15 chronicle entries dated 20 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、廣州、香港天文台、元朗公園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〉
《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/2004#〈條目編號〉
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On 20 March 1844, the Legislative Council completed its deliberation and vote on an ordinance and passed it; its provisions stipulated that waste must not be discarded indiscriminately in public places and that public order must not be disturbed.
On 20 March 1850, the Hong Kong government implemented an ordinance providing that if a Chinese person hid in Hong Kong in violation of the laws of the Qing government, he would, upon verification by the magistrate, be repatriated to mainland China.
On 20 March 1858, the Hong Kong Government granted the licence for the manufacture and sale of prepared opium to the highest bidder by tender, under the rules of an ordinance.
On 20 March 1860, the British Consul in Canton, Harry Parkes, together with the Governor-General of Liangguang, Lao Chongguang, completed the signing of the Lease of Kowloon, also known as the Lao Chongguang-Parkes Agreement, which provided that the British side, for 500 taels of silver per year, obtained the lease of the Kowloon Peninsula from the southern end of Kowloon Battery to the northern end of Stonecutters Island, together with Stonecutters Island.
On 20 March 1923, the first batch of policemen recruited from Weihaiwei in Shandong arrived in Hong Kong aboard the steamer Kweichow and were assigned the designation 'Weihaiwei Police' with the letter D as their identifying prefix.
On 20 March 1964, "Morning Breeze Art Garden" was launched in letterpress printing, initially in octavo newspaper format; in February 1967, its fifth issue was printed in book form at large 32mo size and the title was changed to "Morning Breeze".
On 20 March 1991, the Education Commission published the "School Management Initiative", proposing that the duties of key personnel such as the school management committee and the principal should be clearly delineated.
On 20 March 1998, the SAR Government announced the membership of the Commission on Innovation and Technology specially established by the Chief Executive, which was responsible for advising on the promotion of product innovation.
On 20 March 2004, Michael Suen, as Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands, told the public that developers should not proceed with the demolition plan.
On 20 March 2012, the Chief Executive together with the Executive Council gave the Airport Authority in-principle approval to adopt the three-runway system as its development direction.
The Chief Executive in Council on 20 March 2012 approved the proposal submitted by the Airport Authority and decided to adopt the "three-runway option".
On 20 March 2017, the Secretary for the Environment announced the municipal solid waste charging proposal, with two modes: by household by bag and by weight.
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.