18 chronicle entries dated 24 July, spanning 12 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、竹園村、淺水灣、淺水灣泳灘、北京、中國內地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/1844#〈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/1982#〈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/2007#〈條目編號〉
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According to a report submitted by Hong Kong's Treasurer Martin on 24 July 1844, major foreign firms such as Jardine and Dent at that stage all took opium re-export trade as their main business.
On 24 July 1942, the Japanese occupation government, by Governor's Order No. 32 (1942), promulgated regulations on currency and exchange within the Governor's administrative district of the occupied territory of Hong Kong: members of the public were required to hand in Hong Kong dollar banknotes to military yen exchange offices, at the rate of four Hong Kong dollars to one military yen.
On 24 July 1947, the Hong Kong Government announced that the British Colonial Office had conditionally accepted the constitutional reform proposal put forward by Governor Mark Young.
On 24 July 1953, several women's organisations were invited by the Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association to attend a joint meeting, at which all parties unanimously expressed support for abolishing the concubinage system.
On 24 July 1957, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs demanded through a diplomatic document that the British government ask the Hong Kong government to stop the clearance plan in Chuk Yuen Village and arrange housing and compensation for the affected residents.
The police seized the robbed money, counterfeit banknotes worth nearly US$700,000, and also found the electroplates used to print the counterfeit notes.
On 24 July 2007, the Observatory issued a Very Hot Weather Warning, which was cancelled on 5 August, lasting 286 hours and 10 minutes, the longest such warning as at 1 July 2017.
From 24 July to 4 August 2007, Hong Kong experienced 12 consecutive days of very hot weather, and the highest temperature recorded on 3 August was 35.3 degrees Celsius.
On 24 July 2009, McDull Kung Fu Kindergarten was officially released in the mainland, the first Hong Kong animated film funded by the Film Development Fund.
On 24 July 2012, Typhoon Vicente struck Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Observatory hoisted the No. 10 hurricane signal that day, which remained in force for about three and a half hours.
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.