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Here you'll find over 50,000 pages about old Hong Kong to explore, including over 30,000 photos. The content is added by a friendly community of people who enjoy sharing what we know about Hong Kong's history, and you are very welcome to join us.

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The Sloan family's memories of WW2 in Hong Kong

Submitted by Stewart Sloan on Tue, 12/13/2016 - 18:00

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.

7, 10, or 13 years old? A brief history of Gwulo

Submitted by David on Sat, 12/03/2016 - 17:00

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I had it in my head that this year is the tenth anniversary of Gwulo, but it turns out to be both older and younger than that.

 

2002 - The beginning: do you remember Gwulo's ancestor, Batgung.com ?

Way back in 2002, two years before Facebook appeared, blogs were the hot topic on the internet.

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