The Temporary Committee elects a four member canteen sub-committee, and a canteen is opened within the week. It's a small shop with high prices located at Japanese Headquarters and run by the Chinese superintendent, Mr. Cheng Kwokleung. The internees suspect Mr. Cheng of being interested only in makiing money, so they propose to the Japanese the formation of a proper canteen
Phyllis Harrop gets up at 7 a.m., boards a boat for Macao at the Wing Lok wharf and sets sail at about 8.45 a.m. At 2 p.m. a Japanese motor patrol vessel appears, but doesn't board them. She arrives safely and, after various meetings, including one with the Governor , Gabriel Mauricio Teixeira, she returns to her hotel, The Riviera, to have her first bath since December 7. She ends the day having dinner at the British Consulate.
Sources:
Canteen: Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 109-110
Harrop: Phyllis Harrop, Hong Kong Incident, 1944, 133-140