13 chronicle entries dated 17 June, spanning 9 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、啟德機場、新界石崗機場、山頂、香港仔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/1900#〈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/1946#〈條目編號〉
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On 17 June and 17 July 1900, Sun Yat-sen departed from Singapore twice and arrived in Hong Kong waters to discuss with revolutionary comrades the arrangements for the Huizhou Uprising.
On 17 June 1946, the Royal Air Force forecasting centre moved to Kai Tak Airport and at the same time took on the duty of providing meteorological services for civil aviation.
On 17 June 1946, the Royal Air Force forecasting centre moved from the Observatory headquarters to Kai Tak Airport, where it also provided meteorological services for civil aviation.
On 17 and 18 June 1983, authorities recorded 393 reports of flooding and 134 reports of landslides, with 12 people injured, 1 killed and over 600 left homeless.
During the heavy rain in June 1983, a large-scale landslip occurred at Victoria Peak, causing a section of road to collapse; in Aberdeen, 6 vehicles were buried by a landslip.
The Hong Kong Observatory implemented the Rainstorm Warning Signal system on 17 June 1992, with four levels indicated by the colours green, yellow, red and black.
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.