Hong Kong Central Library | Subject Talk Series：Heroism During the War: Untold Stories of Hong Kong

Description

2025 is the 80th anniversary of the victory of War of Resistance. The speakers aim to deepen the participants' understanding of the war history, especially how Hong Kong joined the War of Resistance and many stories of war heroes who sacrificed themselves for protecting their country, the speakers will highlight the situation in Hong Kong during the War of Resistance and the involvement of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Independent Brigade. They will explore the history of Hong Kong during the War of Resistance in great details and unveil many untold war stories which will enable the participants to comprehensively acquaint the experiences of war heroes and their descendants.

Speaker:Prof. Joseph TING Sun-pao (Convenor, Academic Review Committee, Hong Kong Chronicles Institute), Prof. LAU Chi-pang (Chief Editor, Hong Kong Chronicles Institute) and Prof. LIU Shu-yong (Deputy Chief Editor, Hong Kong Chronicles Institute)

Interested parties can register online at the Hong Kong United Foundation website from August 29, 2025: https://form.ourhkfoundation.org.hk/register/?id=HKCI250920

Remarks:Conducted in Cantonese. Free admission. First come, first served.