G. S. Kennedy-Skipton, the Controller of Food, declares in an interview that no shortage of flour is anticipated. However, the Government is watching the situation as irregularities in shipping might affect supplies in the future.
It's also learned that the Government is acquiring a reserve stock of peanut oil and soya beans which, with white rice, should provide a minimum diet in an emergecy situation.
Source:
Hong Kong Daily Telegraph, February 10, 1941, page 3
Note:
Kennedy-Skipton had been appointed Controller of Food with effect from April, 1940 and then re-appointed with effect from September 2, 1940 (HK Government Gazette, April 5, 1940, 551 and August 30, 1940, 1333). He was demoted to Deputy Controller of Food on February 21, 1941 (Gazette, February 21, 1941, 232) and both he and the new Food Controller, D. L. Newbigging, had lost their jobs by the outbreak of hostilities, allegedly over a faulty consignment of beans - see https://jonmarkgreville2.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/accusations-of-collab…