30 chronicle entries dated 15 August, spanning 17 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、日本、石梨貝水塘、港九、將軍澳、香港濕地公園、釣魚台、萬山群島Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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冇 JavaScript 都用得:來源書目模板 / Source patterns (no JavaScript needed)
《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/1891#〈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: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1945#〈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/2007#〈條目編號〉
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On 15 August 1891, the Hong Kong Government published the census: with 20 May of the same year as the reference date, the colony's population was 221,441, of whom 210,995 were Chinese and 10,446 non-Chinese.
On 15 August 1894, Lawson, Acting Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital, submitted a report to the Hong Kong Government stating that the plague outbreak was significantly related to toilet sanitation conditions.
According to a census taken on 20 January 1901, Hong Kong's population was 283,975, comprising 274,543 Chinese and 9,432 non-Chinese, as announced by the Hong Kong Government on 15 August of the same year.
On 15 August 1928, the inaugural issue of the semi-monthly "Companion" was published; it was Hong Kong's earliest new literature journal written purely in vernacular Chinese, and it ceased publication within less than a year.
On 15 August 1945, Japanese Emperor Hirohito agreed to accept the Potsdam Declaration, and the country therefore surrendered unconditionally to the Allied forces.
After Japan announced unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945, the brutal treatment of Hong Kong residents by the Japanese troops stationed in Hong Kong did not cease.
The Ordinance provided that no material involving sympathy for or promotion of crime, contempt for law enforcement agencies, incitement to imitate crime, or extreme violence or cruelty shall be shown to minors.
From 15 to 25 August 1978, the Chinese Art Troupe presented a total of 19 performances, covering Peking opera, dance, solo singing, piano and Chinese music.
From 15 to 19 August 1982, Hong Kong was again hit by heavy rain, with over 200 landslides recorded territory-wide, causing the deaths of 5 squatter area residents.
Heavy rain in August 1982 caused Shek Lei Pui Reservoir to overflow, triggering flash floods in Wai Man Village and Butterfly Valley Village that forced 59 households to evacuate.
On 15 August 2001, the Civil Aviation Department issued the first airship flight permit, allowing the airship to fly within Hong Kong for three months.
On 15 August 2003, the first project under the Housing Society's Senior Citizen Residences Scheme, Jolly Place, began accepting applications in Tseung Kwan O, providing a total of 243 units.
On 15 August 2007, the KCR Lok Ma Chau Spur Line and the Futian Port began operation, with a total length of 7.4 km, connecting Sheung Shui with Futian Port at Lok Ma Chau and becoming the second cross-boundary railway between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
On 15 August 2012, seven members of the Action Committee for Defending the Diaoyu Islands from Hong Kong sailed on a vessel named "Kai Fung No. 2", broke through the blockade of Japanese vessels, successfully landed on Diaoyu Tai and sang the Chinese national anthem on the island.
On 15 August 2016, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department received notice from the Hong Kong Fishermen's Association that mobile fishermen had discovered a large cargo ship suspected of dumping industrial waste into the sea in the waters around the Wanshan Archipelago.
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.