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For the first newsletter of 2017, here are some new scanned paper maps to enjoy. Click any of these links to see the paper map overlaid on the map below (or start with the tutorial if you're new to Gwulo's maps):
We'll finish off the walk around Shau Kei Wan, then I'll suggest some more walks you might like to try over the holidays. But more important things first - let me wish you a very Merry Christmas:
The cooler weather is the perfect time to get out for a wander - follow Phil and me as we take a stroll around Shau Kei Wan. We visited wartime relics (Japanese & British), a 1960s film set, one of the oldest British relics in Hong Kong (over 170 years old!) and more. It was a very enjoyable outing, but one that had a sombre start...
A wartime atrocity
We met at Shau Kei Wan MTR station, and set off up the Chai Wan Road. If you've passed by here, you've probably noticed the older, yellow-coloured building up on the right:
The Battle of Hong Kong began on 8th December, 1941. My father was one of the brave soldiers that fought the Japanese invaders. In his honour and that of the others who fought, died and survived the most terrible hardships, I am reposting this article:
Dad, the invasion of Hong Kong and prison camp
The Japanese invasion of Hong Kong started on the 8th December 1941 and lasted for 17 bloody days until the British forces, surrendered on the 25th, in the person of His Excellency the Governor, Sir Mark Aitchison Young.
