25 chronicle entries dated 6 May, spanning 17 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、新界、紅磡至沙田、紅磡至羅湖、中國、尖沙咀海洋中心、尖沙咀、大亞灣、汀九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/1871#〈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/1994#〈條目編號〉
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On 6 May 1871, the Hong Kong Government published a census: as at 2 April of the same year, the colony had 124,198 people, of whom 115,444 were Chinese and 8,754 were foreign.
On 6 May 1908, the British Government proposed to the Hong Kong colonial government that all opium divans in the territory be closed; this demand was to implement the 1907 Sino-British agreement, which provided for a ten-year phased reduction of Indian opium imports into China.
On 6 May 1952, the Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis Association provided free BCG vaccinations to residents at the Ruttonjee Tuberculosis Sanatorium and continued to promote the anti-tuberculosis campaign.
On 6 May 1960, torrential rain fell in the New Territories, causing severe damage in Tai Po, Yuen Long and Sheung Shui, with at least seven deaths, about 5,300 acres of paddy fields and 1,300 acres of vegetable fields submerged, and total property losses of $3 million.
On 6 May 1966, the Hong Kong Government implemented an amending ordinance abolishing the requirement that voters know English, relaxing the voting qualifications for Urban Council elections, adding new categories of voters based on social contribution, professional qualifications and education level, and stipulating at least three years' residence in Hong Kong.
On 6 May 1967, when the management of the Hong Kong Artificial Flower Works tried to transport goods away, they were stopped by protesting workers, police arrived to handle the conflict, resulting in 21 workers arrested and several injured, known as the 'Tai Yau Street incident'; the incident later developed into a seven-month-long disturbance commonly called the '1967 riots'.
The ordinance stipulated that the Hong Kong Examinations Authority should assume responsibility for planning and conducting various other local and overseas examinations.
The first phase of the Kowloon-Canton Railway electrification programme was officially opened, with the journey between Hung Hom and Sha Tin taking only twelve minutes and trains running at ten-minute intervals.
After the first phase of electrification came into service, passenger services between Hung Hom and Lo Wu were still provided by diesel trains, at a frequency of one train every sixty minutes.
On 6 May 1987, the Legislative Council's Finance Committee approved HK$7.2 million to subsidise Hong Kong publishers in printing Chinese textbooks for 16 designated secondary school subjects.
At least three versions of textbooks were offered for selection in each subject; once a set of textbooks was selected, its publisher would receive a subsidy of $150,000.
The SAR Government submitted a document to the Legislative Council estimating that after the Court of Final Appeal's ruling on 29 January, the number of Mainland residents who might be eligible for the right of abode in Hong Kong could reach 1.675 million.
The mechanism makes the infectious disease reporting process more convenient and enables connection with different components of the existing disease surveillance system.
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.