29 chronicle entries dated 17 May, spanning 21 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、跑馬地、皇后碼頭附近海面、北角、油麻地、九龍牛頭角村、荔景至太子、中環、粉嶺、深圳河、薄扶林鋼線灣、政府總部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/1880#〈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/1957#〈條目編號〉
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On 17 May 1880, Governor Hennessy approved the establishment of the Po Leung Kuk in Hong Kong; by 5 August 1882, a related ordinance was enacted. At its inception, the Kuk borrowed office space from the Tung Wah Hospital, and its functions covered protecting defenceless women and children, preventing kidnapping, and assisting the Protector of Chinese in mediating Chinese family and marriage disputes.
The Tung Lin Kok Yuen in Happy Valley officially opened on that day; the building was funded by Lady Clara Ho Tung (Ho Cheung Lin-kok) and was the first Buddhist temple on Hong Kong Island.
From 17 May 1941, the writer Mao Dun's full-length novel Corrosion, written in diary form, was serialised in the revived Hong Kong magazine Dazhong Shenghuo and completed its serialisation in September of the same year.
On 17 May 1946, Chinese workers of Hong Kong Electric submitted eight demands to management for improved conditions; after negotiations failed, Chinese staff at the North Point Power Station began a strike at 4 p.m., causing power cuts in some areas of Hong Kong Island and the suspension of tram services.
On 17 May 1951, 70 Japanese war criminals sentenced to imprisonment by Hong Kong military courts were sent back to Japan, where they had to continue serving their sentences.
On 17 May 1959, the Kowloon and Hong Kong Western Medicine Practitioners' Welfare Association hosted Hong Kong's first pharmaceutical exhibition, which officially opened that day, displaying the latest drugs developed in Hong Kong and abroad.
On 17 May 1967 the Hong Kong Government published a white paper on Chinese marriage, stating that monogamy would be established by legislation, that the concubine system would thereby lose its legal basis, and that all marriages would have to be registered with the relevant department.
On 17 May 1986, representatives of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and China Airlines of Taiwan arrived in Hong Kong together for talks on the handover of China Airlines Flight 334's cargo aircraft, crew and cargo, marking the first public contact between officials from both sides of the Taiwan Strait since 1949.
On 17 May 2000, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, Pacific Century CyberWorks and the SAR Government signed an agreement on the Cyberport project.
On 17 May 2016, Zhang Dejiang arrived in Hong Kong in his capacity as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for a three-day visit.
One of the arrangements of the visit was to go to the Government Secretariat to receive a briefing by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on its governance.
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.
