17 chronicle entries dated 17 March, spanning 14 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、尖沙咀、將軍澳田下灣、將軍澳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/1842#〈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/1989#〈條目編號〉
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On 17 March 1842, Hong Kong's first English-language newspaper was founded; on the 24th of the same month, it merged with another publication, and the merged name was composed of the two names.
From 17 March 1952, the Federation of Trade Unions distributed white rice to residents affected by the Tung Tau Tsuen fire for four consecutive days; the rice was purchased with funds raised from all sectors of Hong Kong and Kowloon, and the Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce also assisted by distributing relief funds donated by compatriots in Guangdong Province to the victims at a standard of ten dollars per person.
On 17 March 1989, a red tide caused by Alexandrium catenella was recorded at Tin Ha Wan in Tseung Kwan O; the Agriculture and Fisheries Department detected paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin exceeding the standard in shellfish samples collected from fish culture zones at Tin Ha Wan, Kat O and Lamma Island.
On 17 March 1989, the Agriculture and Fisheries Department announced that it would collect and destroy epiphytic shellfish in fish culture zones in Hong Kong.
On 17 March 1989, the Agriculture and Fisheries Department was notified of a red tide at the Tin Ha Wan fish culture zone in Tseung Kwan O; testing identified Alexandrium catenella as the cause of the red tide.
On 17 March 2006, police constable Tsui Po-ko, while off duty, opened fire in Tsim Sha Tsui, killing police constable Tsang Kwok-hang and seriously wounding police sergeant Sin Ka-keung.
On 17 March 2011, the Civil Aviation Department and the Hong Kong aviation industry jointly held an aircraft-pulling event with 360 participants pulling five aircraft of different models by manpower.
On 17 March 2015, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region submitted a document to the Legislative Council proposing the construction of a seawater desalination facility in Tseung Kwan O.
On 17 March 2017, the District Court delivered the first ruling on the 2016 Mong Kok Lunar New Year riots case, convicting three defendants of rioting and sentencing each to three 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.