28 chronicle entries dated 23 August, 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、深圳河、珠海書院、大嶼山深屈道、荃錦公路、香港深井新村、深井新村、新界北部、新青衣站、菲律賓馬尼拉、維多利亞港、大埔滘、尖鼻咀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/1838#〈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/1999#〈條目編號〉
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On the twenty-third day of the eighth month of the eighteenth year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing dynasty, the French painter Auguste Borget arrived in Hong Kong and stayed for three days, during which he produced several works depicting local scenery.
On 23 August 1939, a railway bridge spanning the Shenzhen River boundary and belonging to the Kowloon-Canton Railway was demolished on the orders of the Hong Kong Government in response to a possible Japanese invasion.
On 23 August 1945, Chiang Kai-shek telegraphed Truman for the second time, expressing willingness to appoint a British officer to preside over the Japanese surrender ceremony in Hong Kong on his behalf as Commander-in-Chief of the China Theatre.
On 23 August 1969, Chu Hai College expelled 12 students on the grounds that they had written articles criticising the college, an incident that triggered demonstrators to express their dissatisfaction.
On 23 August 1971, the Red Cross Society of China remitted RMB 3 million through the Bank of China to the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions for distribution to the families of those killed in Hong Kong by Typhoon Rose.
On 23 August 1999, a landslide occurred on Sham Wat Road on Lantau Island, involving 1,700 cubic metres of mud and rock, causing no casualties in the incident.
On 23 August 1999, a natural hillside above Sham Tseng San Tsuen collapsed under the impact of heavy rain, with a total of 600 cubic metres of soil and rock sliding down.
Typhoon Sam moved away from Hong Kong on 23 August 1999, and the associated strong southwesterly winds subsequently brought heavy rain to the territory.
On 23 August 2000, Gary Cheng Kai-nam was revealed to have abused his authority for personal gain while serving as a Legislative Council member and failed to declare his personal interests; Cheng was vice-chairman of the DAB.
From 23 August 2009 to 8 September, Hong Kong experienced 17 consecutive days of hot weather, with the daily maximum temperature reaching 34.6 degrees Celsius on 7 September.
On 23 August 2011, Guangdong and Hong Kong held the 14th Joint Cooperation Conference, at which both sides reached consensus and agreed to set up a liaison and coordination group to handle matters relating to climate change.
On 23 August 2017, when Typhoon Hato struck Hong Kong, the maximum storm surge level recorded was 1.18 metres in Victoria Harbour, 1.65 metres in Tai Po Kau, and 2.42 metres in Tsim Bei Tsui.
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.