37 chronicle entries dated 18 September, spanning 18 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.
涉及地點紅磡、維多利亞港、大埔滘、香港、藍田、維園、銅鑼灣、北京、新界西部、塱原濕地、塱原Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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Chronicle entries dated 18 September (oldest first)
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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/1884#〈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/1986#〈條目編號〉
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On 18 September 1884, a Chinese worker attempted to blow up a French warship in the Hung Hom dockyard, was spotted by French soldiers, and was finally stopped by the Hong Kong police.
On 18 September 1906, a typhoon struck Hong Kong directly, and the Observatory failed to give advance warning, resulting in a death toll that could not be accurately calculated.
On 18 September 1941, several overseas Chinese associations jointly held an expanded commemorative meeting both to mark the tenth anniversary of the 18 September Incident and to call on overseas Chinese to support the one-dollar aircraft donation campaign.
Personnel approved by the Governor and members of Hong Kong trade associations were thereafter permitted to trade with Kwangchowan, Macao, Amoy and places beyond Guangdong Province.
On 18 September 1942, the Japanese occupation government promulgated Governor's Order No. 43, the Trade Prohibition Order, and simultaneously announced the establishment of the Hong Kong Trade Association.
On 18 September 1942, the occupation authorities promulgated the Trade Prohibition Order, Hong Kong Governor's Order No. 43, to establish the Hong Kong Trade Association, which was formally set up on 8 October of the same year.
On 18 September 1962, the medical rehabilitation centre in Lam Tin under the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation opened, being the first local rehabilitation facility to admit in-patients and the first barrier-free building; it was renamed the Lady Trench Rehabilitation Centre in 1971, and in 2000 was incorporated into Kowloon Hospital and renamed the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation Lam Tin Integrated Centre.
On 18 September 1964, the government published the Inland Revenue (Amendment) Ordinance 1964, providing that at the assessment stage expenses were not deductible if the profits themselves were not taxable.
From 18 September 1973, forged shares of several listed companies, including Lee Hing Development, Mai Hon Enterprises and Orient Overseas, successively appeared on the market.
On 18 September 1977, within two days the Independent Commission Against Corruption arrested more than forty former junior police officers of the Yau Ma Tei police district on suspicion of providing protection for drug trafficking at the Yau Ma Tei fruit market.
On 18 September 1982, the opening ceremony of the Fujian Province Export Commodities Exhibition was held at the Hong Kong Exhibition Centre, the first exhibition held after the venue began operation.
On 18 September 1982, six organisations including the Hong Kong Federation of Students, the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union and the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions held a "Commemoration of September 18 Mass Rally" at Victoria Park, with over 10,000 people attending to express dissatisfaction with Japan's distortion of the truth of its history of aggression against China.
On the same day, a homemade bomb was detonated inside the Matsuzakaya department store in Causeway Bay, causing minor injuries to a sales assistant and forcing three Japanese-owned department stores to close for about three hours.
On 18 September 1985, the opening ceremony was held for the teaching building at the main campus of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, whose site was provided by the government and whose construction was supported by HK$300 million from the Jockey Club.
After arriving in Beijing, the delegation exchanged views with the Ministry of Nuclear Industry and the Nuclear Safety Bureau, among other bodies, to understand the various nuclear safety measures implemented in the mainland.
The delegation also expressed to mainland authorities that Hong Kong people were extremely concerned about the safety, management and operation of nuclear power plants.
In that term of the District Councils, appointed seats were abolished; the nine District Councils in the New Territories retained 27 ex-officio seats held by chairmen of Rural Committees.
On 18 September 1996, all teachers and students in Hong Kong's education sector observed a moment of silence as a protest against Japan's occupation of the Diaoyu Islands.
On 18 September 1996, 500,000 teachers and students from over 600 schools in Hong Kong observed a silent commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the "September 18" Incident.
On 18 September 2001, the KCR's proposal was accepted by the SAR Government, and the Sheung Shui to Lok Ma Chau spur line would be built as a bored tunnel through the Long Valley wetland.
From 18 to 20 September 2002, an international professional conference on the development of creative water and wastewater treatment technologies in densely populated urban areas was hosted by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
On 18 September 2003, businessman Stanley Ho handed the pig-head bronze statue of the Old Summer Palace to the state; the statue was publicly displayed in Hong Kong that day and shipped to Beijing the following day.
On 18 September 2003, one of the twelve zodiac bronze heads of the Old Summer Palace that had been scattered overseas, the pig-head bronze statue, was purchased by businessman Stanley Ho from an American collector for about six million renminbi.
On 18 September 2004, Hong Kong residents were allowed to sit the National Judicial Examination for the first time, the first examination after the implementation of CEPA, with 396 applicants.
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.