Ma Tau Chung Camp () was an internment camp in
Ma Tau Chung
Ma Tau Chung ( or ) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, It was named after a creek (hence , ''Chung'', in the name) which originated in Quarry Hill, Hong Kong, Quarry Hill emptying into Kowloon Bay (body of water), Kowloon Bay. The village of Ma ...
,
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
during the
Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong
The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong began when the governor of Hong Kong, Mark Aitchison Young, surrendered the British Crown colony of British Hong Kong, Hong Kong to the Empire of Japan on 25 December 1941. His surrender occurred after Batt ...
during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
.
Antiquities Advisory Board
The Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) is a statutory body of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with the responsibility of advising the Secretary for Development, Antiquities Authority on any matters relating to antiquities and monum ...
List of Internment Camps in Hong Kong during the Japanese Occupation (1941 – 1945)
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Overview
The camp was built around 1941, originally as a refugee camp
A refugee camp is a temporary Human settlement, settlement built to receive refugees and people in refugee-like situations. Refugee camps usually accommodate displaced people who have fled their home country, but camps are also made for in ...
, as North Point Camp
North Point Camp was a Japanese World War II Prisoner-of-war camp in North Point, Hong Kong which primarily held Canadian and Royal Navy, Royal Naval prisoners.
History
Built by the Hong Kong government as a refugee camp before the war, it w ...
and Argyle Street Camp
Argyle Street Camp was a Japanese World War II prisoner-of-war camp in Kowloon, Hong Kong, which primarily held officer prisoners.
World War II
Built by the Hong Kong government as a refugee camp before the war as North Point Camp and Ma Tau Ch ...
. It was located on parts of today's Ma Tau Chung Road () and Ma Tau Wai Estate
Ma Tau Wai Estate () is a public housing estate in Ma Tau Wai, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the oldest existing public housing estate in Kowloon City District and it consists of five residential blocks completed in 1962 and 1965. Although it was de ...
.POWs
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.
Belligerents hold prisoners of war for a ...
moved back to Argyle Street Camp
Argyle Street Camp was a Japanese World War II prisoner-of-war camp in Kowloon, Hong Kong, which primarily held officer prisoners.
World War II
Built by the Hong Kong government as a refugee camp before the war as North Point Camp and Ma Tau Ch ...
. It was later re-opened as the Ma Tau Wai Camp (), holding third country national
Third country national (TCN) is a term often used in the context of migration, referring to individuals who are in transit and/or applying for visas in countries that are not their country of origin (i.e. country of transit), in order to go to a ...
civilians.
See also
* List of Japanese-run internment camps during World War II
This is an incomplete list of Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration camps during World War II. Some of these camps were for prisoners of war (POW) only. Some also held a mixture of POWs and civilian int ...
References
Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
Ma Tau Chung
Japanese prisoner of war and internment camps
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