L.R.Nielson elected Chairman; B. Wylie Vice-Chairman
Diary pages from this date
Poor meals.
Cold and blustery.
Porridge lovely.
The second meeting of the British Communal Council is held at the Prison Warders' Club.
Dr. Annie Sydenham is appointed to a Watch Committee, which is set up to protect women and girls from sex crimes. She is never called out on an emergency at any time during internment.
It's announced, perhaps at this meeting, that the internees are to be issued with 1/2 pound of bread per person per day, but that 5 ozs of the rice ration will be deducted, which is regarded as excessive. Eventually a compromise is reached: just under half a pound of bread will replace 4 ozs of rice.
Source:
John Stericker, Captive Colony, 1945, Chapter V, page 6; Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 177
Poor rations. No nice rumours or news.