{"id":46602,"date":"2025-01-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2025\/01\/13\/the-lost-and-found-in-hong-kong-the-unsung-chinese-heroes-at-d-day-extends-exhibition-at-cuhk-until-jan-24\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T06:00:00","slug":"the-lost-and-found-in-hong-kong-the-unsung-chinese-heroes-at-d-day-extends-exhibition-at-cuhk-until-jan-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2025\/01\/13\/the-lost-and-found-in-hong-kong-the-unsung-chinese-heroes-at-d-day-extends-exhibition-at-cuhk-until-jan-24\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Lost and Found in Hong Kong: The Unsung Chinese Heroes at D-Day&#8221; Extends Exhibition at CUHK until Jan 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<p>        HONG KONG SAR &#8211;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\" rel=\"sponsored\">Media OutReach Newswire<\/a> &#8211; 13 January 2025 &#8211;<b> The &#8220;Lost and Found in Hong Kong: The Unsung Chinese Heroes at D-Day&#8221;<\/b> exhibition, at the invitation of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, has been extended to January 24th.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<i><\/p>\n<figure data-width=\"100%\" data-caption=\"The \u201cLost and Found in Hong Kong: The Unsung Chinese Heroes at D-Day\u201d Extends Exhibition at CUHK until Jan 24\" data-caption-display=\"none\" align=\"center\" style=\"display: block;width: 100%;margin: 0px;padding: 0px;text-align: center\"><img data-src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/586882\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"The \u201cLost and Found in Hong Kong: The Unsung Chinese Heroes at D-Day\u201d Extends Exhibition at CUHK until Jan 24\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 100%;margin: 0px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/images.media-outreach.com\/586882\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"The \u201cLost and Found in Hong Kong: The Unsung Chinese Heroes at D-Day\u201d Extends Exhibition at CUHK until Jan 24\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 100%;margin: 0px\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nFrom September 2024 onwards, the exhibition has publicly exhibited the diaries and letters of Chinese naval officer Lam Ping-yu which reveal his participation in the Battle of Normandy (D-Day) on June 6th, 1944, aboard the British battleship HMS Ramillies during World War II. Lam&#8217;s 80-page diary was discovered by chance in 2015 in a soon-to-be-demolished tenement building in Hong Kong. The diary recounts his training in the United Kingdom with 23 other Chinese naval officers and his subsequent participation in D-Day. Lam&#8217;s written records are hitherto the only primary source of Chinese participation in D-Day.<\/p>\n<p>By December 2024, the exhibition has attracted up to 8,000 visitors. The team has also received interest from over 40 secondary schools, organising 23 school tour groups, with a total of over 820 students visiting the exhibition. Students visiting the exhibition ranged across government schools, aided schools, schools under the Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) and international schools.\n<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the team has created an education program to foster initiatives for community-driven individuals. &#8220;The curatorial team hopes to encourage more like-minded individuals to enrich Hong Kong&#8217;s diverse cultural landscape, playing to their own interests and expertise,&#8221; said co-curator Angus Hui. &#8220;In striving to encourage young people to take action in cultural preservation, the team has launched the H-Infinity program to share our curatorial experience and resources, in order to nurture similar community engagement projects in Hong Kong&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>After the exhibition at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library concludes, it will move to London in February as the first stop of the international tour. &#8220;With Lam&#8217;s participation in D-Day, our exhibition is committed to highlighting the long-standing connections, friendships, and solidarity between East and West&#8221;, opined co-curator John Mak. &#8220;Building on the momentum in Hong Kong over these past few months, we will continue to bring this fascinating Hong Kong story to Europe, offering a unique historical perspective to audiences worldwide.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><b>New Breakthroughs in Historical Research <\/b><br \/>\n<br \/>After the exhibition launch, the curatorial team successfully contacted the family members of Lam Ping-yu, the owner of the diary, in Hong Kong, the United States, and Brazil. This helped the team&#8217;s research on Lam&#8217;s life from the 1920s to 2000, and his connections to Hong Kong. In mid-December last year, the co-curators travelled to the East coast of the United States to meet with Lam&#8217;s direct descendants, gathering more information to further historical research.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Exhibition Details<\/b><br \/>\n<br \/>Date: September 23rd, 2024 to January 24th, 2025<br \/>\n<br \/>Address: Digital Lab, G\/F University Library, Chinese University of Hong Kong<br \/>\n<br \/>Opening Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.<br \/>\n<br \/>Fee: Free Entry\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Hashtag: <\/b>#D-Day<\/p>\n<p>\n            <em>The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.<\/em>\n        <\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/track.media-outreach.com\/index.php\/WebView\/355161\/4121\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"width:1px;height:1px;\"\/>\n    <\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/hong-kong-sar\/2025\/01\/13\/355161\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211; Media OutReach Newswire &#8211; 13 January 2025 &#8211; The &#8220;Lost and Found in Hong Kong: The Unsung Chinese Heroes at D-Day&#8221; exhibition, at the invitation of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library, has been extended to January 24th. 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