28 chronicle entries dated 5 May, 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.
涉及地點香港、馬尼拉、香港東部海岸、廣東省寶安縣、倫敦、中環、大埔吐露港、吐露港、旺角、離島區、香港大埔九龍坑村、大埔九龍坑村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/1888#〈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/1988#〈條目編號〉
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On 5 May 1888, the Hong Kong Government enacted an ordinance providing that only Western-style houses might be built within the European district defined by the ordinance.
On 5 May 1948, pro-democracy figures residing in Hong Kong, including Zhang Bojun, Shen Junru, He Xiangning and Li Jishen, jointly sent a telegram to Mao Zedong expressing support for the Chinese Communist Party's "May Day Slogan", which called for the early convening of a new Political Consultative Conference and the establishment of a democratic coalition government.
On 5 May 1952, the Hong Kong High Court ordered "Ta Kung Pao" to suspend publication for six months; the newspaper had earlier, on 5 March of the same year, reprinted a short commentary from the Beijing "People's Daily", and Fei Yimin and Li Zongying were also sentenced to fines or imprisonment.
On 5 May 1958, a floating clinic vessel named Tsz Hong was officially commissioned, donated by the Hong Kong Jockey Club and operated by the Medical Department to provide medical services to residents of rural and fishing villages along the eastern coast of Hong Kong.
On 5 May 1962, Bao'an County in Guangdong Province relaxed controls on residents travelling to Hong Kong; according to the county's estimate, from 27 April to 8 July about 80,000 people crossed the Bao'an County border and fled outwards, of whom about 58,810 were later repatriated by the Hong Kong Government.
On 5 May 1966, Elsie Tu, as an Urban Council member, held a press conference in London to announce five political reform proposals, including that elected seats should be added to the Legislative Council.
All units of Worldwide House were sold out on the first day of sale, involving HK$600 million, setting a new record for single-day pre-sale proceeds in Hong Kong at the time.
World-Wide House was built on the site of the third generation General Post Office in Central, jointly developed by the Mass Transit Railway Corporation and Cheung Kong.
On 5 May 1988, Gymnodinium catenatum caused a red tide in Tolo Harbour, Tai Po, where a large number of fish died, with the fish farming industry estimating losses of about 35 tonnes.
On 5 May 1992, a mahjong parlour in Mong Kok was robbed by five armed robbers, with cash and jewellery worth about $2 million lost, two people killed and 19 injured.
On 5 May 2003, a debris flow of about 200 cubic metres occurred north of Kowloon Hang Village in Tai Po, blocking the road to the Kowloon Hang Shan transmission station for four days.
To improve environmental hygiene, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region established the Team Clean on 5 May 2003, chaired by the then Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang.
On 5 May 2008, the Education Bureau announced the Qualifications Framework, covering the academic sector, the vocational and professional sector, and the continuing education and training sector.
On 5 May 2008, the Education Bureau formally implemented the Qualifications Framework, covering the academic, vocational and professional, and continuing education and training sectors, with the aim of promoting lifelong learning and enhancing the competitiveness of the workforce.
On 5 May 2017, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region announced in the Gazette the resumption of land for Stage 1 of the Wang Chau development plan in Yuen Long, covering 79 private lots with a total area of 3.5 hectares.
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.