Kohima Camp

Kohima Camp (Chinese: 高希馬軍營) was a military camp in Tai Po Tsai north of Clear Water Bay Peninsula in Hong Kong. The camp was built by the British Army and demolished in the 1980s when the army gradually withdrew from Hong Kong. The land became the site of the new Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1986.[1]

Before the construction of the university, The Scout Association of Hong Kong made use of the camp as the site for the Hong Kong Diamond Jubilee Jamboree for the 75th anniversary of Hong Kong Scouting between 27 December 1986 and 1 January 1997.[2]

Name

The camp was named after Kohima, a town close to the eastern border of India. In 1944 the Imperial Japanese Army failed in an offensive operation at the Battle of Kohima, which marked the limit of the Empire of Japan.

References

  1. ↑ "1st Bn The XX Lancashire Fusiliers Hong Kong 1967 - 1969". Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "History of Scouting in Hong Kong". Scout Association of Hong Kong. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

Coordinates: 22°20′12″N 114°15′54″E / 22.3367°N 114.2651°E / 22.3367; 114.2651

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