2 Nov 1945, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

RELIEF RATION SCHEME

Hong Kong people now taking their rations under the D. B. R. basic rations scheme speak glowingly of the efficiency of the improved service and of the much improved quality of the rations supplied.

The new Distribution Depot is at No. 6 Chater Road, and is visited daily by a fairly large number of people after the bread ration of 12 ozs.

The weekly ration consists of the following items:

Sugar 1lb.; Milk two tins condensed; Butter one 1-lb tin (every two weeks); cocoanut (sic) oil, 8 oz; tea, 3 oz; salt, 2 oz; corn beef, two 12-oz tins; fruit, 4 oz; dehydrated apricots; flour, 8 oz.

All the rations now are of the best quality possible, and early grouches on this point have given way to smiles and satisfaction.

Nevertheless, David MacDougall tells London today that the Colony is 'one jump ahead of a breakdown.' There's a desperate shortage of foodstuffs and other necessities and a real danger that the unrest to the south and north will spread to Hong Kong.

The China Mail reports on page 4 the arrival of the new American Consul-General George Hopper and notes that Mr. and Mrs. Addison Southard are living in San Francisco after the former's retirement from the Consular service on return from internment in Hong Kong.

Source:

Rations: China Mail, November 2, 1945, page 1

MacDougall: Philip Snow, The Fall of Hong Kong, 2003, 298