15 chronicle entries dated 21 November, spanning 13 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、長洲、香港天文台、九龍城東頭村、清水灣大埔仔、藍田Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
同日條目
Chronicle entries dated 21 November (oldest first)
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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/1856#〈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/1938#〈條目編號〉
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On 21 November 1856, all shops opened by Chinese in Hong Kong closed in protest against a regulation issued by the Hong Kong government on the 16th of the same month requiring the spacing of doors and windows in Chinese dwellings to match the standard for European dwellings.
On 21 November 1906, a company headquartered in Singapore, the Four Seas Communications Bank and Insurance Company Limited, opened a branch in Hong Kong.
Cheung Chau Hospital was completed and opened, built with donations from Aw Boon-haw and Ip Kwai-chung, and was the first hospital on an outlying island.
On 21 November 1938, the Dines anemometer was relocated to the centre of the roof of the Main Building, with the top of the anemometer about 9.8 metres above the roof.
On 21 November 1966, a hill fire broke out at Tai Po Tsai in Clear Water Bay and spread to one of Shaw Brothers' filming locations, which was eventually completely destroyed.
The basis for calculating property tax was changed from the assessable rateable value to the assessable value, in order to bring the assessed value closer to market rental value.
On 21 November 1977, the Housing Department stated that it had no intention of accepting the boat dwellers' rehousing demands and would only handle each case according to its individual circumstances.
On 21 November 1981, a No. 5 fire broke out in the Lam Tin squatter area, destroying about 1,800 squatter huts in total across Xuanwu Shan Village, Oi Wah Village and Lam Mei Village, leaving about 7,000 people homeless.
On 21 November 1984, the Hong Kong Government published the White Paper on the Further Development of Representative Government, proposing that 24 of the 56 seats in the 1985 Legislative Council election be filled by indirect election.
On 21 November 1985, the Housing Department decided to demolish 22 structurally problematic public housing blocks across ten public housing estates; together with the four blocks of Kwai Fong Estate previously announced for redevelopment, the total number of public housing blocks requiring demolition and redevelopment reached 26.
On 21 November 2005, Guinness World Records listed "A Symphony of Lights" as a record, recognising the light and sound show as the world's largest of its kind.
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.