people looking at a poster

Bombs in World War 2 period that were discovered at the building site of the Exhibition Centre Station. This station is a new underground station built for the extension of the East Rail Line to Hong Kong Island. A brief description and the bomb casing (bomb shell) retrieved was displayed, as well as a model one. Passengers using this station could have a good look to understand the war situation of Hong Kong during the Second World War period when the Japanese invaders bombed Hong Kong severely. The British army lost Hong Kong and Hong Kong was under Japanese rule for 3 years and 8 months.