19 chronicle entries dated 12 May, 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.
涉及地點中區、香港、新界邊境、珠穆朗瑪峯、北京、四川汶川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/1846#〈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 Environment (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1970#〈條目編號〉
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On 12 May 1846, the Commander-in-Chief's headquarters building known as Flagstaff House, within the area of Victoria Barracks in what is now Central, was completed, being the earliest building to appear there.
On 12 May 1857, the German Rhenish missionary Wilhelm Lobscheid was appointed by the Hong Kong government as the first Inspector of Schools of the Hong Kong Royal School.
On 12 May 1860, the Hong Kong Government promulgated an ordinance providing that a person authorised to administer property who retained or misappropriated it for personal gain was guilty of misconduct and had to be tried in the Supreme Court.
On 12 May 1962, then Governor Robert Black went to the border areas of the New Territories to inspect the routes by which refugees entered Hong Kong and visited the Fanling camp to learn the actual situation.
On 12 May 1980, the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Troupe performed in Hong Kong, with accompanying members including the renowned Cantonese opera artist Hung Sin-nui.
On 12 May 1993, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrived in Hong Kong for a three-day visit; on 13 May, she met with Zhou Nan, Director of the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch.
On 12 May 2003, the Hong Kong SAR Government launched the Container Security Initiative pilot scheme in support of the United States' post-9/11 tightening of cargo security for shipments to the US.
On 12 May 2006, the Confucius Institute run by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University was established, offering Chinese language courses and promoting Chinese culture.
On 12 May 2017, the West Kowloon Law Courts Building was officially opened, with the ceremony held inside the building, which houses judicial facilities including a magistrates' court and the Small Claims Tribunal.
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.