20 chronicle entries dated 5 June, spanning 14 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、灣仔、九龍、粉嶺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/1908#〈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/1989#〈條目編號〉
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The Wah Kiu Yat Po was founded on 5 June 1925 and published until it ceased on 13 January 1995; it was the first Chinese newspaper in Hong Kong to publish as usual on Sundays.
On 5 June 1942, the Japanese occupation government promulgated the Film and Drama Censorship Rules by Governor's Order No. 22, requiring films and dramas to be submitted to the Governor's Information Department for censorship before public screening or performance, and only after approval could they be shown or performed.
On 5 June 1947, Ye Lingfeng founded the weekly Hong Kong History and Geography in Sing Tao Daily; in 1953 he wrote the column Tai Ping Shan Fang Wu Zhi for Ta Kung Pao; in 1958 the columns were collected and published as the book Hong Kong Fang Wu Zhi.
The Hong Kong Playground Association took over the operation of the Southorn Stadium in Wan Chai from 5 June 1951, and the venue officially opened on that day.
On 5 June 1964, the Kowloon Tsai Swimming Pool held its opening ceremony and began receiving the public the next day, becoming the first public swimming pool in Kowloon.
On 5 June 1985, Lydia Dunn was appointed by the Hong Kong Government as Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, the first woman to hold the post.
The Hong Kong government planned to set up three strategic landfills in the New Territories and to close the incinerators at Lai Chi Kok, Kennedy Town and Kwai Chung.
The Hang Seng Index closed at 2,093 points on 5 June 1989, falling 581.77 points due to panic selling by investors, with market capitalization evaporating by about $120 billion.
On the same day, amid bank runs, the authorities used HK$194 million from the Exchange Fund to maintain the stability of the banking system and the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate.
On 5 June 2004, Peking University and Tsinghua University held admission examinations in Hong Kong, each offering 50 places to Hong Kong students, with more than 2,000 students attending on the day.
On 5 June 2013, the construction contract for Lung Mei Beach was awarded by the Civil Engineering and Development Department, involving an amount of about $74 million.
From 5 June 2015, the Hong Kong Ladies Open was held over three consecutive days at the Hong Kong Golf Club course in Fanling, with 108 players taking part.
The conference was attended by 1,800 people from 57 countries and regions, including government officials, construction industry personnel, business representatives, and academics.
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.