26 chronicle entries dated 26 April, spanning 16 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、香港、澳門、九龍、恭城縣、荔枝莊、蘇聯切爾諾貝爾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/1852#〈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/1973#〈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 Resources and Ecology (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2022#〈條目編號〉
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On 26 April 1852, four of the convicts were pardoned and their sentences commuted to life transportation, while the remaining six were executed on 3 May of the same year.
On 26 April 1876, the Hong Kong Government announced a scheme for subsidised schools covering five categories of schools, setting out conditions for participation and annual subsidy amounts, with recipients required to be supervised by the authorities.
On 26 April 1950, the Immigration Department of the Police Force issued new measures requiring all vessels entering Hong Kong waters to first enter a designated restricted zone and, after inspection and obtaining a permit, to berth at the pier.
From 26 April 1950, Macau Chinese wishing to enter Hong Kong had first to complete identity registration and pass verification by the Hong Kong Police, under new rules introduced by the Hong Kong Government at the time.
On 26 April 1966, the Hong Kong Government approved a fare adjustment for the Star Ferry, effective from 2 May; first class fares rose from 20 cents to 25 cents, and adult monthly tickets from $8 to $10.
On 26 April 1973, the Kowloon Chinese Chamber of Commerce stated that the noise generated by flights at Kai Tak Airport caused severe disturbance to residents near Kowloon City.
A CAAC passenger aircraft flying from Guangzhou to Guilin crashed in Gongcheng County, killing all 112 people on board, of whom 50 passengers had originally travelled from Hong Kong via Guangzhou to take the flight.
The meeting voted on and passed the consultation method, after which five months were spent collecting opinions in Hong Kong and the mainland respectively.
On 26 April 1998, the Independent Commission Against Corruption dismantled a large-scale piracy syndicate, seizing 7 million pirated optical discs and production equipment valued at $650 million.
On 26 April 2003, nurse Lau Wing-kai was infected while caring for SARS patients and later died, becoming the first healthcare worker in Hong Kong to die in the line of duty during the SARS outbreak.
On 26 April 2004, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress stated that, provided the above provisions were not contravened, appropriate adjustments in line with the principle of gradual and orderly progress could be made in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Basic Law.
On 26 April 2004, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decided that the Chief Executive election in 2007 would not adopt universal suffrage and that the Legislative Council election in 2008 would not implement the election of all members by universal suffrage.
On 26 April 2004, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decided that the ratio of functional constituency to geographical constituency seats and the voting procedure of the Legislative Council would remain unchanged.
On 26 April 2007, a pair of giant pandas named Le Le and Ying Ying, gifted by the Central Government, arrived in Hong Kong to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
On 26 April 2017, the MTR published certain parts of the report of the High-Level Review Committee, recommending the addition of portable fire extinguishers inside the fire hose reel cabinets in train compartments, and setting a target for all compartments to be fitted with closed-circuit television by the end of 2023.
As of 26 April 2017, the Sustainable Development Fund had processed 12 rounds of applications in total, approving 67 projects involving about $69 million in funding.
As of 26 April 2017, the Sustainable Development Fund had approved 67 projects, of which 61 had been completed and the remaining 6 were still in progress.
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.