Pork and crackling again. Depressing news. We ate our tin of pineapple.
Diary pages from this date
The Temporary Commitee had planned to end its activities today, but three extraordinary meetings were necessitated by the attempt of the Chinese Camp Supervisor, Mr. Cheng, apparently in collusion with some elements of the Japanese authorities, to force the internees to pay for their fish and vegetables and for the accommodation in the brothel-hotels during January.
After vigorous protests had failed to have any effect, the threat of cutting off all rations forced the internees to pay the money demanded. The cheque was returned uncashed after Mr. Cheng had left his post.
Source:
Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 55
Food? came up, method of paying for extras supplied etc. Internees with frozen credits have volunteered to pay.