香港5月10日电刘春祥抗日英雄群体纪念碑揭幕典礼9日在香港屯门龙鼓滩举行。这是香港第三座大型抗战纪念设施。
HONG KONG, May 10 -- The unveiling ceremony of a monument in memory of the group of anti-Japanese war heroes led by Liu Chunxiang was held at Lung Kwu Tan, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, on May 9. This is the third large-scale memorial facility on the history the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Hong Kong.
东江纵队港九独立大队（简称“港九大队”）成立于1942年2月，是中国共产党领导的在港唯一一支抗日武装力量，主要由香港市民组成。1943年5月，港九大队大屿山中队队长刘春祥等7名指战员在与日军的战斗中壮烈牺牲。
Established in February 1942, the Hong Kong Independent Battalion of the Dongjiang Column, an anti-Japanese aggression guerrilla force under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC), had staged resistance efforts against the Japanese army, and rescued quite a number of cultural elites and members of the Allied troops who had been captured, making significant contribution to the victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. In May 1943, seven members, including Liu Chunxiang, commander of the Lantau Squadron under the Hong Kong-Kowloon Independent Battalion, sacrificed their lives in battles against Japanese aggressors.
2020年9月3日，退役军人事务部公布第三批185名著名抗日英烈、英雄群体名录，刘春祥等12名龙鼓洲抗日英烈位列其中。
On September 3, 2020, China’s Ministry of Veterans Affairs (MVA) announced the third batch of 185 famous anti-Japanese martyrs and heroes, including Liu Chunxiang and his team members.
2023年4月，在刘春祥抗日英雄群体牺牲八十周年纪念日前夕，经香港各界爱国团体和爱国人士的共同努力，纪念碑竣工落成。
In April 2023, on the eve of the 80th anniversary in memory of the fallen Liu Chunxiang and his hero group, the monument was completed with the joint efforts of patriotic organizations and figures from all walks of life in Hong Kong.
特区政府民政及青年事务局局长麦美娟表示，抗日先烈的爱国情操需要薪火相传。在龙鼓滩设立纪念碑，不仅是为了纪念刘春祥等抗日先烈，更让后人铭记历史，传承民族精神。
The Secretary for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Mai Meijuan, stated that the patriotic sentiments of the anti-Japanese martyrs should be passed down from generation to generation. The establishment of the monument at Lung Kwu Chau is not only to commemorate the anti-Japanese martyrs such as Liu Chunxiang, but also to make our offspring remember history and inherit the national spirit.
