36 chronicle entries dated 20 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.
涉及地點堅尼地城、香港、南丫島、新界、香港、獅子山下村、中環、沙田、赤鱲角東部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/1894#〈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/1988#〈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: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2016#〈條目編號〉
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On 20 May 1894, a glass factory in Kennedy Town was requisitioned as an isolation and treatment facility for plague patients, with its management handled by Tung Wah Hospital.
On 20 May 1953, the Public Service Commission submitted its first report to the Legislative Council, recommending that the authorities should first consider recruiting qualified local people when filling posts in government departments.
On 20 May 1960, the Hong Kong Government promulgated a registration of persons ordinance providing that from 1 June all residents of Hong Kong had to apply in batches for a new version of identity card.
On 20 May 1973, the Joint Secretariat of Education Organizations held a teachers' meeting and accepted the new salary proposal put forward by the Hong Kong government, ending the certificate teachers' salary movement.
On 20 May 1986, the two sides completed four rounds of consultations in Hong Kong, then signed minutes of the meeting and reached consensus on implementing the handover arrangements in Hong Kong.
The three-tier film classification system began on 10 November 1988, and the Hong Kong Government had published the relevant ordinance on 20 May of the same year.
During May 1989, heavy rain in the New Territories flooded 130 hectares of fish ponds, causing a loss of about 250 tonnes of fish worth approximately $2.8 million.
Typhoon Brenda brought heavy rain on 20 and 21 May 1989, during which 118 flooding reports and 100 landslides were recorded; a landslide at Lion Rock Tsuen Village caused 2 deaths and 3 injuries.
On 20 May 1990, the opening ceremony of Standard Chartered Bank's new headquarters building in Central was held; the building is 191 metres tall, has 45 floors in total, and cost HK$600 million.
On 20 May 1991, the British side amended Article 7 of a constitutional document and provided that an international convention would have applicable effect in Hong Kong.
In that operation, the police fired a total of 3,520 tear gas canisters in a single day for dispersal, causing at least 27 Vietnamese boat people injuries, as well as 168 Correctional Services Department staff and police officers injuries.
On 20 May 1996, the Board of Education proposed that funding for special education should cover school subsidies, additional teaching posts, and the employment of qualified therapists and nursing staff.
On 20 May 1996 the Board of Education considered a report of the Sub-committee on Special Education and recommended a grant of $108 million to support special education services.
On 20 May 2002, a tornado occurred in eastern Chek Lap Kok between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., with the day's weather mainly affected by a strong southeast monsoon and thunderstorms.
On 20 May 2003, the Education Commission published the "Review of the Academic Structure for Senior Secondary Education" report, recommending a "3+3" secondary school structure, with a three-year senior secondary period in which students study four core subjects and two elective subjects.
On 20 May 2005, the governments of the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions reached agreement and signed arrangements on the transfer of sentenced persons.
On 20 May 2006, Cantonese opera and herbal tea, jointly nominated by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, were included by the State Council in the first batch of the national intangible cultural heritage list.
On 20 May 2016, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region stated in a press release that illegal immigration was serious and continuously worsening.
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.