There's a meeting of the 'bachelor-husbands' at the Rose Room of the Peninsula Hotel, sparsely attended at the start but swelling to about 350.
The mood varies from indignation to good humour as the husbands discuss how to further their case. The most militant speaker is J. Thompson, who recommends they 'down tools' for a limited period to catch the attention of the British press. At the other extreme is R. J. Clark, who recommends soft-pedalling for a month - by that time the situation in the Far East will be clarified, one way or the other.
'Immediate warm approval' meets the proposal to demand a public inquiry - not into the 'why?' of the evacuation but into the 'how?'.
Source:
Hong Kong Telegraph, September 8, 1941, page 3
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