Hong Kong

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    Japan Issues Apology To Hong Kong Prisoners

    March 10, 2012 by Tom MacGregor
    An apology, 70 years in the coming, was finally given to Canadian prisoners of war held in brutal Japanese work camps during the Second World War. The apology was delivered on Dec. 8, at 4:10 p.m. Japan time, by Toshiyuki Kato, Japan’s parliamentary vice-minister for Foreign...
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    HONG KONG: The Inside Story Of Canada’s Role In A Doomed Garrison

    November 1, 2011 by J.L. Granatstein
    Seventy years ago, on Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japan began its war against the West, attacking Pearl Harbor, Malaya and moving against Hong Kong. In the Crown Colony’s garrison were almost 2,000 Canadian soldiers, only recently arrived and scarcely acclimatized. For the next 18 days,...
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    Granite Memorial Recalls Hong Kong Sacrifices

    November 3, 2009 by Sharon Adams
    “I am remembered.” Those words brought tears to the eyes of many in the crowd of more than a thousand gathered on the banks of the Rideau River in Ottawa for the dedication of the Hong Kong Veterans Memorial Wall. On its polished surface are...