27 chronicle entries dated 31 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.
涉及地點香港島、九龍寨城、香港、維多利亞港、灣仔摩理臣山、珠海、啟德機場、啟德機場、九龍灣、大亞灣、北京、筲箕灣Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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《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/1844#〈條目編號〉
《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/1854#〈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/1990#〈條目編號〉
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On 31 August 1844, the Friend of China and Hong Kong Gazette published a report on the employment situation of Chinese on Hong Kong Island, mentioning that local labour was in oversupply.
On 31 August 1917, the Hong Kong Government promulgated the Military Service Ordinance 1917, covering British males ordinarily resident in Hong Kong aged 18 to 54 who, unless exempted, were liable for service, and the Governor could order conscription at any time.
On 31 August 1945, British Rear-Admiral Harcourt led Task Force 111.2 under the British Pacific Fleet into Victoria Harbour and took over the naval dockyard.
On 31 August 1957, a mass grave from the Japanese occupation period was discovered at Morrison Hill in Wan Chai, and more than 200 sets of remains of civilians killed by Japanese troops were unearthed.
On 31 August 1964, the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre was established, and in December of the same year staged "The House of 72 Tenants" as its first public performance.
The Xiangzhou Woollen Mill in Zhuhai was jointly founded by both parties, becoming the first enterprise in mainland China to adopt the compensation trade model.
On 31 August 1988, a Civil Aviation Administration of China passenger plane flying from Guangzhou to Hong Kong overran the runway and crashed into the sea while landing at Kai Tak Airport, killing seven people and injuring 15.
On 31 August 1988, a CAAC passenger aircraft encountered severe weather while landing at Kai Tak Airport, with continuous heavy rain and extremely poor visibility.
On 31 August 1988, a CAAC passenger aircraft flying from Guangzhou to Hong Kong overran the runway while landing at Kai Tak Airport in heavy rain and plunged into the waters of Kowloon Bay.
On 31 August 1990, the Hong Kong Government published a substantially revised version of the environmental chapter of the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines.
At 9:26 pm on 31 August 1993, Unit 1 was first synchronised with the Guangdong power grid and the CLP power grid of Hong Kong, with an output of 45,000 kilowatts at the time.
On 31 August 1994, the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress passed a decision at its ninth session that the terms of the last British-era Legislative Council, Urban Council, Regional Council and District Boards would all end on 30 June 1997.
On 31 August 1998, China Motor Bus's franchise expired, and its 88 bus routes were taken over by Citybus and New World First Bus from the following day.
On 31 August 2005, the Hong Kong film Seven Swords was selected as the opening film of the Venice Film Festival, while Perhaps Love was arranged as the closing film.
The "831 Decision" provides that if the specific method for universal suffrage is not passed in accordance with the law, the election of the Chief Executive will continue to use the method for producing the preceding Chief Executive.
The "August 31 Decision" stipulates that the specific method for universal suffrage must be adopted in accordance with the statutory procedure for amending Annex I.
On 31 August 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a decision concerning universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and the method for forming the Legislative Council in 2016, known as the "831 Decision".
According to the provisions of the "August 31 Decision", starting from 2017, the Chief Executive election may be implemented through universal suffrage.
According to the "August 31 Decision", the composition method and voting mechanism for motions of the 2016 Legislative Council remain unchanged; after the Chief Executive is elected by universal suffrage, all Legislative Council members may be returned by universal suffrage.
According to the "August 31 Decision", the Nominating Committee may recommend two to three candidates, and each candidate must obtain the endorsement of more than half of all members of the Committee.
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.