Commemorative/Celebration Activities for the 70th Anniversary of Victory in War of Resistance Against Japan

“The 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the 8-year War of Resistance” Sharing Session

Scholars and an old guerrilla fighter will talk about the 18-day battle of Hong Kong, the surrender of the British, the anti-Japanese activities of the Hong Kong Independent Battalion of the Dongjiang Column and the social conditions of Hong Kong during the Japanese Occupation.

Speaker: Mr. Chan Sui Jeung (Honorary Research Fellow, Former Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong)
Ms. Lam Chun (Vice President, the Society of Veterans of the Original Hong Kong Independent Battalion of the Dongjiang Column)
Prof. Siu Kwok Kin (Director, Centre for Hong Kong History and Culture Studies, Chu Hai College of Higher Education)
(in alphabetical order)
Date: 19 September 2015 (Sat)
Venue: Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, Kowloon Park, Haiphong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Quota: 110 seats; first come, first served. No enrolment is needed.
Fee: Free admission
Remarks:
  1. The sharing session is conducted in Cantonese.
  2. Audience will be admitted 15 minutes before the sharing session starts.
  3. Programme and speakers are subject to change without prior notice.
  4. The Centre makes no representations on the content of the sharing session.