11 chronicle entries dated 21 April, spanning 9 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.
涉及地點九龍寨城、香港、錦田, 廈村, 新界、九龍窩打老道、政府大球場、尖山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/1857#〈條目編號〉
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On 21 April 1857, Zhang Yutang, Deputy Brigadier of the Dapeng Brigade, refused to hand over persons resisting the British, so British forces attacked Kowloon Walled City and took him to Hong Kong Island, where he was later released.
On 21 April 1883, the Hong Kong government announced the establishment of the Sanitary Board, responsible for supervising and managing local municipal hygiene, the predecessor of the Urban Council.
On 21 April 1899, Colonial Secretary Lockhart forced the residents of Kam Tin and Ha Tsuen villages to submit petitions of submission, marking the formal end of the armed anti-British resistance of the New Territories villagers.
On 21 April 1970, a special silver medal football match semi-final was held at the Government Stadium between South China Football Club and the Fire Services football team; about 1,000 spectators refused to leave in protest at the referee blowing the final whistle too early, leading to a riot that required riot police to control.
The Chairman of the Law Reform Commission is the Attorney General, and its members include the Chief Justice and the Law Draftsman, together with ten representatives from different sectors of the community.
The organisation was responsible for studying issues relating to Hong Kong law referred to it by the Department of Justice or the Chief Justice, and for making recommendations on the direction of reform.
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.