22 Jul 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

22 Jul 1944, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Date(s) of events described: 
Sat, 22 Jul 1944

The only major typhoon of internment strikes Hong Kong. As a result vegetables are diminished and the damp weather makes the fish go bad. There is a plague of rats and the twenty cats promised by the Japanese never arrive.

Source:

Geoffrey Emerson, Hong Kong Internment, 1973, 98