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The Days of Hoisting Flags: Double Ten Riots
On 10 October 1956, riots broke out in Kowloon, lasting for three days, with many casualties. The then 15 year old Wong Jum-sum saw with his eyes how the wife of the Swiss Consulate was burnt to death by rioters a few hundred yards in front of his home in Sham Shui Po. Reflecting on tragedies like this, Wong knew for sure riots were a price Hong Kong could not pay. One often encounters this picture on Internet forums about old Hong Kong: Yum Chou Street in Sham Shui Po, a car overturned, with black smoke whirling. In the background was the building of Garden Company Limited; to its right, the Shek Kip Mei public housing estate, then barely three years old. One can imagine, if possible, the camera moves further right for two hundred feet. There one will see the 15 year old Wong Jum-sum standing by the window of his home, gazing at the black smoke, with mouth wide open (Pictures: Double Ten Riots).
On 10 October 1956, riots broke out in Kowloon, lasting for three days, with many casualties. The then 15 year old Wong Jum-sum saw with his eyes how the wife of the Swiss Consulate was burnt to death by rioters a few hundred yards in front of his home in Sham Shui Po. Reflecting on tragedies like this, Wong knew for sure riots were a price Hong Kong could not pay. One often encounters this picture on Internet forums about old Hong Kong: Yum Chou Street in Sham Shui Po, a car overturned, with black smoke whirling. In the background was the building of Garden Company Limited; to its right, the Shek Kip Mei public housing estate, then barely three years old. One can imagine, if possible, the camera moves further right for two hundred feet. There one will see the 15 year old Wong Jum-sum standing by the window of his home, gazing at the black smoke, with mouth wide open (Pictures: Double Ten Riots).
On 10 October 1956, riots broke out in Kowloon, lasting for three days, with many casualties. The then 15 year old Wong Jum-sum saw with his eyes how the wife of the Swiss Consulate was burnt to death by rioters a few hundred yards in front of his home in Sham Shui Po. Reflecting on tragedies like this, Wong knew for sure riots were a price Hong Kong could not pay.
One often encounters this picture on Internet forums about old Hong Kong: Yum Chou Street in Sham Shui Po, a car overturned, with black smoke whirling. In the background was the building of Garden Company Limited; to its right, the Shek Kip Mei public housing estate, then barely three years old. One can imagine, if possible, the camera moves further right for two hundred feet. There one will see the 15 year old Wong Jum-sum standing by the window of his home, gazing at the black smoke, with mouth wide open (Pictures: Double Ten Riots).
