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Several hours before the British surrendered on Christmas at the end of the Battle of Hong Kong, Japanese soldiers entered St. Stephen's College, which was being used as a hospital on the front line at the time. [1] [2] The Japanese were met by two doctors, Black and Witney, who were marched away, and were later found dead and mutilated.
The Japanese population did not grow much in the following decade; though Japanese schools continued to operate in Wan Chai [18] and Kennedy Town, [19] by the time of the Japanese declaration of war against the British Empire and the start of the Battle of Hong Kong, the Japanese population of Hong Kong had dropped to 80. [20]
On 8 November 1878, a group of local Chinese (Lo Lai-ping, Shi Shang-kai, Fung Ming-shan and Tse Tat-shing) [2] [full citation needed] presented a petition to the governor of Hong Kong, John Pope Hennessy, to set up the Po Leung Kuk to rescue the kidnapped victims, and the society was officially opened in August 1882.
From 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1997, nearly 3.4 million of British Dependent Territories Citizens in Hong Kong successfully registered as a British National (Overseas). [5] All BDTCs relate only to Hong Kong lost their BDTC status on 1 July 1997, and any BDTC who did not register as a BN(O) and without other nationality automatically acquired ...
The United Services Recreation Club (USRC) (Chinese: 三軍會; lit. 'three armed-forces club') is a club located on Gun Club Hill Barracks site at Gascoigne Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Originally it was a British colonial establishment but now is a property of the People's Liberation Army after they took over the barracks on 1 July 1997.
The official pre-sale for Japanese Breakfast's 2025 tour is happening right now, but there's another chance to snag tickets on Friday, January 10 at 10 a.m. local time. Make sure you're signed up ...
Elke Tsang Kai-mong was born in an affluent family living in British Hong Kong, and during adulthood, she resided in Hunghom. Tsang was the second of four children in her family, and had one older brother, one younger sister and one younger brother. Tsang's father was Hong Kong West Auxiliary Police Senior Superintendent Tsang Nim-tong. Her ...
The colonial government prepared for a possible attack, evacuating all British women and children in 1940. [58] The Imperial Japanese Army attacked Hong Kong on 8 December 1941, the same morning as its attack on Pearl Harbor. [59] Hong Kong was occupied by Japan for almost four years before the British resumed control on 30 August 1945. [60]