27 chronicle entries dated 19 December, spanning 16 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.
涉及地點廣州、廈門、福州、大嶼山、香港島、香港、金督馳馬徑,黃泥涌峽、黃泥涌峽、黃泥涌峽,香港島、北京、北京人民大會堂西大廳、香港島山頂加列山道、台灣、深圳大鏟島Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
同日條目
Chronicle entries dated 19 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/1840#〈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/1983#〈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: Natural Environment (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1999#〈條目編號〉
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On 19 December 1840, Qishan submitted a memorial to the Qing court in the name of Imperial Commissioner, proposing to agree to pay the British six million silver dollars for the opium and to open Xiamen and Fuzhou as additional treaty ports besides Guangzhou, in order to prevent Britain from seizing Lantau Island or Hong Kong Island by force.
On 19 December 1929, the Legislative Council completed and voted through amendments to its Standing Orders based on a draft Standing Orders published in Britain in 1928; the amendments sought to regulate members' conduct during meetings, covering matters such as whether speeches strayed from the subject, safeguards under the rules of anticipation, closure of debate, and no interruption while the President was speaking.
The amendment to the Standing Orders passed on the same day expanded the scope of petitions to matters beyond legislation, but petitions still required the Governor's consent before being put into effect; at the same time, the Special Committee was abolished and replaced by a Select Committee responsible for studying matters referred to it by the Legislative Council, and this committee dissolved immediately after submitting its report.
On 19 December 1941, while Japanese troops were advancing south along Sir Cecil's Ride, they suddenly entered Wong Nai Chung Gap, and British and Japanese forces immediately broke into fierce gunfire.
In the Battle of Wong Nai Chung Gap, the Japanese suffered over 800 casualties, while the British lost 461 soldiers killed, and Canadian force commander Brigadier Lawson was also killed.
From 19 to 21 December 1941, Japanese troops successfully repelled three British counterattacks at Wong Nai Chung Gap and gained control of the area, making it the most strategically valuable position on Hong Kong Island.
On 19 December 1949, Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer, in the name of heads of Civil Air Transport, filed an application with the Hong Kong High Court seeking to take over the aircraft and other assets of the two airlines stored in Hong Kong; the company had earlier completed registration in the United States, and the two stated that the Taiwan authorities had already transferred the said assets to the company.
On 19 December 1952, the Hong Kong Government implemented the Education Ordinance 1952 and established the Board of Education as an advisory body to tightly regulate curricula, schools, school premises and equipment, teachers, principals, school managers and supervisors, so as to prevent schools from being used as channels of political propaganda.
On 19 December 1975, the Hong Kong Government promulgated an ordinance reorganising the structure of the High Court, to take effect on 20 February of the following year.
From 19 to 21 December 1983, an international conference on the ecological impact of solid waste disposal was hosted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The Sino-British Joint Declaration provides that on 1 July 1997 the government of the People's Republic of China would resume the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, and that on the same day the British government would hand Hong Kong over to the People's Republic of China.
The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed by Zhao Ziyang and Margaret Thatcher on behalf of China and the United Kingdom on 19 December 1984 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
The Sino-British Joint Declaration contains a number of basic policies of the Chinese government towards Hong Kong, one of which is the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under Article 31 of the Constitution.
In the afternoon of 19 December 1984, Chinese and British government heads Zhao Ziyang and Mrs Thatcher, representing both sides, signed the Joint Declaration on the question of Hong Kong in the West Hall of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
After the signing procedures of the Joint Declaration were completed, Beijing immediately began preparations on various fronts to pave the way for the resumption of the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is under the direct jurisdiction of China's central government, and its high degree of autonomy covers administrative, legislative, independent judicial and final adjudication powers, while foreign affairs and defence are handled by the Central People's Government.
The Chinese government also stated that Hong Kong's existing status as a free port, a separate customs territory and an international financial centre would be retained.
From 19 December 1986, for buildings completed after the end of the Second World War, the minimum rent increase was raised to 60% of the prevailing market rent level.
On 19 December 2012, the Hong Kong branch of the West-East Gas Pipeline II was completed and commissioned, with natural gas transmitted via the Shenzhen Dachen Island distribution and compression station to the Lung Kwu Tan Power Station.
On 19 December 2014, Hui Si-yan (former Chief Secretary for Administration) was convicted on five charges including misconduct in public office and offences under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance.
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.
