19 chronicle entries dated 3 July, 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、九龍城、葵涌、西貢康村路、新界北部、灣仔入境處總部、浪茄附近水域、滘西洲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/1903#〈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/1988#〈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/1997#〈條目編號〉
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On 3 July 1903, the Hong Kong government published a revised version of the Code of Aid for Grant Schools, abolishing the previous mechanism of determining funding eligibility based on student performance and replacing it with assessment based on reports submitted by inspectors after visits, effective from 1 January 1904.
The Commercial Radio radio drama '18th Floor Block C' first aired on 3 July 1968, with subject matter drawn from the daily lives of grassroots citizens and reflecting the realities of different social classes, ultimately setting the record for the longest-running Chinese-language radio drama in the world.
On 3 July 1973, Hong Kong's first daily newspaper focused on financial information, named the Hong Kong Economic Journal, was founded by the couple Lam Shan-muk and Lok Yau-mui.
On 3 July 1989, Geoffrey Howe, on a visit to Hong Kong as British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, stated that London could not allow 3.25 million British Dependent Territories citizens to acquire the right of abode in the United Kingdom.
On 3 July 1997, the Observatory issued the red rainstorm warning signal, which remained in effect for nine and a half hours as Hong Kong was affected by successive rainstorms.
On 3 July, flooding occurred in the northern part of the New Territories, and firefighters used rubber boats to rescue villagers trapped by the floodwaters.
On 3 July 1997, about 500 people gathered at the Immigration Department's Wan Chai headquarters to protest, seeking the right of abode in Hong Kong for children born in the mainland to Hong Kong residents.
From 3 July 2001, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority abolished the Interest Rate Rules, and since then Hong Kong dollar savings accounts and current accounts have no longer been subject to any interest rate cap.
At about 10:15 a.m. on 3 July 2005, a waterspout appeared in the waters near Long Ke, lasting about 3 to 4 minutes and moving from the water surface towards land.
From 3 July 2006, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government implemented the first phase of the five-day week arrangement for civil servants, with no services provided on Saturdays.
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.