25 chronicle entries dated 29 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.
涉及地點香港島、香港、南京下關江面、南京、大埔、香港、跑馬地、英國、山頂、西貢海下灣、調景嶺、灣仔、汀九橋與麗都灣泳灘之間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/1842#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況(人口) Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1842#〈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/1923#〈條目編號〉
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The Treaty of Nanking stipulated that the Qing court must cede Hong Kong Island in perpetuity to the British monarch and his successors to possess and govern, and that the British side might also enact its own laws, whereby Hong Kong Island formally became a British cession.
On 29 August 1842, the Chinese negotiators Qiying and Yilibu, together with the British representative Pottinger, signed the Treaty of Nanking on board the anchored British warship HMS Cornwallis on the Yangtze River at Xiaguan, Nanjing.
China and Britain signed the Treaty of Nanking on 29 August 1842 aboard the British warship HMS Cornwallis, whose Article III provided for the cession of Hong Kong Island to Britain.
On 29 August 1923, heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in various places in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, and several village houses collapsed in Wong Nai Chung Village, Happy Valley, resulting in 2 deaths, 2 injuries and 1 missing person.
On 29 August 1924, the Fiction Weekly was launched, featuring classical Chinese works alongside vernacular serials and short stories; in 1925, Xu Mengliu's "The Position of New Poetry" appeared in its first and second issues, being among the earliest critical articles on new poetry in Hong Kong.
On 29 August 1949, British Foreign Secretary Bevin and Colonial Secretary Jones jointly submitted a memorandum to the Cabinet, arguing that Britain should continue to govern Hong Kong, but should not discuss Hong Kong's future with the Chinese government in the short term, and should avoid making any public statements that might provoke Chinese dissatisfaction.
On 29 August 1951, the Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong and Macau was established, no longer under the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui province and operating independently.
On 29 August 1954, Typhoon Ida struck Hong Kong, and the Observatory issued the No. 9 Increasing Gale or Storm Signal, which lasted more than six hours, causing one death and 12 injuries.
In 1967, the Central Magistracy sentenced those responsible for three newspapers to three years' imprisonment, with the judgments handed down on 29 August, 4 September and 7 September respectively.
On 29 August 1972, the Peak Tower opened; the building stood above the Peak Tram terminus and was used as a restaurant; it was demolished in 1993 and rebuilt as The Peak Tower, which opened to the public on 28 May 1997.
On 29 August 1980, the International Table Tennis Federation held the first Men's World Cup at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong; the event was singles only, and Chinese player Guo Yuehua won the championship.
On 29 August 1982, a rally and demonstration jointly called by thirteen organisations including the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and the Hong Kong Education Workers' Union was held, with 138 groups and over 1,000 representatives participating.
On 29 August 1996, the Government continued its clearance operation at Tiu Keng Leng, and with the departure of the last household the site was formally taken over by the Hong Kong Government.
On 29 August 1997, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region published the final investigation report on the Garley Building five-alarm fire and put forward a number of improvement recommendations on fire service arrangements and facilities as well as public education.
CEPA Supplement X covered 8 measures on financial cooperation and investment facilitation and included 65 liberalisation measures on trade in services.
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.