Things change for the nurses at Bowen Road Military Hospital:
Up until about Jan. 18th, we were allowed to go out into the town provided we got permission from the matron and had one of our two men escort us. We ((presumably the writer Anna Waters and the other Canadian nurse, Kay Christie)) only went out once. On Sunday, Jan. 11th, we walked up to the War Memorial Hospital to visit one of our officers.
After Jan. 18th, Jap guards were put on the gates. Barbed wire was put up around the hospital grounds. Some time later it was electrified. The guards used to wander around the hospital any time during the day or night but we didn't have any trouble with them.
Source:
Report by Miss Anna May Waters Nurse with the Canadian Forces at Hong Kong, as given on board the MS Gripsholm, November 1943, points 43-44