19 chronicle entries dated 3 October, 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.
涉及地點堅尼地城、香港、大埔船灣、九龍木球會、石壁附近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/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/2007#〈條目編號〉
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On 3 October 1884, strike participants gathered at the Kennedy Town waterfront to express dissatisfaction with boat operators who had resumed work; when police cleared the area around Gwat Tuen Shan Street (now Hollywood Road), they were attacked with stones, after which the authorities deployed Indian mounted police who dispersed the crowd with drawn swords.
In the same incident that day, one Chinese was killed and several others injured, with about thirty arrested; the Hong Kong Government began trying the arrested persons from that day, and six were ultimately sentenced to twelve months' hard labour.
On 3 October 1951, Bishop Ronald Hall of the Anglican Church in Hong Kong, Li Ying-lam, President of Lingnan University in Guangzhou, and Ou Weiguo, a trustee of St. John's University in Shanghai, jointly founded Chung Chi College, with the opening ceremony held on the same day.
On 3 October 1958, the Hong Kong Government consolidated various previous immigration control regulations and laid down a complete set of rules on entry into and exit from Hong Kong and the use of travel documents, in order to implement a related ordinance.
On 3 October 1961, the Hong Kong Government detained Tsang Chiu-kor, a Chinese Assistant Superintendent of Police and Vice-Principal of the Police Training School, on suspicion of espionage, acting under a 1935 ordinance for the deportation of aliens.
On 3 October 1974, Hong Kong hosted the 12th Commonwealth Press Conference for the first time, lasting three days, with 124 delegates from 17 Commonwealth regions attending; topics included the difficulties of the press, press freedom and journalism.
On 3 October 1992, the first Hong Kong International Sixes cricket tournament was held by the Kowloon Cricket Club, lasting two days, with Pakistan eventually winning the championship.
On 3 October 1994, the Supreme Court ruled in a defamation case brought by University of Hong Kong economics professor Steven Cheung against Eastweek magazine, finding in favour of the plaintiff.
The Legislative Council Ordinance was promulgated by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 3 October 1997, and the first legislative body began exercising its functions on 1 July 1998.
The first Legislative Council had a total of 60 seats, including 20 directly elected geographical constituency seats, 30 functional constituency seats, and 10 seats returned by the Election Committee.
From 3 October 2001, the Post Payment Service provided a government bill collection service covering 126 post offices across Hong Kong, allowing members of the public to complete payment at a single location.
On 3 October 2007, the Society for the Protection of the Harbour filed a judicial review against the temporary reclamation works of the Central-Wan Chai Bypass project.
On 3 October 2011, Leung Chun-ying resigned to contest the Chief Executive election, and Ronald Arculli took over as Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council.
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.
