22 Jul 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Submitted by brian edgar on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 16:56

The only major typhoon of internment strikes Hong Kong. As a result vegetables are diminished and the damp weather makes the fish go bad. There is a plague of rats and the twenty cats promised by the Japanese never arrive.

Source:

Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 98

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