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WITNESS FORUM
Dec. 15-16, 2001
City University, Hong Kong
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Witnessing Forum on Japanese Atrocities in the Asia-Pacific War

Updated: Nov. 27, 2001

Organiser:	Hong Kong Coalition for Preserving the History of WWII in Asia
Co-organisers:	Contemporary China Research Project City University of Hong Kong
	Asian Human Rights Commission
	Hong Kong Teachers' Association of Chinese History Education
Sponsor:	Global Alliance for Preserving the History of WW II in Asia

15th December 2001 (Saturday)

9:15 - 10:00 a.m.
Scope Lecture Theatre, City University of Hong Kong

Welcoming Speeches
- Andrew Tu
  Founding Member and Co-Convenor
  Hong Kong Coalition for Preserving the History of World War II in Asia
- Bai Jiefu
  President, National History Society on Anti-Japanese War
Opening Speeches
Tribute to Survivors

Plenary Speeches
- "Significance of the Proposed Declassification Bill
  in Japan and Its Resistance in the Diet"
  Tanaka Koh
  Member of the Japanese Parliament (TBC)
- "Seeking Justice for Victims of Japanese Atrocities - Implication to Peace in the Asia-Pacific"
  Chen Qigang
  Director of Museum of the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War
Moderator
Dr.Wong Yiu Chung
Lingnan University, Hong Kong
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Scope Lecture Theatre, City University of Hong Kong

Witnessing Forum I:
Japan's Military Sexual Slavery ("Comfort Women")
1. Testimony of former "comfort women"
  - Li Xiumui - Mainland China
  - Choi Gap-soon - Korean
  - Lola Onor (Leonora Hernandez) the Philippines
  - Lu Man-mei - Taiwan
2. "Recent Lawsuits of Chinese 'Comfort Women' against the Japanese Government"
  Kang Jian
  Lawyer representing the Chinese "Comfort Women" Lawsuit
3. "From Asian Women's Fund to the Recent Judgment of 'Comfort Women' Lawsuits in Japan"
  Henry K.M. Chuang
  Lawyer and Board of the Taiwan Women Rescue Foundation
4. "Redress Movement for 'Comfort Women' in the Philippines"
  Nena Gajudo, Malaya Lola (ASCENT)
  Support organization for "comfort Women" in the Philippines
5. "Analysis on the Significance of the Final Judgment of the Women's International War Crime Tribunal"
  Su Zhiliang
  Dean & Professor of Department of Sociology & History, Shanghai Teachers University
Moderator:
Dr. Ding Wai , Baptist University, Hong Kong
1:00 -2:30 p.m.
Canteen,City University of Hong Kong

Lunch Break

Video show starting 1:30 p.m at Scope Lecture Theatre:
"Breaking the History of Silence -
Women's International War Crimes Tribunal for the Trial of Military Sexual Slavery"

2:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Scope Lecture Theatre, City University of Hong Kong

Witnessing Forum II:
Slave Labour & Other Atrocities
1. Testimony of Slave Labourers·
  - Wiko Lamain
    former child slave labourer in the Dutch East Indies
  - Jack Edwards
    former British POW captured at the Fall of Singapore in 1942 and author of Banzai You Bastards!
  - Lee Man Ngai,
    a former slave labourer from Hong Kong
  - Song Jiyao
    a former slave labourer from Shandong
2. "Legislation and Lawsuits in the US regarding Compensation to POW and Slave Labour"
  Ivy Lee
  Professor Emeritus of Sociology, California State University
  President of Global Alliance for Preserving the History of World War II in Asia
3. "Importance of the lawsuit against Nishimatsu to Victims and to Japan"
  Representative of Support Group from Nishimatsu
4. "Testimony of Japanese Atrocities in Hong Kong"
  Leung Sum, Eyewitness of Japanese Atrocities in Hong Kong
5. "Testimony of Japanese Atrocities in Malaysia"
  Sun Kiensheng
  Survivor of Japanese atrocities In Malaysia
6. "Evaluation of China's Damage in the War of Resistance Against Japan "
  Wu Guangyi
  Researcher, International Strategic Research Centre of Research
  Institute of World Economy and Politics
  Chinese Academy of Social Science
Moderator
Prof. CHENG Chak Yim, Chinese University of Hong Kong
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Staff Club, City University of Hong Kong

Welcoming Dinner
(By invitation)
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Scope Lecture Theatre, City University of Hong Kong

Networking Meeting
(Restricted to local and overseas advocates of the redress movement)

Convenor
Ivy Lee
President of Global Alliance for Preserving the History of World War II in Asia

16th December 2001 (Sunday)

9:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m
Scope Lecture Theatre, City University of Hong Kong

Witnessing Forum III:
Nanking Massacre & Unit 731
1. Testimony of a Nanking Massacre survivor
2. Testimony of Yoshio Shinozuka an ex-soldier of Unit 731
3. Japan's Biological and Chemical Warfare
  Testimony of a Unit 731 survivor
4. "Strategies and Approaches in Dealing with Deniers of Japanese atrocities"
  Tam Yue-Him
  Professor of History & Director of East Asian Studies of Macalester College, Minnesota
5. "An Overview of the Unit 731 Lawsuit in Japan"
  Wang Xuan
  victim representative of the Unit 731 lawsuit in Japan
6. "Comment on History Textbook Distortion in Japan"
  Rong Weimu
  Vice Chief Editor, The Journal of Studies of China's Resistance War Against Japan
  Institute of Modern History of Chinese Academy of Social Science
7. "The Role and Responsibility of Post-was Generation in the Redress Movement"
  Ban Zhongyi
  Journalist and Researcher
Moderator:
Nancy Tong
Associate Professor, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
Producer of "In the Name of the Emperor"

1:00 -2:30 p.m.
Canteen,City University of Hong Kong

Lunch Break
(Video show starting 1:30 p.m. at Scope Lecture Theatre:
In the Name of the Emperor)

2:30 - 5:00 p.m. (Cantonese Only)
Scope Lecture Theatre, City University of Hong Kong

Workshop on Education
1. "The Teaching of Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific 1931 - 1945:
  Social Responsibility and Global Citizenship -
  A Teachers' Guide developed by the Ministry of Education of British Columbia, Canada"
  Thekla Lit
  President of British Columbia Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WW II in Asia (ALPHA)
  Writing Team Member of the Teachers' Guide
2. "Evaluation on the Teaching of the Asia-Pacific War in Hong Kong"
  Representative of Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers
3. "Alternative Approaches in the teaching of Asian Holocaust in Hong Kong"
  Representative of Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union
Discussants:
- Representative of Education Department of Hong Kong (TBC)
- Representative of Hong Kong Teachers' Association of Chinese History Education
Moderator:
Lee Yee Journalist, Former Chief Editor of The Nineties (TBC)

5:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Scope Lecture Theatre, City University of Hong Kong

Closing Remarks
- John Jack Clancey
  Chair of Asian Human Rights Commission
- Wani Yukio
  Journalist
- Albert Ho
  Co-Convenor of Hong Kong Coalition for Preserving the History of World War II in Asia
  Councilor of the Hong Kong Legislation Assembly
6:00 p.m.
Staff Club,City University of Hong Kong

Farewell Dinner
(By invitation)

#	All sessions except Workshop on Education will have interpretation in Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Japanese, and Korean.
*	TBC = To be confirmed

Other related events:

A candle light vigil will be held on December 13, 2001 at 8:00 p.m. to commemorate the 64th Anniversary of Nanking Massacre.
A press release will be organized on December 14 at 1:30 p.m. Survivors and speakers who arrive early are encouraged to participate.
Survivors and speakers who arrive early or leave late may be arranged to speak at secondary schools.

(Details of these events will be announced at a later stage.)