49 chronicle entries dated 1 December, spanning 34 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.
涉及地點中環、香港、香港天文台、粉嶺、橫瀾島、香港天文台總部、西營盤、英國、將軍澳、青衣島蜆殼油庫、羅湖及落馬洲、多哈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/1890#〈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: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1990#〈條目編號〉
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On 1 December 1890, Hongkong Electric Company began supplying electricity at 6 p.m., lighting Hong Kong's first electric street lamps in the Central area.
On 1 December 1950, the Wo Hop Shek Cemetery in Fanling began operation, the largest among Hong Kong's public cemeteries; the Wo Hop Shek railway branch line for transporting remains had been completed on 11 September of the same year.
The meteorological observation station established by the Observatory on Waglan Island began operating on 1 December 1952, with the Observatory's staff arranged to keep watch in shifts.
The Hong Kong Observatory began operating the Waglan Island meteorological station on 1 December 1952 to monitor weather in the eastern and western approach areas of Kai Tak Airport.
According to records, the maximum temperature recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters on 1 December 1953 was 28.7 degrees Celsius, the absolute maximum for that month.
On 1 December 1966, Urban Council member Elsie Tu proposed the Declaration of Human Rights for Hong Kong Residents at the Council's annual debate, with 13 demands covering fair trial and compulsory free education.
On 1 December 1967, Lau Nai-keung published an article titled 'Riots, Public Opinion and Chinese as an Official Language' in 'Undergrad', the publication of the University of Hong Kong Students' Union, advocating that the Hong Kong Government should establish the official language status of Chinese through legislation.
From 1 December 1971, the Hong Kong Government, under an amending regulation of 1967, provided that female employees and young workers employed in industrial undertakings should not work more than eight hours a day, with a weekly maximum of 48 hours.
On 1 December 1972, the Medical and Health Department launched a three-year methadone treatment programme at the Methadone Treatment Research Centre in Sai Ying Pun, aiming to help 550 drug users with funding of $2.1 million.
On 1 December 1975, the International Shipping Conference was held in Hong Kong, organised by the International Chamber of Commerce, lasting three days.
On 1 December 1977, Kan Yuet-keung, as Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council, became chairman of the committee on complaints concerning the establishment of the ICAC; the committee's function was to monitor complaints against the ICAC and its staff.
The City and New Territories Administration was formed by merging the Home Affairs Department and the New Territories Administration, thereby unifying the civil affairs structure in the urban areas and the New Territories.
From 1 December 1990, the Hong Kong Government began accepting applications for the right of abode in the United Kingdom, allowing local residents to submit forms; the scheme ended on 28 February 1991, during which the number of applications received exceeded 65,000.
The Hospital Authority took over the former government-employed staff of these medical units and inherited the functions of the Government Hospital Services Department.
From 1 December 1991 specialist outpatient clinics, infirmaries, government hospitals and government-subvented hospitals were all managed by the Hospital Authority.
An automatic weather station set up at the Shell oil depot on Tsing Yi Island for measuring wind direction and speed only has been in service since 1 December 1992.
On 1 December 1997, the review committee completed the assessment of secondary school medium of instruction applications, and out of 124 applications for English-medium teaching, 100 schools were approved to continue teaching in English.
Holders of the HKSAR passport were granted visa-free entry by the Council of the European Union (Justice and Home Affairs), with effect from 1 December 2000.
On 1 December 2006, the 15th Asian Games were held in Doha, Qatar, where the Hong Kong, China delegation competed and won six gold, 12 silver and ten bronze medals.
From 1 December 2009, the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong required price lists to state the price per square foot based on saleable area, and its guidelines on the sale of uncompleted flats took effect that day.
Starting from 1 December 2010, the Hong Kong SAR Government extended the smoking ban to 131 public transport facilities, including both open-air and covered venues.
The court accepted the submission of Kwoon Chung Motors Company Limited that road blockages directly caused loss of income to the company, and stressed that the public's right to use roads must be upheld by the courts.
On 1 December 2016, the Asian Football Confederation presented Chan Yuen-ting with the AFC Women's Coach of the Year award; Chan Yuen-ting was then coaching the Hong Kong football team Eastern.
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.