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War Correspondent Has Thrilling Experiences - By William Stewart, Canadian Press War Correspondent

Daitak (sic) Airfield, Kowloon, China, 1 September 1945 (CP Cable)

With Lieut. Peter Morris of Stratford, Eng., and Sub-Lt. Nigel Glendenning, of Edinburgh, I spent a nervous hour and a half in the Japanese Kytak (sic) Airfield last Wednesday (29 August) when our aircraft had burst a tire during its landing.

English-language newspaper in Hong Kong, commonly referred to by its initials, SCMP.

Old issues cannot be accessed online via the HK Public Library website, but they do let you view microfilm copies if you visit them in person. Similarly the HK Public Records Office have microfilm copies available for visitors to view in person.

This was the name of the English-language newspaper published during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong. Moddsey notes it "operated out of the former South China Morning Post/Hong Kong Telegraph Building on Wyndham Street."

There are microfilm copies available for viewing at the HKPRO and the Public Library. Tony Banham mentions a couple of other sources in the May 2010 entries on his website: