On a knoll in Luk Keng in the northeastern part of Hong Kong’s New Territories, lies a large-scale military complex including 14 pillboxes built by Japanese imperial forces in World War II. The concrete emplacements, with small openings from which guns can be fired and a system of defensive trenches, were built during the late stage of Japanese occupation of the city between 1943 to 1945.
Neglected Japanese wartime military ‘pillboxes’ offer a window to Hong Kong’s World War II past
Published on March 7, 2021 by Youtube Video
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