WWII HONG KONG
III. THE RETURN OF HMCS
PRINCE ROBERT
Liberation of Hong Kong
Part 7: Town and Country
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Saiwan Cemetery : Canadian soldiers
Magazine Gap, the road at the end of the war
Government House showing alternations made during
the Japanese Occupation
Cinema Screen and Projection Room, Kai-Tak Airfield
Tiger Balm Garden pagoda - Tai Hang
View from the peak
Tai Tam reservior
Apleichau
Happy Valley
Happy Valley
Fort Stanley
Hong Kong Battery Shells
Statue of Queen Victoria with arm broken off.
Damaged by the Japanese.
When Hong Kong
fell under Japanese occupation, the statue was taken to Japan to be melted
down
and the bronze metal recycled for the Japanese
effort.
But Victoria survived the ordeal, despite
some damage, and was returned to Hong Kong after the war.
The restored version – without the canopy
– was unveiled in 1952 in Victoria Park, where it continues to stand today.
Reference: Visualizing
China.net
1. Queen Victoria’s
statue, Hong Kong, lit up with lanterns
for the coronation of King George V and Queen
Mary, June 1911.
2. Statue of Queen Victoria in Victoria Park,
facing south
in the tradition of all Chinese Imperial figures,
November 2008.
Jap Monument
Bill Hillman
