7 Apr 1944, Harry Ching's wartime diary
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Latest economy stunt. Soak clothes in salt instead of soap. As good and cheaper says Rose Souza.....Now walking town as trams infrequent and crowded. Devise straight course to shorten distance. Conveniently passes sentries on opposite side.
Rice rationing to cease from 15th April We eating lot pintong lately. Three catties weekly. Half slab with bowl of jook.
Wongs ((Cousins in Kowloon)) having one potato meal daily to save rice. We try. At Y2.25 a catty three catties mean Y6.75 whereas rice at two catties which not sufficient costs about Y14. We find fairly filling.
Trick to feed chickens on boiled sweet potatoes instead of kai hong. Supposed to make them lay. But Willie Hung and Emil Landau say doesn't work, hens stopped laying but resumed with kai hong. We try better quality kai hong but still no eggs.
