28 chronicle entries dated 27 April, spanning 21 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、域多利監獄、香港天文台總部、新界東部、吐露港、平壤、紅磡、青衣、大窩口至荃灣、尖沙咀、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/1840#〈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/1979#〈條目編號〉
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On 27 April 1840, Lin Zexu inspected the terrain of Hong Kong and submitted a memorial analyzing its key coastal defense positions and proposing measures to strengthen its defenses.
On 27 April 1842, Pottinger issued a second proclamation declaring that silver dollars minted by Mexico and other republics were designated as legal tender for government revenue and expenditure and commercial transactions in Hong Kong and other parts of China occupied by the British.
On 27 April 1853, the British Crown issued a notice declaring that from 1 October of the same year the pound sterling would be recognised as legal tender in Hong Kong.
On the 29th day of the third lunar month (27 April 1911 in the Gregorian calendar), an armed uprising took place in Guangzhou, later known as the 'March 29' Huanghuagang Uprising.
On 27 April 1942, the poet Dai Wangshu was arrested and imprisoned by the Japanese, and wrote the poem 'Written on the Wall in Prison' in Victoria Prison.
On 27 April 1951, the Hong Kong Government promulgated a regulation authorising the Commerce and Industry Department to confiscate embargoed goods intended for the mainland and the related means of transport.
On 27 and 28 April, red tides appeared successively in Tolo Harbour, Tolo Channel and the Kau Sai fish culture zone in Sai Kung, caused by an unidentified species of algae; by 30 April the condition had gradually subsided.
Deng Xiaoping proposed maintaining Hong Kong's status as a free port and international financial centre, with its social system unchanged and Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong.
During talks with Kim Il-sung in Pyongyang, Deng Xiaoping stated that China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong Island, the Kowloon Peninsula and the New Territories in 1997.
On 27 April 1987, the Hong Kong Government announced an amnesty for illegal immigrant children under the age of 14 who had arrived in Hong Kong before that date.
On 27 April 1989, the study report recommended that China Resources' oil depot at Nga Ying Chau be merged with another oil depot also operated by China Resources on the southeastern side of Tsing Yi.
On 27 April 1989, the Secretary for Lands and Works published a study report recommending the relocation of two oil depots in southeast Tsing Yi, operated by Mobil Oil and Hong Kong Oil respectively.
來源 《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育(香港地方志中心) · p.543
引用名稱作品 《青衣危險重估研究報告書》(Tsing Yi Hazard Reassessment Study Report)
On 27 April 1993, when a MTR train was travelling through the section from Tai Wo Hau to Tsuen Wan, the coupling between two carriages came loose, causing the train to separate en route and affecting about 30,000 passengers.
On 27 April 2004, the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars was unveiled at the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront; the project was built by the New World Group at a cost of $40 million and was directly managed by the SAR Government.
On 27 April 2004, the Avenue of Stars arranged commemorative plaques for outstanding Hong Kong film workers in chronological order, with the plaques bearing names, handprints and signatures.
On 27 April 2005, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress conducted the third interpretation of the Basic Law regarding Article 53, paragraph 2, providing an explanation of that provision.
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.