The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the Empire...
57 KB (6,326 words) - 00:49, 31 December 2024
Hong Kong was a British crown colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, with a period of Japanese occupation from...
70 KB (7,115 words) - 00:01, 31 December 2024
Four Japanese military officers (three Army officers and one naval vice admiral) served as administrators during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in...
49 KB (1,632 words) - 08:55, 26 October 2024
1930s with the escalation of the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 21 October 1938 the Japanese occupied Canton (Guangzhou) and Hong Kong was surrounded. British...
76 KB (10,241 words) - 22:32, 7 December 2024
Japanese declared Hong Kong Dollars illegal. The Japanese enforced a repatriation policy throughout the period of occupation due to the scarcity of food...
40 KB (3,882 words) - 21:59, 31 October 2024
between Japan, Hong Kong and Shanghai; Japanese merchants and karayuki slowly began to settle overseas. By 1880, 26 men and 60 women of Japanese nationality...
26 KB (2,927 words) - 09:16, 2 November 2024
Japanese occupation of Guam Japanese occupation of Gyeongbokgung Japanese occupation of Hong Kong Japanese occupation of Istanbul Japanese occupation of Southern...
3 KB (380 words) - 01:24, 9 December 2024
on the island. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, the cathedral was converted into a club for the Japanese. Many of the original fittings were...
15 KB (1,150 words) - 22:29, 7 December 2024
Rensuke Isogai (category Japanese occupation of Hong Kong)
the Imperial Japanese Army and Governor of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation from February 20, 1942, to December 24, 1944. A native of Hyōgo Prefecture...
7 KB (611 words) - 18:21, 6 November 2024
Takashi Sakai (category Japanese occupation of Hong Kong)
general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, known for his role as Governor of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation. Sakai was born in Kamo...
8 KB (700 words) - 21:05, 5 August 2024
naval vessel which arrived in Hong Kong in 1897 and remained in the British territory until the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong during World War II in 1941...
10 KB (1,100 words) - 18:45, 26 August 2024
the subsequent Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. At the turn of the century, the cathedral underwent an extensive and costly program of refurbishment,...
24 KB (2,256 words) - 22:34, 7 December 2024
British Hong Kong and Qing dynasty. Between the years of 1941 and 1945 during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, boundaries of Hong Kong may or may...
16 KB (811 words) - 22:26, 4 September 2024
part of the land of the old City Hall, and was built in a mixed Art Deco and Stripped Classical style. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong between...
30 KB (3,150 words) - 01:28, 9 December 2024
located on Government Hill in Central, Hong Kong, is the official residence of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong. It was constructed in 1855 as a Colonial...
15 KB (1,605 words) - 05:55, 24 December 2024
The culture of Hong Kong is primarily a mix of Chinese and Western influences, stemming from Lingnan Cantonese roots and later fusing with British culture...
65 KB (7,005 words) - 22:23, 7 December 2024
a landmark in Hong Kong. It is located on the southern shore of Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. It is the only remnant of the original site of the former Kowloon...
10 KB (949 words) - 12:17, 13 December 2024
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is the monetary authority of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong dollar. Three commercial banks are licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary...
56 KB (5,863 words) - 22:43, 28 November 2024
Kwan Man-ching (category Hong Kong film directors)
nationalist themes, beginning with Life Lines in 1935. Spending the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong as a teacher, he returned to filmmaking in 1947, making his...
25 KB (2,518 words) - 03:43, 30 December 2024
oldest example of Western-style architecture remaining in Hong Kong. It is located at 10 Cotton Tree Drive, Central – within the Hong Kong Park. It has...
9 KB (542 words) - 21:37, 29 December 2024
The 1950s in Hong Kong began against the chaotic backdrop of the resumption of British sovereignty after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ended in 1945...
12 KB (1,612 words) - 23:51, 14 August 2024
cards, which he leased to the government. When the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began in December of the same year, he suspended his transport operation...
32 KB (3,891 words) - 22:36, 7 December 2024
legal tender of Hong Kong the following day. The Japanese occupation also outlawed any use of Hong Kong dollar and set a deadline for exchanging dollars...
9 KB (970 words) - 05:56, 17 October 2024
St. Stephen's College massacre (category Japanese war crimes in Hong Kong)
series of war crimes committed by the Imperial Japanese Army on 25 December 1941 at St Stephen's College during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Several...
6 KB (445 words) - 01:04, 29 December 2024
when Japanese forces invaded Hong Kong, leading to the 44-month-long Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Internal Security was the responsibility of the...
53 KB (6,910 words) - 22:37, 7 December 2024
During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, as part of their assimilation policy, Japanese governors advocated for the changing of English and Chinese...
12 KB (283 words) - 04:53, 25 April 2024
Robert Kotewall (category Hong Kong collaborators with Imperial Japan)
the Executive Council. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Kotewall served as the chairman of the Japanese military government's Chinese Representative...
7 KB (525 words) - 20:52, 18 September 2024
(/ˌæbərˈdiːn/ AB-ər-DEEN) is an area on southwest Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Southern District. While the name "Aberdeen"...
29 KB (3,332 words) - 21:14, 24 November 2024
Imperial Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the Governor of Hong Kong, Sir Mark Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to the...
35 KB (4,104 words) - 00:39, 1 August 2024
needed] During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, it was renamed as Taishō Kōen (大正公園, たいしょうこうえん).[citation needed] The founder of The Garden Company...
18 KB (1,869 words) - 19:39, 28 October 2024