26 chronicle entries dated 14 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.
涉及地點石塘咀、香港、荃灣、廣州、秀茂坪、香港灣仔、香港科學館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/1841#〈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/1955#〈條目編號〉
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On 14 May 1841, British Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston wrote to Charles Elliot, stating that no formal treaty ceding Hong Kong had been signed between Charles Elliot and Qishan, and therefore he judged that the conditions for announcing the relevant news had not yet been met.
On 14 May 1965, the Shaw Brothers film The Grand Substitution won the Best Picture award at the 12th Asian Film Festival, while Shaw Brothers actress Li Ching won Best Actress for The Mermaid.
On 14 May 1973, the Anti-Corruption Office of the Police Force began an investigation under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance 1970 into suspected corruption by retired Chief Superintendent Peter Godber.
On 14 May 1974, the Education Department held the first Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, with 55,976 candidates; the examination merged and replaced the two existing examinations, namely the Hong Kong Chinese School Certificate Examination and the Hong Kong English School Certificate Examination.
On 14 May 1978, the Education Department took sealing-off action against Kam Shing Middle School and decided that the school's original site would become Tak Lan Middle School in the next school year, with the running of the school handed over to the Catholic Diocese.
From 1983 onwards, the two sides reached an agreement that the annual quantity of Dongjiang water supplied to Hong Kong would be based on 220 million cubic metres, increasing by 30 million to 35 million cubic metres each year thereafter.
To handle arrangements for the supply of Dongjiang water to Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Government together with the Guangdong Provincial Government signed a supplementary agreement in Guangzhou on 14 May 1980.
On 14 May 1986, the Hong Kong Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education held its first meeting and announced its formal establishment, with Fanny Chui Lai-har appointed as chairman.
On 14 May 1997, Lai Wai-cheong, a Tai Po District Council candidate, was convicted of corrupt conduct at an election at the District Court and was fined $8,000.
On 14 May 2008, the first Hong Kong International Art Fair was held at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, running for five days with 102 international galleries participating.
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.