30 chronicle entries dated 12 December, spanning 21 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.
涉及地點香港島威靈頓炮台、香港、鯉魚門三家村,香港島,九龍、鯉魚門三家村、香港島、九龍、灣仔運動場、養和醫院、元朗屏山、深圳、中環、南生圍Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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Chronicle entries dated 12 December (oldest first)
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《香港志·自然》自然環境 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute (2020). Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events) (p. 〈頁碼〉). /chronicle/archive/1935#〈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/2010#〈條目編號〉
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On 12 December 1859, Charles Shadwell conducted geomagnetic observations at Wellington Battery on Hong Kong Island, recording a magnetic dip of 31 degrees 28.5 minutes.
On 12 December 1941, Kowloon was occupied by Japanese troops; on the same day, the remaining British troops withdrew from the Gin Drinkers Line and crossed the harbour by boat via Sam Ka Tsuen at Lei Yue Mun to reach Hong Kong Island.
On 12 December 1941, the remaining British troops of the Gin Drinkers Line withdrew, crossing the harbour by boat via Sam Ka Tsuen at Lei Yue Mun to reach Hong Kong Island, after which Kowloon was occupied by Japanese troops.
Borsum was prosecuted on 12 December 1979 on charges that from 1966 until 1978 he abused his authority, together with his subordinates, to enable others to obtain maintenance, modification and cleaning contracts from the telephone company while receiving kickbacks.
The first Asia-Pacific Special Olympics was hosted by Hong Kong, the event lasted two days, the opening ceremony was held at the Wan Chai Sports Ground, and the Hong Kong team won 147 medals in total at the Games.
Its affiliate members covered about forty per cent of the total number of manufacturers in the same trade in Hong Kong, and it served as a liaison intermediary between the Hong Kong Government and the textile industry.
On 12 December 1991, the Cooperative Resources Centre was formally established, with Allen Lee Peng-fei as convenor and comprising 21 Legislative Council members.
On 12 December 1996, the Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region stated that if the Hong Kong Government forcibly enacted the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill, it would propose to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress that the amendment conflicted with Article 23 of the Basic Law and would not be adopted from 1 July 1997.
On 12 December 1996, the Preparatory Committee for the Special Administrative Region held its seventh plenary meeting in Shenzhen, at which it confirmed the result of the Chief Executive election and the list of 130 candidates for the Provisional Legislative Council.
On 12 December 1997, the Finance Committee of the Provisional Legislative Council approved a funding of HK$5 billion for the establishment of the Quality Education Fund.
On 12 December 2003, the Chief Executive appointed a two-member independent inquiry panel over the controversy arising from the Harbour Fest; the panel submitted its report on 15 May 2004, finding that the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, which conceived the idea, lacked experience and that the party responsible for organising it was unable to supervise it properly.
On 12 December 2007, Chief Executive Donald Tsang submitted a report to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the findings of the public consultation on the Green Paper on Constitutional Development.
Donald Tsang also requested the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to determine whether the electoral methods for the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council in 2012 could be amended.
The report indicated that the majority opinion in Hong Kong society supported determining the timetable for universal suffrage as soon as possible, and proposed that the Chief Executive election should be conducted by universal suffrage in 2017 or before, while advocating implementing universal suffrage for the Chief Executive first, followed by that for the Legislative Council.
On 12 December 2010, about 1,000 people, mobilised through social media, took part in the "Twelve Besiege the City" event, gathering at Nam Sang Wai to express their demands to Henderson Land and urge it to terminate all development projects.
On 12 December 2014, the Finance Committee approved two funding items, with $7.51 billion for the extension of the Ta Kwu Ling landfill and $38 million for consultancy and site investigation for the Tuen Mun landfill.
On 12 December 2016, John Tsang, in his capacity as Financial Secretary, submitted a letter of resignation to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying in preparation for contesting the next Chief Executive election.
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.