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Contents Editorial 5-7 Articles War and Peace: Economic Rationales for Preserving War Relics 8-11 by Frank T. Lorne Chinese Eyes on British Tanks: Historical Verification of a War Heritage 12-20 by Ho-yin Lee Decoding the Enigma of the Fall of the Shing Mun Redoubt Using Line of 21-42 Sight Analysis by Lawrence W.C. Lai, Stephen N.G. Davies, Ken S.T. Ching and Castor T.C. Wong “Pillbox 3 did not open fire!” Mapping the Arcs of Fire of Pillboxes 43-57 at Jardine’s Lookout and Wong Nai Chung Gap by Lawrence W.C. Lai, Ken S.T. Ching, Tim Ko and Y.K. Tan The Gin Drinkers Line: Its Place in the History of Twentieth Century Fortifications 58-68 by Bernard Lowry Location of Pillboxes and Other Structures of the Gin Drinker’s Line 69-70 Based on Aerial Photo Evidence by Lawrence W.C. Lai, Y.K. Tan, Ken S.T. Ching and Stephen N.G. Davies Pillbox above Shing Mun Road 71-77 by Y.K. Tan Survey Findings on Japanese World War II Military Installations in Hong Kong 78-94 by Lawrence W.C. Lai, Ken S.T. Ching and Y.K. Tan Australian, Canadian and Hong Kong Connections: Memoir of a Hong Kong Person 95-108 by David K. Manning
Editorial These three post-war photos of scenes in the New Territories, which form part of the collective memory of many Hong Kong people, illustrate the ease with which historical heritage can be glossed over or identified. The first photo (Figure 1), taken during the 1960s, shows the misty scene of Shatin Cove, now reduced to the “Shing Mun River”. The big house in the upper left hand portion across Tai Chung Kiu (the bridge) was not a Chinese farmhouse, but Pillbox (PB) 213. 1 The second photo (Figure 2) 2 , taken in 1976 and appearing in Chan’s work (2011: p.119), is dominated by the image of a Kowloon Canton Railway train, then powered by diesel, crossing Tai Wai railway bridge, which was under repair after a heavy rainstorm. It also reveals the rear entrance of PB 304 behind a small bulldozer. The third photo(Figure 3) 3 , taken from Castle Peak Road looking towards Tai Mo Shan during the 1950s, shows three pillboxes built as if they were Chinese farmhouses. It was through mapping and surveying information on the locations of several pillboxes along the Gin Drinker’s Line, first mapped by Lai, Tan, Davies, and Yung (2009), that these “out of focus” relics so commonly found in daily scenes can be rediscovered one by one.   Figure 1: PB 213, Gin Drinker’s Line, Shatin Cove, 1960s    Figure 1: PB 213, Gin Drinker’s Line, Shatin Cove, 1960s   6    Figure 2: PB304, Gin Drinker’s Line, Tai Wai Railway Bridge, 1976  Figure 2: PB 304, Gin Drinker’s Line, Tai Wai Railway Bridge, 1976   1 For an aerial view of the pillbox and its searchlight shelter, see Plate 6 in Lai et al. (2009: p.28). 2 Photo courtesy of Mr. Danny C.Y. Chan. For aerial photo corroboration, see Hong Kong Government photo 16106 of 4 November 1976. 3 Photo courtesy of Mr. Tim Ko. This photo appeared first in Cheng (2002: p.29).   SBE 5
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