22 chronicle entries dated 12 August, spanning 16 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、澳門附近海域、中環、中區、慈雲山、香港大會堂、尖沙咀、屯門、油塘茶果嶺道、高等法院、南丫島和香港仔之間、龍尾灘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/1841#〈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/1977#〈條目編號〉
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On 12 August 1841, Henry Pottinger began serving as Administrator of Hong Kong; on 26 June 1843, he was formally appointed as the first Governor of Hong Kong.
On 12 August 1914, a Japanese merchant ship named 'Shikoku Maru' was mistakenly identified as an enemy vessel by British troops stationed in Hong Kong and was subsequently fired upon, resulting in the death of one crew member.
On 12 August 1944, the Japanese dismantled the bronze statue of Queen Victoria in Statue Square, Central, and removed the pair of bronze lions in front of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and the full-length statue of chief manager Thomas Jackson, later shipping them to Tokyo as war trophies.
On 12 August 1954, police raided the Sun Ngai Life Drawing Institute in Central, taking away five people, three of them persons in charge and two models, with the authorities stating that the premises were suspected of operating illegal pornographic activities.
In September 1971, all 63 blocks in the Tsz Wan Shan New Area were completed; the area had opened on 12 August 1965 and thus became the largest resettlement area in Hong Kong at the time.
On 12 August 1971, the police made an exceptional arrangement and approved the Hong Kong United Front for the Defence of Diaoyutai to hold an anti-Diaoyutai rally in Victoria Park the following day, provided the organisers complied with a number of rules.
On 12 August 1977, the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre gave its first public performance at Hong Kong City Hall, performing Wilder's comedy The Skin of Our Teeth.
On 12 August 1979, the boat dwellers unanimously agreed to move to Tuen Mun, and their sit-in demonstration at the Tsim Sha Tsui military camp accordingly came to an end.
On 12 August 1994, the Tuen Mun Court opened the trial of the case, with Lam Kwok-wai facing three charges of murder, eight charges of rape and seven charges of robbery.
On 12 August 1999, a landslide occurred on Cha Kwo Ling Road in Yau Tong, with 25 cubic metres of mud and rock collapsing, and no one was injured or killed in the incident.
On 12 August 2004, the Mui Wo satellite positioning reference station installed its first satellite receiver, the first such installation at that station.
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.