Hong Kong Stories

Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong (20x2)

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During WWII, the Japanese army occupied Hong Kong for 3 years and 8 months. Ko Tim Keung’s collection of Japanese magazines published during WWII provides a glimpse into the propaganda generated by the Japanese military machine to justify its aggression. Police memorabilia of the period collected by Lam Kin Keung shows how Japanese used the police force, the secondary military power, to infiltrate every corner of the occupied areas to control people’s life. Collector Cheng Po Hung explains how the Japanese took over the territory’s finance and economy by issuing military yens. The stories told through the objects gathered by these collectors help to piece together a picture of the life in Hong Kong under the Japanese occupation.