American internee Wenzell Brown goes to St. Stephen's College and has his first shower for 27 days:
The cold harsh needles of water seemed to give me new life. My razor, shaving brush, a cake of soap, toothpaste and toothbrush were, other than my blankets and the clothing I had on, my only possessions.
M. L. Bevan states in today's diary entry that the rations are 8 ounces of rice, about 3 ounces of meat and one slice of bread per day. He estimates the number of British as about 2,300 and notes some cases of dysentery.
At 4 p.m. the representatives of those living in St. Stephen's College gather for probably the first committee meeting in Stanley.
Sources:
Brown: Wenzell Brown, Hong Kong Aftermath, 1943, 99
Bevan: Typescript Of Diary, 523.1 (Bevan) 58132, held at the Imperial War Museum
St. Stephen's: John Stericker, Captive Colony, Chapter iv, page 1