32 chronicle entries dated 18 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、英國愛丁堡、英國、維多利亞港、大埔滘、尖鼻咀、新界、南丫島下尾灣、北京、廣深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: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1972#〈條目編號〉
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On 18 July 1900, Viceroy of Liangguang Li Hongzhang arrived in Hong Kong and told Governor Blake he could not disobey the Qing government's order to go north; Blake had previously intended to promote cooperation between Li Hongzhang and the revolutionaries to advance Liangguang independence, but the plan ultimately failed.
On 18 July 1946, Hong Kong was struck by a typhoon, and the Hong Kong Observatory issued the first No. 10 hurricane signal after the Second World War; the storm damaged two steamships and two fishing boats, destroyed many buildings in the urban area, caused the most severe damage on Hong Kong Island, and left 11 dead and 7 injured.
On 18 July 1949, Governor Grantham received five representatives from groups including the Chinese Manufacturers' Association and the Hong Kong Chinese Reform Association, who submitted a petition signed by 138 Chinese organisations concerning comprehensive constitutional reform.
On 18 July 1970, the 9th British Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, where the Hong Kong lawn bowls team won 1 gold medal, the first gold medal won by Hong Kong since it began competing.
On 18 July 1972, thirteen neighbourhood organisations from the southwestern district of Hong Kong Island held a press conference at the Tai Pak Floating Restaurant to express their opposition to the Lamma Island oil refinery project.
On 18 July 1974, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Far East Exchange, the Kam Ngan Stock Exchange and the Kowloon Stock Exchange jointly formed the Hong Kong Federation of Stock Exchanges, with its chairman rotating in turn among the chairmen of the four exchanges.
If a developer sold uncompleted buildings in breach of regulations, prospective buyers would have the right to claim compensation from the developer thereafter.
On 18 July 1982, TVB and Capital Artists Limited jointly organised the first New Talent Singing Awards, open only to Hong Kong residents, and Anita Mui won the championship.
On 18 July 1984, the Hong Kong Government published the Green Paper on the Further Development of Representative Government, proposing the addition of indirectly elected seats to the Legislative Council.
In 1987, the Hong Kong Government recruited 84 foreign teachers through the British Council and arranged for them to begin teaching in the new school year in September of that year.
On 18 July 1989, during Typhoon Gordon, the maximum storm surge was 1.20 metres in Victoria Harbour, 1.36 metres at Tai Po Kau and 1.11 metres at Tsim Bei Tsui.
On 18 July 1989, during Typhoon Gordon, the maximum tide levels were 3.27 metres in Victoria Harbour, 3.31 metres at Tai Po Kau and 3.73 metres at Tsim Bei Tsui.
On 18 July 1995, the Legal Sub-group of the Preliminary Working Committee (under the Preparatory Committee for the Special Administrative Region) stated that the Chinese side did not accept the amendments proposed by the Hong Kong government and said the amendments contravened the principle in the Joint Declaration that existing laws would remain basically unchanged.
On 18 July 1995, the Legal Sub-group of the Preliminary Working Committee stated that the amendments made by the Hong Kong Government had neither obtained China's consent nor conformed to the principles laid down in the Joint Declaration.
On 18 July 2003, Yang Wenchang took up the post of Commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, appointed by the Central Government, and he left the post on 15 February 2006.
The Race Discrimination Ordinance was promulgated by the SAR Government on 18 July 2008 and provided that racial discrimination, harassment and vilification would be made unlawful from 10 July 2009.
On 18 July 2011, more than 150 current and former members gathered at the Jackson Road building for a farewell gathering organised by the Legislative Council.
On 18 July 2014, the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society pointed out that Chinese white dolphins had permanently lost habitat due to reclamation works, with the affected area reaching about 6,000 hectares.
On 18 July 2015, the Open University of Hong Kong, together with the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Hong Kong Environmental Industry Association, co-organised the National Water Ten Plan Forum.
On 18 July 2015, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government published the first round of blood lead testing reports for public housing estate residents, and the blood sample test results of nine residents of Kai Ching Estate were all normal.
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.