22 chronicle entries dated 28 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.
涉及地點香港、下市場、香港上環、中環、九龍彌敦道,港島軒尼詩道、大埔、銅鑼灣羅素街、香港大會堂、廣東中山、橫瀾島、維港、香港國際機場Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
同日條目
Chronicle entries dated 28 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/1844#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》建置與地區概況（人口） Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Territory, Geography and Population (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/1851#〈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/1995#〈條目編號〉
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On 28 December 1844, the Hong Kong government enacted an ordinance authorising the Governor in Council to license the trade in salt, opium, cannabis and betel leaf, and to grant licences by public auction or tender to the highest bidder; the Hong Kong opium monopoly system began thereafter.
On 28 December 1846, Reverend Brown, principal of the Morrison Memorial School, led Yung Wing, Wong Fun and Wong Shing from Hong Kong to the United States to study, making them among the earliest Chinese students to study in America.
On the night of 28 December 1851, a fire broke out in Lower Market, Sheung Wan (now the Jervois Street area); the British troops stationed in Hong Kong blew up buildings to stop the fire from spreading, and the fire killed two British soldiers, left 200 Chinese missing and destroyed 450 houses.
To stop the fire from spreading to Central, the military used explosives to demolish buildings as a firebreak, resulting in 458 houses damaged, 2 British soldiers and 20 Chinese killed, and 60 to 200 Chinese unaccounted for.
On 28 December 1941, the Japanese military held an "entry ceremony" and subsequently conducted "victory parades" along Nathan Road in Kowloon and Hennessy Road on Hong Kong Island.
On 28 December 1944, the Japanese military took Cheng Po, village head of Nam Wa Po Village in Tai Po, and others to the Tai Po military police headquarters for severe interrogation about the whereabouts of guerrillas; Cheng Po and two others refused to provide information and eventually died after torture.
On 28 December 1949, the tram workers' go-slow had still not stopped, and the operator ordered the tram depot on Russell Street in Causeway Bay to be closed, trams to cease running, and all conductors to be dismissed; the labour dispute continued until January 1950 before coming to an end.
On 28 December 1966, the Po Yick Chamber of Commerce held the first World Department Store Goods Exhibition at Hong Kong City Hall for nine days, displaying and selling household goods, clothing accessories, and stationery from various countries.
On 28 December 1984, Yuexiu Enterprises Limited, a comprehensive enterprise established in Hong Kong by the Guangzhou Municipal Government, formally completed its registration procedures.
On 28 December 1984, law enforcement officers arranged for personnel to pose as buyers of stolen goods and successfully arrested Yip Kai-foon; on 8 October 1985, the Supreme Court ruled that he must be imprisoned for 18 years.
On 28 December 1995, the Society for the Protection of the Harbour said it had collected 140,000 signatures from the public since 21 October in opposition to the Government's reclamation on both sides of Victoria Harbour.
The Society for the Protection of the Harbour ended its signature campaign on 28 December 1995, having obtained about 140,000 signatures of support from the public.
On 28 December 2014, the section of the MTR West Island Line extending from Sheung Wan to Kennedy Town, including Sai Ying Pun Station and HKU Station, entered service.
On 28 December 2016, the MTR South Island Line officially entered service, with a total length of seven kilometres, connecting Ap Lei Chau in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island with Admiralty in the Central District.
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.
