19 chronicle entries dated 8 November, spanning 14 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.
涉及地點上海、香港、英國下議院、香港大會堂、鴨脷洲、南丫島、尖沙咀、龍尾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/1858#〈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/1973#〈條目編號〉
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On 8 November 1858, representatives of China and Britain signed a commercial treaty in Shanghai, Article 5 of which provided that British merchants could import opium after paying duty, giving Hong Kong's opium trade formal legal recognition.
On 8 November 1878, four Hong Kong merchants, Tse Tat-shing, Sze Sang-kai, Fung Po-hei and Lo Kang-yeung, jointly petitioned Governor Hennessy for permission to raise funds and offer rewards to investigate the crime of abduction, and that day was later designated as the founding anniversary of the Po Leung Kuk.
On 8 November 1944, British Deputy Prime Minister Attlee, in reply to a parliamentary question in the House of Commons, stated that the government would prompt the business sector to formulate plans for post-war investment in Hong Kong, marking the first public declaration by an official British representative of the intention to re-administer Hong Kong.
Starting from 8 November 1949, the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals provided shelter and resettlement for disabled Kuomintang soldiers and refugees stranded in Hong Kong.
The Community Chest of Hong Kong is a non-profit charitable organisation that does not receive government funding, and its main work is to raise donations for social welfare agencies, which are its funding recipients.
On 8 November 1972, the 27th session of the United Nations General Assembly voted 99 in favour and 5 against to adopt the report of the Special Committee on Decolonisation, confirming under international law that sovereignty over Hong Kong belonged to the Chinese Government.
Late at night on 8 November 1973, an oil leak occurred at the Shell oil depot on Ap Lei Chau, spilling about 5,000 tonnes of fuel oil and polluting a large stretch of sea off the south-west of Hong Kong Island.
At 9:30 pm on 8 November 1973, a crack appeared at the bottom of an oil tank at the Ap Lei Chau oil depot, causing Shell Hong Kong Limited to leak 4,946 tonnes of heavy diesel.
On 8 November 1981, China Light & Power's power generation facility on Lamma Island began operation, supplying electricity to Hong Kong Island, Ap Lei Chau and Lamma Island.
On 8 November 1988, the China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui was officially opened, providing cross-border ferry services linking Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macau.
On 8 November 2002, the Home Affairs Bureau published a consultancy study report on district cultural and performance facilities and launched public consultation on the same day.
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.