Chapter 2 -The darknest week in my life
第二章 -最黑暗的一週
October 12, 1956
Three days of fierce battle have left us frightened, we are often awakened by the sound of tear gas at around 3 to 4 a.m. It is impossible for us to know anything about the chaos outside, except for news reports on the radio. I heard that the disturbance was caused by a group of thugs from Li Cheng Uk Village a few days ago...how would it flow over us?
October 13, 1956
Our rice urn is almost empty. Dad decided to take the risk of heading out this morning to borrow some food, but he has not returned... "He will be back soon!" I can only pacify my mom and little brother who were choking with tears.
1956年10月12日
槍林彈雨、戰火紛飛的日子已經持續了三天。我們一家連日來過著提心吊膽的生活，常常在凌晨三、四點被投放催淚彈的聲音驚醒，沒有一刻不是處於恐懼之中。外面風頭火勢，我們只能依靠電台報導獲取外界的資訊，聽說好像是前幾天有一群來自李鄭屋村的暴徒在鬧事...怎麼會鬧到我們這邊呢？
1956年10月13日
我們家的米缸快空了，爸爸今早決定冒險出門借糧卻遲遲未歸，他不會是被抓走了吧...「他很快就會回來了！」我只能這樣安撫着泣不成聲的媽媽和弟弟。
The "National Flag" incident: The final straw that triggered the riot
In 1956, the prohibition of not posting flags or any decoration on the wall by the Committee of Resettlement Affairs was announced a week before the celebration. In response, on 10 October 1956, a staff member ripped down the Nationalist flags that were posted on Block G of Li Cheng UK public housing. Due to political sensitivity, the protest spread rapidly to Sham Shui Po.
“國旗”事件：引發暴動的導火線
然而，徙置事務政務委員會在1956 年，慶典前一周（ 10 月 3 日）宣布禁止各徙置區居民在牆上張貼旗幟或任何裝飾。 10 月 10 日上午，一名委員會職員以此為由撕下了張貼在李鄭屋村徙置大廈的國民黨旗幟。事件引起右派居民的不滿，抗議活動迅速蔓延至深水埗。
The Double Tenth Riots
10-12 October
A bloody riot ripped through the overcrowded resettlement areas as a result of extreme disorder, rioters torched leftist schools and shops throughout the night. According to the Report on the Riots in Kowloon and Tsuen Wan, although the riots began because of the "National Flag incident", the riots were led by the triad societies "14 K" and "Wo On Lok". The situation spread and intensified two days after the disturbance. A curfew was ordered throughout Kowloon, and the military was called into action to suppress the riots.
13-14 October
The Emergency (Detention Orders) Regulations entered into force on 13 November. The newly enacted regulation permitted the indefinite detention of any arrestee against whom the governor in council found it impracticable to enforce a deportation order. More than 1,200 people (who were suspected of engaging in the riots) were arrested by the legal measure of detention without trial.
15-16 October
Gradually, the disturbance was controlled and life in the resettlement areas returned to normal.
The riots report of Kowloon and Tsuen Wan
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雙十暴動
十月十至十二日
一場血腥騷亂席捲了人口密度極高的徙置區，參與暴亂的團體徹夜縱火焚燒左派學校和商店。根據《九龍及荃灣暴動報告書》，雖然紛亂始於「國旗事件」，但是次暴動為三合會組織「十四 K」及「和安樂」主導。隨著騷亂蔓延和加劇，九龍全面實行宵禁，政府出動防暴隊鎮壓。
十月十三至十四日
《一九五六年緊急（羈留）條例》於十三日生效。該法例允許警方無限期拘留任何被逮捕的人（扣留時間由48小時改為14天，及後可再延長14天）。整場暴動中，超過 1200名涉嫌參與暴亂的人士被依法採取不經審判而拘留的措施逮捕。
十月十五至十六日
騷亂在15日開始得到控制，徙置區居民的生活亦逐步重回正軌。
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