69 chronicle entries dated 1 October, spanning 41 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、上亞釐畢道、香港天文台、浙江舟山、中國酒家、九龍及港島、沙田、長沙灣、新界北部、鯽魚湖、悉尼、上水燕崗村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/1844#〈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/2001#〈條目編號〉
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On 1 October 1844, the Supreme Court of Hong Kong was formally established; the next day, the first criminal trial was heard by the Chief Justice, and the jury system was applied for the first time in a permanent court in this case.
Government House on Upper Albert Road was completed on 1 October 1855, construction having begun in October 1851, and thereafter served as the residence of every Governor of Hong Kong.
The English-language publication The China Mail was founded in Hong Kong on 1 October 1857, initially edited by Andrew Shortrede, and ceased publication in 1941.
On 1 October 1887, the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese was founded within the Alice Memorial Hospital, with the aims of training Chinese in Western medicine and providing medical services to the Chinese; Patrick Manson served as its founding principal, and Sun Yat-sen was one of its first graduates; in 1907 the college was renamed the Hong Kong College of Medicine, and in 1911 it was incorporated into the University of Hong Kong.
On 1 October 1910, the 22-mile British section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway was completed and opened, thereafter serving as an important overland transport artery between Kowloon, the New Territories and Guangzhou.
On 1 October 1942, a US submarine sank the Japanese passenger-cargo ship Lisbon Maru off Zhoushan, Zhejiang; the ship was carrying 1,834 British prisoners of war and 778 Japanese officers and men.
On 1 October 1950, the Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories trade unions, together with various sectors of society, held the first National Day celebration of the People's Republic of China at the China Restaurant.
On 1 October 1954, fires broke out on the same day in the squatter areas of Tin Hau Temple Road on Hong Kong Island and Lei Cheng Uk Village in Kowloon, destroying about 600 wooden huts and leaving about 6,600 people homeless.
On 1 October 1963, the Claims Committee under the United Nations Association of Hong Kong resumed registration of claims for losses suffered by Hong Kong residents at the hands of Japanese troops during the Second World War, with 31 October of the same month as the deadline.
On 1 October 1965, the Star Ferry Company Limited submitted a fare increase application to the government, citing staff salary increases and rising operating costs.
At 10:00 am on 1 October 1967, the Guangdong Water Affairs Bureau began supplying water to Hong Kong in accordance with the 1964 water supply agreement; at 16:00 the same day, the Hong Kong Government announced that water supply had fully returned to normal.
When hearing cases, the Small Claims Tribunal adopts a hearing procedure different from that of ordinary courts, and neither the plaintiff nor the defendant may be represented in court by a lawyer.
Starting from 1 October 1978, the Hong Kong Government implemented the Old Age Allowance scheme, under which Hong Kong residents aged 70 or above who passed a means test could receive $100 per month.
From 1 October 1979, the MTR Modified Initial System was officially opened, and passenger train service on the section from Kwun Tong Station to Shek Kip Mei Station began at the same time.
Cable and Wireless (Hong Kong) Limited began operating on 1 October 1981; the company was formed jointly by the Hong Kong government and Cable and Wireless and was granted a patent licence to operate international telecommunications in Hong Kong for 25 years.
The Government standardised the names of district administration bodies, renaming the Urban Council and New Territories District Administration Offices as District Offices, changing the title of the person in charge to District Officer, and the name District Administration Office was no longer used thereafter.
From 1 October 1985, the post of Deputy Chief Secretary, created in June of that year, was adjusted to focus on constitutional development and electoral affairs.
From 1 October 1988, the Social Welfare Department implemented a voluntary registration scheme for private residential care homes for the elderly, classifying such homes into three categories: A1, A2 and B3.
The measure was the first step in the Hong Kong Government's phased abolition of the interest rate agreement that had operated for thirty years, aimed at enhancing the flexibility of the Hong Kong dollar under the linked exchange rate system.
From 1 October 1994, the Hong Kong Association of Banks ceased to set an interest rate cap on Hong Kong dollar time deposits with a term of more than one month.
At Yin Kong Village in Sheung Shui in the northern New Territories, flooding trapped 25 residents who required firefighters' assistance to escape, and the flooding there was the most severe.
On 1 October 1997, the first National Day since the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a flag-raising ceremony was held at the Golden Bauhinia Square of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, and the authorities also held the first National Day reception.
On 1 October 1998, the PLA Hong Kong Garrison opened three military sites to the public: Stanley Army Base, Shek Kong Airfield, and Stonecutters Island Naval Base.
The flag-raising ceremony was attended by over 400 guests including Ma Yuzhen, Wang Fengchao and Xiong Ziren, with about 3,000 members of the public watching.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a flag-raising ceremony was held at the Golden Bauhinia Square in the HKSAR, with then Acting Chief Executive Elsie Leung as the guest of honour.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a celebratory rally was held at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on that day.
Bank of China (Hong Kong) was formed by the merger of ten Chinese-funded banks, covering the Hong Kong branch of Bank of China, the Hong Kong branches of seven mainland banks, and two locally incorporated banks.
The television short film Heart of the Nation was jointly produced by the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education and the Commission on Youth and first broadcast on 1 October 2004.
On 1 October 2006, the Hong Kong Observatory took over the operation of the meteorological telecommunications centre with its own computer system, replacing Cable and Wireless personnel.
From 1 October 2008, two international copyright treaties concluded by the World Intellectual Property Organization, namely the Copyright Treaty and the Performances and Phonograms Treaty, formally took legal effect in Hong Kong.
On 1 October 2015, members of the public pointed out that the Hong Kong section of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge construction site was handling muddy water improperly, with sewage outflow occurring.
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.