27 chronicle entries dated 13 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.
涉及地點新安縣、香港、九龍東北部、愛丁堡廣場、維園、大埔滘、灣仔、西環、青衣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/1895#〈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/1977#〈條目編號〉
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On 13 May 1895, the British Government received a report from the British Colonial Defence Committee proposing the permanent lease of part of the New Territories.
On 13 May 1954, the Chinese-language film Rose, Rose, I Love You had its first official screening in Hong Kong, shown in curved widescreen format, the first film in the territory to use this format.
On 13 May 1960, the Hong Kong Government published a draft plan for the development of northeastern Kowloon and consulted the public on it; the plan covered over 1,300 acres, was estimated to accommodate more than 600,000 people, and also included Kowloon Walled City within its scope.
On 13 May 1965, an official document on social welfare objectives and policies was passed by the Legislative Council, covering various social security and social relief schemes, mainly targeting young people.
At 11:00 am that day, the Hong Kong Federation of Students initiated a Diaoyutai defence protest at Edinburgh Place, with over 600 participants; after the rally ended, the participants formed a procession and successively submitted protest documents to the Japanese Consulate and the American Consulate.
At 11:00 am on 13 May 1972, the Hong Kong Federation of Students initiated a Diaoyutai defence protest at Edinburgh Place, with approximately over 600 participants; after the rally ended, they formed a procession to submit protest documents to the Japanese and American Consulates.
At 9:30 am on 13 May 1972, the Hong Kong United Front for the Defence of Diaoyutai, together with the Hong Kong Action Committee for the Defence of Diaoyutai, initiated a Diaoyutai defence rally in Victoria Park, with approximately over 400 participants.
At 9:30 am on 13 May 1972, the Hong Kong United Front for the Defence of Diaoyutai and the Hong Kong Action Committee for the Defence of Diaoyutai jointly held a Diaoyutai defence protest in Victoria Park, with approximately over 400 people attending.
On 13 May 1977, the 460-hectare Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve was designated by the Hong Kong Government, becoming the first special area in Hong Kong established for its unique ecological value.
From 13 May 1979, the Hong Kong Government implemented daylight saving time until it ended in the early hours of 21 October of the same year, after which Hong Kong did not adopt daylight saving time again.
On 13 May 1988, the court sentenced 67 mainland black market labourers who had illegally stayed and worked in Hong Kong to imprisonment of 15 to 18 months.
On 13 May 1996, law enforcement officers found five to six illegal immigrants near the Victoria Road slaughterhouse in Sai Wan; they were carrying heavy firearms and attempting to land, and an exchange of fire ensued.
On 13 May and 22 July 1999, the Kwai Tsing Provisional District Council held meetings on the handling of medical waste at the Tsing Yi Chemical Waste Treatment Centre and on dioxin emissions respectively.
On 13 May 2008, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region allocated $350 million from the Disaster Relief Fund to assist victims of the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan.
On 13 May 2008, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region allocated $350 million from the Disaster Relief Fund to assist victims of the Sichuan Wenchuan earthquake.
On 13 May 2009, the Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts ruled on a case in which a computer technician was convicted on three counts of dishonest use of a computer for accessing and publicising the photographs, and was sentenced to eight and a half months' imprisonment.
On 13 May 2013, the Court of Final Appeal ruled in W v Registrar of Marriages that the requirement barring a person who had completed sex reassignment surgery from marrying in the new gender was incompatible with the Basic Law.
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.