responsibilities towards Hong Kong would continue.
On 2 March 1998, the deputies of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the National People's Congress attended the first session of the Ninth National People's Congress in Beijing as an independent delegation for the first time.
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.