22 chronicle entries dated 5 July, spanning 16 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.
涉及地點新安縣、香港、大嶼山、元朗、北京、西貢西郊野公園北端、船灣郊野公園東北面、大埔海濱公園、九龍西Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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《香港志·自然》自然環境 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute (2020). Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events) (p. 〈頁碼〉). /chronicle/archive/1673#〈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/1943#〈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/1996#〈條目編號〉
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On 5 July 1673, the 21st day of the fifth month of the 12th year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty, a typhoon arose, the sea tide rose greatly, houses were submerged and rice fields were flooded.
On the 21st day of the 6th month of the 12th year of the Kangxi reign, Xin'an County was struck by a typhoon that caused sea levels to rise sharply, flooding houses and crops, prompting magistrate Li Kecheng to write a wind-sacrifice text to perform the ritual.
On 5 July 1862, the Hong Kong Government legislated on patents, enacting an ordinance whereby an inventor who had already obtained a patent in Britain could apply to the Governor for the same patent right in Hong Kong.
Lantau Island, Cheung Chau, Peng Chau and nearby islands were assigned to the Hong Kong District Affairs Office, having previously belonged to the New Territories.
On 5 July 1993, the first class of the Hong Kong civil servants' China study course, jointly established by the Hong Kong Government and Tsinghua University in Beijing, began a seven-week programme.
On 5 July 1997, the Hong Kong Reunification Monument was unveiled in Tai Po Waterfront Park to commemorate the New Territories villagers' resistance against the British and the Japanese and their contribution to development.
On 5 July 2003, the Hong Kong SAR Government announced three major amendments to a bill, including the removal of the provision prohibiting local organizations from being affiliated with prohibited mainland organizations.
On 5 July 2004, the Legislative Council published its investigation report on SARS, finding that the performance of Dr Yeoh Eng-kiong, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, was unsatisfactory in various aspects of handling the epidemic.
On 5 July 2004, the Education and Manpower Bureau conducted a special inspection of Fresh Fish Traders' School, which was ultimately allowed to continue operating.
On 5 July 2015, the Democratic Party released water test results for 13 public and private housing blocks in Kowloon West, showing that water samples from units in Kai Ching Estate had lead levels exceeding World Health Organization standards.
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.