28 chronicle entries dated 6 July, spanning 17 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,廣東西江、香港、聯合船塢、赤鱲角、維多利亞港、大埔滘、尖鼻咀、大嶼山以南、北區、塔門東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/1914#〈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〉
《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/1998#〈條目編號〉
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On 6 July 1914, the Legislative Council resolved to allocate $50,000 from the Hong Kong Government's recurrent revenue to relieve those affected by floods in the West River area of Guangdong.
On 6 July 1953, the Chinese Manufacturers' Association, together with the Kowloon Chamber of Commerce, called on various Chinese organisations in Hong Kong to jointly sign and submit a petition protesting the Government's rent increase measures under rent control and its plan to abolish rent control within two to three years.
On 6 July 1972, as the pound sterling ceased to maintain a fixed exchange rate, the Hong Kong Government announced that the Hong Kong dollar would be pegged to the US dollar at HK$5.65 to US$1; in February of the following year, the rate was changed to HK$5.085 to US$1.
On 6 July 1991, Woo Lai-tat was found by the Supreme Court to have a significant discrepancy between his assets and his public office salary, sentenced to eight years' imprisonment and ordered to repay $12 million.
On 6 July 1994, the first meeting of the Sino-British expert group was held in Hong Kong to discuss sewage treatment plans spanning 1997, with a focus on sewage discharge issues.
At 00:02 on 6 July 1998, Cathay Pacific flight CX251 departed from Kai Tak Airport for London, becoming the last passenger flight to leave the airport.
From the night of 6 July 1998, the new Chek Lap Kok Airport formally replaced Kai Tak Airport as the venue for the provision of airport meteorological services.
On 6 July 2001, during Typhoon Utor, the maximum storm surge was 1.12 metres in Victoria Harbour, 1.35 metres at Tai Po Kau, and 1.07 metres at Tsim Bei Tsui.
On 6 July 2001, during Typhoon Utor, the highest tide levels were 3.38 metres in Victoria Harbour, 3.47 metres at Tai Po Kau, and 3.58 metres at Tsim Bei Tsui.
On 6 July 2001, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region amended immigration rules to allow Mainland Chinese students to come to Hong Kong to pursue bachelor's degree programmes.
On 6 July 2003, James Tien, who was also chairman of the Liberal Party, announced that he would no longer serve as an Executive Council member and publicly stated his opposition to the government's rushed legislative process on national security-related legislation.
On 6 July 2003, before the resumption of the second reading in the Legislative Council, James Tien publicly stated that the Liberal Party would not support a national security-related bill and resigned from the Executive Council at the same time.
For the Hong Kong Satellite Positioning Reference Station Network, the first satellite receiver at the Shek Pik Shan station was installed on 6 July 2004.
On 6 July 2008, Vice-President Xi Jinping arrived in Hong Kong for a three-day inspection visit, during which he met members of the rescue team dispatched by the SAR Government to Sichuan to assist in earthquake relief.
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.