23 chronicle entries dated 8 April, 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、南丫島、中環、京士柏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/1911#〈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/1974#〈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: Natural Environment (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1979#〈條目編號〉
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On 8 April 1911, revolutionaries held a meeting in Hong Kong to prepare for an uprising, discussing an anti-Qing revolt in Guangzhou, deciding to advance in ten routes, with Zhao Sheng as commander-in-chief and Huang Xing as deputy.
Hua Shang Bao was established by the Chinese Communist Party, began publication on 8 April 1941, and ceased publication on 30 November of the same year, before the Japanese capture of Hong Kong.
On 8 April 1949, 164 Hong Kong Cantonese film industry workers jointly published a declaration in a newspaper, calling on producers to stop making films harmful to national interests and endangering society and corrupting people's minds.
On 8 April 1974, Shell announced that it would partner with Dow Chemical Pacific Limited to jointly assess the feasibility of an oil refinery and petrochemical plant on Lamma Island.
According to the Hong Kong Observatory's historical climate records, dense fog occurred at the Observatory Headquarters on 8 April 1979, with visibility recorded at 100 metres.
At 11:02 am on 8 April 1983, the authorities issued a landslip warning to the public for the first time, and the warning remained in effect for 10 hours and 36 minutes.
On 8 April 1998, the Provisional Legislative Council held its final round of meetings and then declared a recess; the term of all members ended on 30 June.
On 8 April 2008, the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued rules permitting mainland fund management companies to apply under CEPA Supplement IV to set up branches, representative offices or subsidiaries in Hong Kong.
On 8 April 2011, the authorities promulgated the Food Safety Ordinance, requiring traders engaged in import and distribution to register with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
On 8 April 2014, the Government announced that the relevant parties were willing to pay for the clean-up work of the incident, but the specific details of the agreement were not disclosed.
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.