25 chronicle entries dated 23 May, spanning 18 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、倫敦、半島酒店、智利、東平洲、中環、啟德機場、香港公園、深水灣、法國康城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/1883#〈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: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1973#〈條目編號〉
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On 23 May 1883, Bowen, as Governor, published a notice in the Gazette providing that where Chinese hawkers were accused of breaching cleansing and public safety regulations, the opinion of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs had to be sought before judicial proceedings could begin.
On 23 May 1885 the Hong Kong Government enacted an ordinance on the property of married women; a married woman required her spouse's consent to dispose of her land and property interests by deed.
On 23 May 1921, then Governor of Hong Kong Stubbs apologized for arrangements to suppress celebrations of the founding of the Guangzhou Nationalist Government, stating that the Hong Kong Government recognized only the Republican government in Beijing as legitimate.
On 23 May 1932, the opening ceremony of the first Empire Products Exhibition was held at the Peninsula Hotel, lasting two days, with agricultural and industrial products of the various British colonies and dominions sold and displayed on site.
On 23 May 1960, a magnitude 9.5 earthquake struck Chile and triggered a tsunami, which reached Hong Kong two days later and recorded a wave height of 0.3 metres.
On 23 May 1963, Governor Robert Black visited Tung Ping Chau to inspect the condition of five completed storage tanks there; these facilities were funded by the Hong Kong Government in January 1962 to address the villagers' insufficient water supply.
On 23 May 1973, the Colonial Secretary announced that under the restrictive measures about to take effect, airlines could not schedule flights to take off or land after 11:30 p.m.
On 23 May 1973, the Colonial Secretary stated that the authorities would review the continuation of the night aviation restrictions again around mid-1974 in accordance with the experts' report.
On 23 May 1973, Jack Cater was appointed Secretary for Home Affairs, Peter Tsao was appointed Secretary for the Environment, and Ronald Bridge was appointed Secretary for Housing.
On 23 May 1973, the Colonial Secretary announced that the Governor in Council had decided that night-time flight operations at Kai Tak Airport would continue to be restricted.
World-Wide House is located above Central MTR Station; a topping-out ceremony was held on 23 May 1980, and the building was completed and officially opened in December of the same year.
On 23 May 1986, the Education Department issued the "Guidelines on Sex Education in Secondary Schools", proposing implementation methods for junior and senior secondary levels as formal curriculum and seminars respectively.
The Legislative Council demanded that the Japanese government abandon militarism, face history squarely, and apologise and pay compensation to the countries and peoples that suffered in World War II.
In response to Japan's revision of its history textbooks, the Legislative Council voted on 23 May 2001 and passed a motion condemning Japan's glorification of its history of aggression.
On 23 May 2004, Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for the French film Clean, becoming the festival's first actress of Chinese descent to win the award.
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.