13 chronicle entries dated 10 August, spanning 10 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、新界、沙田、九龍及新界、香港旺角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/1934#〈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/1969#〈條目編號〉
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An ordinance enacted by the Hong Kong Government in 1934 required the registration of births in Hong Kong within 14 days with the relevant department, and the registration of deaths within 24 hours.
From 10 August 1942, rationed items including rice, oil, firewood and sugar all had to be paid for in military yen; from the same day rice stations accepted only military yen for transactions, oil stations and firewood stations also used the military yen as the basis of trade, while shops in the market could still continue to accept Hong Kong dollars.
On 10 August 1958, the Hong Kong Chinese Art Club was established, with Li Yanshan, Chao Shao-an, Zhang Junshi, Lui Shou-kwan and others among its members.
On 10 and 11 August 1969, heavy continuous rain caused extensive flooding in low-lying areas of the New Territories, with three villages in Sha Tin submerged and 7,000 villagers left homeless.
During the continuous heavy rain in August 1969, the Tai Chung Bridge was washed away; Plover Cove Reservoir, Shek Pik Reservoir and Shing Mun Reservoir all had to discharge floodwater.
On 10 August 1973, the Hong Kong government granted television licences to Rediffusion Television Limited and Commercial Television Limited, with the former permitted to operate one Chinese and one English channel and the latter only a Chinese channel, both licences valid for 15 years.
On 10 August 1976, officers of the Police Narcotics Bureau conducted searches at a total of 23 locations in Kowloon and the New Territories, seizing drugs worth $20,000 and arresting eight people.
On 10 August 1982, during a meeting with several Chinese-American scientists, Deng Xiaoping spoke about Hong Kong's future, stating that Hong Kong would become a Special Administrative Region after its return, that its system and way of life would remain unchanged, and that its governance would be entrusted to Hong Kong residents with patriots at the core.
On 10 August 2007, the High Court delivered its judgment in the judicial review arising from Queen's Pier not being included as a declared monument, ruling that the decision made by the Antiquities Authority was lawful.
On 10 August 2012, the Hong Kong SAR Government published a new Companies Ordinance aimed at enhancing corporate governance, facilitating business operations, improving the regulatory regime, and modernising company law.
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.