A. W. Brown, who ran the Stanley canteen, is awarded an OBE. In the immediate aftermath of liberation, he was Controller of Dried Foods, returning to his job as manager of Lane Crawford when the Civil Affairs arrived. He tells a reporter he had no idea the award was coming and doesn't know what it was for.
John Gielgud and 21 members of the forces entertaintment organisation ENSA arrive from Saigon for a 5 day run of Noel Coward's play Blithe Spirit.
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South China Morning Post, January 1, 1946, p. 4
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