20 chronicle entries dated 3 December, 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.
涉及地點中環、西江、旺角上海街480號、美國、香港、政府大球場、北京中國國際展覽中心、北京、粉嶺、亞洲國際博覽館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/1864#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2000#〈條目編號〉
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On 3 December 1939, a building at 480 Shanghai Street in Mong Kok caught fire accidentally, and two adjacent buildings were also affected, ultimately leaving 46 dead and 11 injured.
From 3 December 1950, the United States Department of Commerce implemented a new measure requiring licences for all goods shipped to Hong Kong, mainland China and Macau, in order to prevent war materials from flowing into mainland China.
On 3 December 1955, the 13th Hong Kong Products Expo held its opening ceremony, running for 32 days, with attendance exceeding one million for the first time.
On 3 December 1955, the Government Stadium opened with a capacity to accommodate 28,000 spectators; the inaugural match was between the Hong Kong League and the East African Railways team, which the Hong Kong League won 2-1.
On 3 December 1965, a football match between Hong Kong and Australia was held at the Hong Kong Stadium; dissatisfaction among spectators with the rough play of the Australian players and the referee's decisions sparked a riot, hundreds of police officers were deployed to control the situation, and nine people were arrested.
On 3 December 1971, the Hong Kong Government enacted an ordinance empowering the Antiquities Authority, on the recommendation of the Antiquities Advisory Board, to declare items of historical, archaeological and palaeontological significance as monuments and to prohibit any person from demolishing or damaging them, for the purpose of protection.
On 3 December 1988, Governor David Wilson and others held a Sino-British Financial Affairs Group meeting with Chinese members at Fanling Lodge to discuss the establishment of a monetary authority.
Those attending included Joseph Yam (Deputy Secretary for Monetary Affairs), as well as Lam Ting-kwok (Secretary for Monetary Affairs) and Sir David Akers-Jones (Financial Secretary).
On 3 December 1990, the Hong Kong Shipping Registry replaced the Hong Kong Ship Registration Office, which had previously been under the British Ship Registry.
On 3 December 1993, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council issued a statement that organisations established under the constitutional reform proposal could not transition to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The Court of Final Appeal ruled that the interpretation by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is binding on Hong Kong courts and has effect retrospectively from 1 July 1997.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology hosted the Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technology from 3 to 6 December 2000.
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.