16 chronicle entries dated 4 October, spanning 12 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、橫濱、香港、汲水門, 長洲, 佛頭洲, 大鏟, 伶仃, 沙魚、深圳羅湖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/1842#〈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: Natural Environment (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2002#〈條目編號〉
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On 4 October 1842, William Caine, Chief Magistrate, issued an order requiring Chinese (except night watchmen) not to leave their dwellings after 11 p.m., marking the beginning of the curfew in Hong Kong.
On 4 October 1873 the Hong Kong Government issued an ordinance to revise and consolidate the steps and methods of civil litigation in the past, ultimately establishing a uniform procedure.
On 4 October 1879, the Yubin Kisen Mitsubishi Kaisha, predecessor of Nippon Yusen Kaisha, opened a route from Yokohama, Japan, to Hong Kong, the first direct route from Japan to Hong Kong.
On 4 October 1899, Tan Zhonglin, in his capacity as Viceroy of Liangguang, issued an order that the three customs stations under the Kowloon Customs at Kap Shui Mun, Cheung Chau and Fat Tau Chau cease operations from midnight; at the same time, the customs stations at Tai Tsan, Lingding, Sha Yu Chung and Sam Mun began operating, and the name of the Kowloon Customs was changed to the New Kowloon Customs.
On 4 October 1906, Queen's College launched evening courses covering commerce, engineering, and applied science, and was renamed the Government Technical School the following year.
On 4 October 1911, the Kowloon-Canton Railway was fully opened, with the Chinese and British sides departing from Guangzhou and Tsim Sha Tsui respectively, arriving at Luohu Station in Shenzhen on the first trains, and holding a track-linking ceremony at the Luohu Bridge.
On 4 October 1966, the Urban Council published a report of an ad hoc committee proposing the establishment of a Hong Kong City Council with greater powers, which was approved by a vote of 16 unofficial members in favour.
On 4 October 2002, the then Secretary for Education and Manpower, Arthur Li, proposed that the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology complete their merger by 2005.
According to the Hong Kong Satellite Positioning Reference Station Network, the installation dates of the first satellite receivers at the Stonecutters Island station and the Wong Shek station were both 4 October 2002.
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.