25 chronicle entries dated 26 August, spanning 15 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、中華中學、維園、大嶼山路伯公坳、大嶼山伯公坳、北京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/1939#〈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/2013#〈條目編號〉
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On 26 August 1939, the Hong Kong Government, using powers conferred by an Order in Council of the British Government, made and promulgated defence regulations requiring the censorship of the contents of all telegrams, letters, newspapers and publications.
On 26 August 1958, Chung Wah Middle School was closed by police on grounds of building structural safety, during which physical clashes broke out with teachers, students and reporting journalists, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs subsequently protested to the British government over the incident.
At the rally held on 26 August 1973, the organisers dispatched about 200 marshals to distribute leaflets and called on citizens to sign a petition demanding the extradition of the allegedly corrupt Godber from the United Kingdom to Hong Kong for trial, and participants dispersed in order after the rally ended.
On 26 August 1976, the Governor appointed Wong Lam, traffic manager of Kowloon Motor Bus, as an unofficial member of the Legislative Council, making him the first member from the grassroots in the council's history.
On 26 August 1976, the Hong Kong Government announced amendments to the Royal Instructions, increasing the number of unofficial seats in the Legislative Council from 15 to 23.
Shantou University was approved for establishment by the State Council on 26 August 1981, jointly founded by the Li Ka Shing Foundation, the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Ministry of Education, with its first intake in 1983.
Tam Wai-chu was formerly a member of the Executive Council, the Legislative Council, the Urban Council and a District Council, and was the first person in Hong Kong to have held seats in all four of these councils.
On 26 August 1996, the political group Frontier held its founding meeting, with founders including Elizabeth Wong Chien Chi-lien, as well as Lau Chin-shek, Leung Yiu-chung, Emily Lau Wai-hing and Lee Cheuk-yan.
The Equal Opportunities Commission published a formal investigation report on the Secondary School Places Allocation System, finding that the allocation mechanism contained systemic discrimination and requesting the authorities to conduct a review to ensure fair treatment of male and female students in the allocation process.
On 26 August 2003, a Government Flying Service helicopter crashed near Lo Fu Tung on Lantau Island, killing two crew members; this was the first time since the service's establishment in 1993 that members died in a crash.
On 26 August 2011, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress made an interpretation of Articles 13 and 19 of the Basic Law, following a request from the Court of Final Appeal.
According to the relevant explanations, the Central People's Government has the authority to decide on the rules or policies of state immunity, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region must fulfil its responsibility to apply such rules or policies.
On 26 August 2011, the Town Planning Board amended the approved Kai Tak Outline Zoning Plan to facilitate the in-situ preservation of the stone bridge remains.
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.
