44 chronicle entries dated 13 August, 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.
涉及地點奇力島、堅尼地城, 筲箕灣、香港、中國、北京、香港港督府、船灣鷺鳥林、三門仔鷺鳥林、離島區、大埔區、北區、香港仔深灣道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/1898#〈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/1986#〈條目編號〉
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On 13 August 1898, the Hong Kong Government legislated for Kellett Island, with the ordinance providing that, except for military purposes, vessels must obtain permission to enter the waters within 50 yards of the high-water line of Kellett Island, and that no person may land on the island without permission.
On 13 August 1904, the Hong Kong Electric Tramway Company Limited officially commenced tram services, covering the route from Kennedy Town to Shau Kei Wan, and began operation on the same day.
On 13 August 1941, Hong Kong overseas Chinese held a commemorative rally at the Po Hing Theatre for the fourth anniversary of the 'August 13' Incident, with people from all walks of life attending to donate money and take part in charity sales.
On 13 August 1945, the British side conveyed its plan to re-administer Hong Kong to the Nationalist Government through Ambassador Horace Seymour; the Nationalist Government stated its disapproval on the grounds that Hong Kong fell within the China Theatre.
On 13 August 1945, Britain informed the Nationalist Government through its ambassador to China, Horace Seymour, of its plan to regain control of Hong Kong; the Nationalist Government opposed this on the grounds that Hong Kong belonged to the China Theatre.
On 13 August 1948, the Hong Kong Government published an ordinance setting out comprehensive rules on the structure, disciplinary requirements, scope of duties, personnel welfare, administrative operation and law enforcement work of the police force.
On 13 August 1954, persons in charge of life drawing businesses in various districts of Hong Kong and Kowloon were arranged to attend police stations for questioning.
On 13 August 1954, the Hong Kong Government promulgated an amending ordinance on rating arrangements in the New Territories, providing that from 1 April 1955 the rates payable on properties there would be the same as in the urban areas.
The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council is an administrative office under the Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macao Affairs.
On 13 August 1980, the Independent Commission Against Corruption launched an enforcement operation and arrested at least ten staff members of China Motor Bus on suspicion of involvement in bribery and acceptance of bribes.
The petition urged the Hong Kong government to disclose information related to the nuclear power plant, including the views of anti-nuclear organisations, for public assessment, and also sought to exert pressure on the Beijing authorities so that the construction of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station could be halted.
On 13 August 1986, the joint conference went to Government House to express its demands and submitted a batch of petition letters whose signatures represented 1.04 million citizens.
On 13 August 1988, the Hong Kong Government published a safety report on the opening of the Light Rail, written by experts from the UK Department of Transport, which considered the system safe and made recommendations for improvement in operational and technical aspects.
Pok To Yan and Por Kai Shan were designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest on 13 August 1994, located in the Islands District, covering 76.4 hectares.
There is a small island to the northeast of Sam Mun Tsai that is an important breeding site for egrets, and the Sam Mun Tsai egretry is located on that island.
This incident involved weathered volcanic rock and a colluvium layer formed about 40,000 years ago, beneath which lay a thin layer of kaolin clay that is believed to have caused a rise in groundwater pressure.
The total volume of the Shum Wan Road landslide reached 26,000 cubic metres, the largest among similar incidents involving man-made slopes since the 1972 Po Shan Road incident.
On the same day, a landslide occurred at Shum Wan Road in Aberdeen, affecting three shipyards and one factory along the waterfront and causing a fire, resulting in two deaths and five injuries.
The Hang Seng Index fell significantly on 13 August 1998, after international speculators had been attacking the Hong Kong dollar and the Hong Kong stock market for several months.
On 13 August 2010, the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation adjusted the Mortgage Insurance Programme and no longer accepted loan applications with a loan-to-value ratio above 90%.
In addition, the HKMA stipulated that for non-owner-occupied properties, the loan-to-value ratio must not exceed 60%, and the borrower's debt servicing ratio was capped at 50%.
From 16 July 2010, the Mortgage Insurance Programme lowered the maximum limit for loans with a loan-to-value ratio of 90% or below from HK$12 million to HK$7.2 million.
On 13 August 2015, the State Council included the Wu Kau Tang Anti-Japanese War Martyrs Memorial Monument in the second batch of the national list of memorial facilities and sites of the War of Resistance.
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.
