31 chronicle entries dated 14 December, spanning 19 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、香港島、維多利亞港、元朗大球場、大帽山、香港天文台總部、財利船廠、香港大學、香港國際機場東北水域人工島、立法會Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
同日條目
Chronicle entries dated 14 December (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/1878#〈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/2001#〈條目編號〉
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On 14 December 1878, Hennessy, as Governor, appointed Ng Choy (Wu Ting-fang) as a Justice of the Peace, making him the first Chinese to receive this position since the founding of Hong Kong.
On 14 December 1932, the Fung Ping Shan Library of the University of Hong Kong officially opened; it was established with $150,000 funded by the merchant Fung Ping Shan, focused on Chinese classics, and was the first of its kind among Hong Kong tertiary institutions.
After nightfall on the same day, the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Thracian launched a raid and succeeded in sinking two Japanese vessels anchored in Victoria Harbour.
On 14 December 1951, the 9th Hong Kong Chinese Industrial Products Exhibition opened for 21 days; the event is commonly known as the Hong Kong Brands and Products Expo and was formerly also called the National Products Exhibition. The 15th Expo in 1957 used the slogan 'Hong Kong people use Hong Kong goods'.
The Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association organised an international marathon on 14 December 1969, included as one of that year's Hong Kong Festival events; the start and finish were at the Yuen Long Stadium opened that day, with 28 athletes from nine regions registered, the champion being a South Korean runner, and the event became Hong Kong's first international marathon.
According to records, the lowest temperature measured at the Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters on 14 December 1975 for that month was 4.3 degrees Celsius.
In October 1977, the Advisory Committee on Economic Diversification was established to write the report, chaired by the then Financial Secretary Philip Haddon-Cave.
The report recommended that Hong Kong should make good use of its status as an international entrepôt to strengthen its logistics links with the Pearl River Delta, increase the supply of industrial land, and promote the development of the financial and related sectors.
On 14 December 1991, 12 representatives of Tsing Yi residents' groups staged a 24-hour hunger strike outside the Government Secretariat to oppose the government's construction of Container Terminal 9 on Tsing Yi.
On 14 December 1994, the Hong Kong Government published the first Railway Development Strategy, setting out a planning framework for the local railway network.
On 14 December 1998, the World Health Organization together with 18 international experts confirmed that Hong Kong had successfully prevented avian influenza from spreading worldwide.
On 14 December 2001, the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong decided to admit about 170 undocumented children to two private schools under its administration.
On 14 December 2001, the Environmental Protection Department received an environmental impact assessment report submitted by the Civil Engineering Department in relation to the demolition works of the Cheoy Lee Shipyards.
On 14 December 2006, to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of sinologist Jao Tsung-I, nine Hong Kong universities jointly held a two-day symposium at the University of Hong Kong.
On 14 December 2016, the Legislative Council was told by Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing that the Guangdong Provincial Environmental Protection Department had detained vessels and persons suspected of illegally dumping waste in the waters of the Wanshan Archipelago near Zhuhai.
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.