The most conspicuous
act was how the Japanese government forcibly made Hong Kong residents trade
in their Hong Kong Dollars, gold, foreign currencies and various other stocks
and shares certificates for Japanese currency and vouchers used by the Japanese
army (hereafter referred to as Military Yen) as the only legal curency in
Hong Kong. People who were found to be using Hong Kong Dollars or other foreign
currencies were severely punished by the Japanese Army some were even executed.
A fact that many members of our Association can attest to as they are all
victims. As from December 25, 1941, the Japanese government started to exchange
one Military
Yen for two Hong Kong Dollars. Starting from July
24,1942 the exchange rate was one Military Yen for four Hong Kong Dollars.
Up to today there are over five hundred million dollars' worth of Military
Yen in the possesion of our members.
Taken from: http://www.cnd.org/NJMassacre/index.html
The Japanese army
evacuated from Hong Kong in the autumn of 1945 and the Military Yen became
worthless paper overnight. Many residents were bankrupted and some became
beggars while others starved to death. The legacy left many families destroyed,
resulting in widows and orphans relying on community assistance to the present
day.
Taken from: http://www.cnd.org/NJMassacre/index.html
During the Hong Kong occupation the
Japanese government transported the forcibly exchanged Hong Kong Dollars to
Macau to buy material, gold, foreign currencies, precious metals, and other
coins to ship back to Japan to develop the country.
Hong Kong residents have petitioned the Japanese government
for decades for compensation, seeking to exchange the Military
Yen for Hong Kong Dollars. The Japanese government however used
the San Francisco Peace Treaty as a way to shrug off all their responsibilities.
2006
to Prime Minster of Japan!!
Update 2007!!
Update 2011 December!!
Hong Kong Reparation Association
President: Lau Man
Vice President: Ng Kwong Wah
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This is the most
tragic incident that should evoke the attention of the world. The Japanese
Military had committed the most unforgivable crime in the history during
her occupation in the World War II in Hong Kong. It has been a shame and
the greatest insult to the Japanese......
Taken from: http://www.cnd.org/NJMassacre/index.html
Hong Kong was occupied and governed
by the Japanese Government between the winter of 1941 and autumn of 1945.
Residents of Hong Kong remember vividly the atrocities committed by the
Japanese army during this sad period of 3 years and 8 months. Wherever the
Japanese army went, they pillaged tortured and committed numerous crimes
against the peasants. Under the guise of evacuation the Japanese army executed
many residents on the high seas and also forcibly shipped many to Hainan
Island as slave labourers. Many residents were reported missing and great
numbers died of starvation. The population of Hong Kong prior to the Japanese
occupation in 1941 was 1.6 million and dwindled to less than 600,000 in
the autumn of 1945.
