30 chronicle entries dated 27 May, spanning 20 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.
涉及地點新界、香港天文台、香港、香港灣仔、紅磡、油塘、北京、曼谷、愉景灣、大嶼山銀礦灣泳灘、元朗Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
Every entry is citable. Press “Cite this entry” for a Chinese footnote, Chinese bibliography, APA or Chicago note — all derived from the registered source and the generated archive, never hand-written. If a registered source has no publication year, the citation prints the access date and says so.
冇 JavaScript 都用得:來源書目模板 / Source patterns (no JavaScript needed)
《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/1899#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況(人口) Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1899#〈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/2013#〈條目編號〉
Substitute the entry’s page number and ID (shown as 〈頁碼〉/〈條目編號〉) into the pattern above. The same templates, plus rules and limits, are in the citation block of /api/v1/archive.json.
On 27 May 1899, the Hong Kong government carried out the first demarcation of the New Territories' administrative districts, establishing seven districts and forty-one sub-districts.
On 27 May 1899, the sub-district arrangements for parts of the New Territories were announced by the Hong Kong government by gazette notice, and New Kowloon was not included.
In his report, British Royal Inspector of Schools Burney noted that government and subsidised schools in Hong Kong used mixed Chinese-English medium instruction with unsatisfactory results; he recommended strengthening practical English training to meet the needs of social progress and external communication, and urged the Hong Kong Government to review the language of instruction for Chinese subjects.
On 27 May 1949, the Education Department announced plans to establish two workers' children schools in Wan Chai and Hung Hom to admit students from Hong Kong and Kowloon workers' schools, and required existing workers' schools to close, triggering a school protection movement in the labour sector.
On 27 May 1966, the Hong Kong Government disclosed the arrangements for the next Executive Council, raising the number of unofficial members from six to eight, four of whom were Chinese, while the number of official members remained unchanged at six.
On 27 May 1977, Lai Man-yau filed a writ against the Independent Commission Against Corruption, claiming that as the commission was established only after his retirement it had no power to prosecute him under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance 1970.
On 27 May 1983, Shum Yip Trading Company Limited was registered in Hong Kong, becoming the first overseas business entity of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.
Following the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group was established to consult on and provide assurances regarding the implementation of the smooth handover of Hong Kong.
The Sino-British Joint Declaration provided the basis for the establishment of the Sino-British Land Committee, which was jointly participated in by an equal number of personnel appointed by China and the United Kingdom respectively.
On 27 May 1985, China and the United Kingdom exchanged instruments of ratification of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in Beijing, from which the declaration became legally binding.
On 27 May 1996, the Hong Kong Government announced that construction of the North West Railway would begin twelve months earlier than originally planned.
On 27 May 1998, the guidelines stipulated the order of precedence, positioning and size of the national flag when displayed alongside the regional flag.
On 27 May 1998, the Department of Surgery of the Chinese University of Hong Kong performed the world's first laparoscopic intestinal surgery on a 12-day-old infant with total colonic aganglionosis.
On 27 May 2005, the Hong Kong SAR Government published an amendment ordinance on the election of the Chief Executive, concerning the term of office of the Chief Executive.
On 27 May 2014, the Public Works Subcommittee voted to seek $18.2457 billion from the Finance Committee for the construction of the Shek Kwu Chau incinerator, with 14 votes in favour and 6 against.
On 27 May 2016, Councillor Lee Yuet-man, citing the Lands Department's officer, said the eastern part of the mud mound had extended to the foot of Yai Kek Shan.
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.