72 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries |
| Posted: 23 Dec 2011 10:06 PM PST Book / Document: R. E. Jones Wartime diary Date of events described: Wed, 1942-01-28 Commenced organized working parties today. Got bread for two days and it is as much as we had for one day yesterday. Cards left the camp. Outside news very good if true. |
| 28 Jan 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Posted: 10 Jan 2012 11:17 PM PST Book / Document: Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp Date of events described: Wed, 1942-01-28 The Temporary Committee elects a four member canteen sub-committee, and a canteen is opened within the week. It's a small shop with high prices located at Japanese Headquarters and run by the Chinese superintendent, Mr. Cheng Kwokleung. The internees suspect Mr. Cheng of being interested only in makiing money, so they propose to the Japanese the formation of a proper canteen.
Phyllis Harrop gets up at 7 a.m., boards a boat for Macao at the Wing Lok wharf and sets sail at about 8.45 a.m. At 2 p.m. a Japanese motor patrol vessel appears, but doesn't board them. She arrives safely and, after various meetings, including one with the Governor Commander Texeiro, she returns to her hotel, The Riviera, to have her first bath since December 7. She ends the day having dinner at the British Consulate. Sources: Canteen: Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 109-110 Harrop: Phyllis Harrop, Hong Kong Incident, 1944, 133-140 |
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