70 years ago: Hong Kong's wartime diaries

In town there's a day of celebrations, starting with a Victory Parade - Admiral Harcourt takes the salute from a dais outside the Des Voeux Road entrance of the HKSBC - followed by a Chinese parade, a band concert on the pitch of the Hong Kong Cricket  Club and an evening dispaly of searchlights and fireworks. At the close of the day Harcourt makes a radio broacast admitting material shortages and a legacy of 'hatred, bitterness and tragic sorrow'  to be overcome, but calling on hard-work, inititiative and kindness to transform the life of the Colony

Tweed Bay Hospital, 'scene of many medical miracles', is shut down. Patients are transferred to Queen Mary Hospital.

There are now about 150 people left in what was once Stanley Camp, awaiting transfer to Rosary Hill, and led by the Rev. J. E. Sandbach and his right-hand man 'Skip' Taylor. There are regular bus services to town, a reliable electricity supply, and plenty of food's available - milk, eggs, meat and tinned goods. The 'gardens' are still as they were when news of the surrender was received, and are occasionally used for potatoes to supplement the diet.

Sources:

Parade: China Mail, October 10, 1945, page 2

Speech: China Mail, October 10, 1945, page 1

Tweed Bay: China Mail, October 11, 1945, page 2