29 chronicle entries dated 31 May, spanning 24 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.
涉及地點九龍寨城、香港、廣州、啟德濱、大埔、香港天文台總部、長洲以西、銅鑼灣、珠穆朗瑪峯、深圳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/1847#〈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/1901#〈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/1963#〈條目編號〉
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On 31 May 1847, Kowloon Walled City was completed, garrisoned by the Kowloon Inspector and the Dapeng Brigade Deputy General, with 32 cannons, serving as a Qing government military fortress against British attack.
On 31 May 1894, the Hong Kong Government issued six additional regulations in response to the plague epidemic, stipulating that if a medical officer determined that a dwelling did not meet sanitary requirements, the occupants had to move out within 24 hours.
On 31 May 1901, Scott, then British Consul-General in Guangzhou, acting on the view of Hong Kong Governor Blake, sent a note to Tao Mo, Governor-General of Liangguang, concerning jurisdiction over the intertidal zones of the bays.
On 31 May 1907, the Hong Kong Government announced new tropical cyclone warning arrangements set by the Observatory, including three wind gun shots fired by the Marine Police at ten-second intervals, and the hoisting of a new gale signal lamp at the Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station and on the masts of vessels under the Harbour Office.
On 31 May 1930, the Joint Planning Sub-Committee under the British Chiefs of Staff Committee submitted a defence report recommending the construction of reinforced concrete machine-gun pillboxes between Sha Tin Hoi and Gin Drinkers Bay to form the Gin Drinkers Line; in December 1935, the first pillbox was completed.
On 31 May 1939, the Hong Kong branch of the Sino-British Cultural Association was established, with Xu Dishan as chairman and Robert Kotewall as vice-chairman.
On 31 May 1946, the Hong Kong Electric Company and its staff reached agreement on pay, with the employer agreeing to raise the wages of skilled workers by 38 per cent, and the staff resumed work at 11 p.m. that same day.
On 31 May 1963, the maximum temperature recorded at the Royal Observatory headquarters for that month was 35.5 degrees Celsius, the absolute maximum for the month.
On 31 May 1963, the Hong Kong Government conducted a cloud-seeding experiment, dispatching the Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force to spray dry ice into clouds west of Cheung Chau, but it was unsuccessful.
On 31 May 1985, the Japanese-funded Sogo department store opened and began operating in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, with a floor area of 130,000 square feet and a total investment of 600 million dollars.
On 31 May 1993, Wharf Cable Television was granted a pay television licence by the Hong Kong Government for a term of 12 years; the station subsequently began broadcasting on 31 October.
On 31 May 1996 the Hong Kong Government announced an amendment to the immigration legislation providing that Vietnamese boat people could still be detained in accordance with the law.
On 31 May 2000, the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong listed and traded the shares of seven companies, all of which were listed on the NASDAQ market in the United States.
On 31 May 2002, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government published an amendment ordinance relating to the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
At 4:45 a.m. on 31 May 2003, Chung Kin-man successfully reached the summit of Mount Everest and planted the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region flag at the peak.
On 31 May 2015, the central officials in charge of constitutional reform matters travelled to Shenzhen to hold talks with 54 Hong Kong Legislative Council members to discuss the constitutional reform package.
By 31 May of the following year, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region published a report concluding that the direct and primary cause of the lead in drinking water problem was lead-containing solder joints.
On 31 May 2017, the Lands Department announced that Hop Yat Development Limited had successfully tendered about $24.7 billion for a site in Kai Tak designated for commercial and hotel use.
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.