20 chronicle entries dated 2 October, spanning 16 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.
涉及地點老萬山、香港、香港大會堂、香港國際機場、上海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/1850#〈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/2015#〈條目編號〉
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On 2 October 1850, when the ship reached the Lema Islands area at the mouth of the Pearl River, about 140 Chinese labourers boarded fishing boats and escaped, while the Hong Kong police arrested the remaining Chinese labourers.
On 2 October 1869 the Hong Kong Government issued an ordinance empowering the Captain Superintendent of Police to make regulations governing the use of roads for any public event, and authorising the Harbour Office to make regulations to keep all waters of Hong Kong free of obstruction.
On 2 October 1869 the Hong Kong Government issued an ordinance providing that the Captain Superintendent of Police had the power to make rules governing the use of roads for different kinds of public events, while the Harbour Office could make regulations to keep traffic in all waters of Hong Kong unobstructed.
On 2 October 1947, Wang Yuncheng completed the registration and establishment of Nanyang Spinning Mill, which ranked second in scale in Hong Kong's textile industry that year.
On 2 October 1949, the Hong Kong and Kowloon trade unions and journalists held a banquet at the Kam Ling Restaurant to celebrate the founding of the People's Republic of China on 1 October; the three newspapers "Wah Kiu Yat Po", "Ta Kung Pao" and "Wen Wei Po" suspended publication in turn for three consecutive days from the 1st and issued special supplements in celebration.
On 2 October 1962, the opening ceremony of the first Asian Music Festival was held at the City Hall, running for six consecutive days and organised by the Far East Music Concert Managers Association.
On 2 October 1962, the first Asian Music Festival organised by the Far East Concert Managers' Association opened, running for six consecutive days at Hong Kong City Hall.
On 2 October 1970, the women's fortnightly magazine Sister was launched, covering fashion, beauty, cooking and family life; in 2005 it became a monthly renamed Sister Beauty, shifting its focus to beauty culture.
On 2 October 1972, the telephone company changed the area codes for all Hong Kong telephone numbers, replacing letters with Arabic numerals: O for the New Territories became 12, H for Hong Kong Island became 5, and K for Kowloon became 3, with numbers remaining six digits; on 1 July 1981, the New Territories code changed from 12 to 0.
On 2 October 1994, the Democratic Party was formed by the merger of the United Democrats of Hong Kong and Meeting Point, with Martin Lee as its first chairman.
During 2 October to 3 October 1997, a research team observed fluctuations in groundwater levels and seawater levels in the confined aquifer near the airport's south runway.
On 2 October 2003, the SARS Expert Committee published its investigation report, pointing out inadequacies in Hong Kong's healthcare system in the early stage of the outbreak and putting forward 46 improvement recommendations, including the establishment of a Centre for Health Protection.
On 2 October 2004, DBS Bank's Mei Foo branch accidentally damaged 83 customer safe deposit boxes during renovation works, becoming the first case in Hong Kong of a bank destroying customer safe deposit boxes by accident.
On 2 October 2007, the Hong Kong, China delegation won a total of 67 gold, 50 silver and 37 bronze medals across ten sports at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai, its best-ever result.
On 2 October 2014, then Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying appointed Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam to meet with representatives of the Hong Kong Federation of Students as a representative of the HKSAR Government.
On 2 October 2015, after conducting an on-site inspection, the Environmental Protection Department stated that no signs of sewage discharge were found at the location.
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.