16 chronicle entries dated 7 December, 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.
涉及地點半山堅道、太平洋、香港、大欖涌、北京、香港國際機場西面、荃灣城門谷、大嶼山竹篙灣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/1888#〈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/2006#〈條目編號〉
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On 7 December 1888, the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Caine Road in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong, was completed, its first consecration ceremony was held the same day, and it opened to the public the following day.
After the outbreak of the Pacific War on 7 December 1941, Governor Mark Young ordered mobilisation, requiring all members of the regular forces and the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps to report immediately to their units.
On 7 December 1957 Tai Lam Chung Reservoir was completed, with a storage capacity of about 20 million cubic metres, making it the largest freshwater reservoir in Hong Kong at the time; construction began in 1952 and the surrounding area had long been designated a plantation area.
On 7 December 1961, a fire broke out at the 19th Hong Kong Products Expo, destroying more than thirty booths in the worst fire in the exhibition's history; the venue was subsequently closed and reopened only on 20 December, while the closing day was postponed to 21 January 1962.
On 7 December 1979, Hongkong Land announced the purchase of Wharf shares from Jardine Securities; after the transaction, Hongkong Land held 20%, comparable to the stake held by the Pao Yue-kong family.
On 7 December 1985, former Carrian Group chairman George Tan and former director Ho Kwai-chuen were arrested by the Independent Commission Against Corruption and charged with conspiracy to defraud and with offering improper benefits to two senior executives of the group.
On 7 December 1987, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom ruled in favour of Yip Kai-foon's appeal against his conviction for handling stolen goods, allowing the appeal and remitting the case to a lower court for retrial.
The hill fire at Penny's Bay on Lantau was declared extinguished by the Fire Services at around 1 pm on 7 December 2013, with over 300 hectares of woodland burned and no casualties.
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.