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.
In December 2009, the Luk Keng pillboxes and observation posts were listed as grade two historical buildings in Hong Kong. A research team from the University of Hong Kong has spent over a decade identifying and locating the structures in hopes that the government can better conserve this site and promote it as a tourist attraction.
