28 chronicle entries dated 17 July, spanning 19 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、香港,廣東西江,廣州、上環普慶坊、啟德機場、荃灣、呈祥道、倫敦、新蒲崗裁判法院、西貢大浪西灣、旺角、油麻地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/1858#〈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/1959#〈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: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2014#〈條目編號〉
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On 17 July 1858, Governor Bowring received the report of a commission of inquiry; the report arose from the Attorney General Anstey's accusations against the Registrar General Caldwell, involving Caldwell's collusion with the pirate Huang Mozhou, receipt of benefits and neglect of duty; the commission concluded that Caldwell was unfit to continue as a justice of the peace but did not recommend his dismissal.
On 17 July 1903, the Hong Kong Government enacted a wireless telegraphy regulation granting the Governor the power to license wireless telegraphy stations, this being Hong Kong's earliest regulatory legislation on radio.
On 17 July 1915, the Legislative Council passed a funding resolution agreeing to allocate $50,000 from public funds to a relief fund set up by Tung Wah Hospital to assist victims of the West River floods in Guangdong and the Guangzhou fire.
On 17 July 1925, a retaining wall collapsed at Po Hing Fong, Sheung Wan, crushing five houses and causing 75 deaths and 20 injuries; former Legislative Council Chinese member Chow Shouson and his family members were among the victims.
On 17 July 1953, the Hong Kong Chinese Artists' Association completed formal registration as a trade union organisation whose members came mainly from local Cantonese opera practitioners; its predecessor was the Hong Kong branch of the Guangdong Bahe Cantonese Opera Professional Union.
On 17 July 1959, the runway lighting system at Kai Tak Airport was installed, after which aircraft could take off and land at night, and night flight services began.
From 17 July 1959, Kai Tak Airport's night navigation lighting system was officially activated, enabling aircraft to take off and land at night and allowing the airport to operate around the clock.
On 17 July 1974, the Hong Kong Government published a white paper setting out the blueprint for the planning and development of medical services for the decade from 1974 to 1984.
On 17 July 1985, the Hong Kong members of the Basic Law Drafting Committee met for the first time to discuss the matter of convening the Consultative Committee.
Two arrangements were adopted at the meeting: the Xinhua News Agency Hong Kong Branch would assist with the establishment of the preparatory office, while the drafting of the constitution was assigned to a group of six members.
On 17 July 1991, the Hong Kong Government applied to the Supreme Court for an order to wind up the Hong Kong branches of the International Commercial Credit Bank.
On 17 July 1993, Tsuen Wan Central Library opened, equipped with the world's first bilingual Chinese-English public library automation system at the time.
On 17 July 1997, a landslide occurred on Ching Cheung Road, with about 700 cubic metres of debris collapsing, and no one was injured or killed as a result.
On 17 July 1997, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's Economic and Trade Office in London began operation, replacing the London Office established by the Hong Kong Government in 1946.
On 17 July 2000, the Advisory Council on the Environment held differing views on the environmental impact assessment report, and the chairman ruled that the council would not take a position, only recording the supporting and opposing views.
On 17 July 2000, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department was ordered by the San Po Kong Magistracy to return the Golden Eagle to Chan Yat-piu.
On 17 July 2010, several government departments gave interviews to the South China Morning Post and set out their positions on the excavation works at Tai Long Sai Wan.
On 17 July 2011, the group collected signatures in Mong Kok, aiming to reach 10,000 signatures before submitting a protest to the Environmental Protection Department.
From 17 July 2014, Hong Kong's marriage registration system has allowed persons who have completed sex reassignment surgery to register under their post-surgical sex.
Starting from 17 July 2014, the order made by the Court of Final Appeal entered the stage of practical implementation, requiring the Marriage Registrar to recognise the changed gender of persons who had completed gender reassignment surgery.
On 17 July 2015, Leung Chun-ying, in his capacity as Chief Executive, appointed an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the lead contamination in the water supply of public housing estates.
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.
