26 chronicle entries dated 4 April, spanning 19 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.
涉及地點新安縣、香港、大埔、港島天星碼頭、九龍公主道、葵涌、英國、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/1802#〈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/2014#〈條目編號〉
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On 4 April 1802, corresponding to the third day of the third month of the seventh year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing dynasty, a white rainbow pierced the sun in the sky over Xin'an County.
On 4 April 1810 (the first day of the third month of the fifteenth year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing dynasty), Zheng Shi (Zheng Yisao) together with Cheung Po led their followers to surrender to the Qing dynasty, with 16,000 gang members, over 270 ships of various sizes, and more than a thousand cannons.
On 4 April 1899, Major-General Gascoyne, as Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong, together with Colonial Secretary Stewart Lockhart, led 125 British soldiers by boat to Tai Po to deal with local incidents.
On 4 April 1950, the Hong Kong government announced the relaxation of restrictions on white rice imports, allowing rice merchants to import a certain quantity of Thai white rice, which could not be re-exported after entry, while white rice from other places of origin continued to be prohibited.
On 4 April 1958, the Urban Council used the cartoon character Miss Ping On as a publicity tool to encourage the public to prevent mosquito breeding and wash hands before eating, and held selections in resettlement areas to find households with the best environmental hygiene.
On 4 April 1966, 25-year-old So Sau-chung began a hunger strike at the Star Ferry pier on Hong Kong Island to protest against the Star Ferry fare increase.
On 4 April 1967 the Observatory introduced thunderstorm and heavy rain warning services; members of the public wishing to receive these warning signals could apply to the telephone company.
On 4 April 1970, the authorities designated the Kwai Chung seabed for container terminal use and entrusted a private company with the construction costs and daily operation.
On Children's Day, 4 April 1973, the Joint Secretariat of Education Organizations called a one-day strike by certificate teachers in government, subsidised and grant schools, with over ten thousand teachers taking part.
On 4 April 1985, Queen Elizabeth II completed the signing procedure for the Hong Kong Act 1985; the Act had been passed by the British House of Commons and House of Lords, confirmed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and provided that British rule over Hong Kong would end in 1997.
From 1 July 1997, the existing "British Dependent Territories Citizen" status of Hong Kong residents was converted to "British National (Overseas)" under that ordinance.
On 4 April 1985, the Hong Kong government published amendments to the Letters Patent and Royal Instructions, granting the Governor the power to make regulations relating to Legislative Council elections.
On 4 April 1985, the Hong Kong Government announced the enactment of an ordinance and the simultaneous establishment of the Protection of Wages on Insolvency Fund.
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was deliberated and adopted on 4 April 1990 by the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
On 4 April 1994, the Beijing Intermediate People's Court ruled on the case of Xi Yang, who was charged with stealing state secrets, found him guilty and sentenced him to twelve years' imprisonment.
On 4 April 2006, the police held a funeral with the highest honours for the fallen officer Tsang Kwok-hang, whose remains were subsequently buried in Gallant Garden.
Starting from 4 April 2014, Hong Kong has imposed a full ban on the import, transhipment, supply and use of all types of asbestos and asbestos-containing materials.
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.