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ing Officer The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders who responded
by sending out two platoons. These were almost immediately
swallowed up in the rioting in Sham Shui Po itself, not far
from the camp of the Argylls. The A.S.P. Kowloon was sent
to Sham Shui Po and the D.S.P.(K) was instructed by me to
remain at Tsim Sha Tsui (after reporting to me the situation
in Sham Shui Po which district he visited on my instructions)
to deal with reinforcements for the remaining districts.
6.
AS
In point of time the first serious encounter occurred
in Soy Street between 5 and 6 p.m. when the Sub Inspector in
charge of the Mong Kok District was severely injured by a blow
on the head and had to be removed to hospital. Police and Fire
Brigade combined quelled this disturbance but undoubtedly part
of this mob then made its way to the Lai Chi Kok Road in Sham
Shui Po District where the most serious rioting occurred.
conditions were getting worse in Kowloon I instructed Mr.Booth
A.D.C.I. to go over to Kowloon and relieve Mr. Calthrop at Sham
Shui Po so that he could return to his own district Yaumati.
This was done. At 8.30 p.m. on the D.S.P.K's return to Tsim
Sha Tsui from Sham Shui Po he received information of further
rioting in Yaumati, Mong Kok Tsui and Sham Shui Po Districts.
Acting on instructions sent by me after conferring with Head-
quarter Staff D.S.P.(K) successively called for seven addi-
tional platoons, one more for Sham Shui Po, making three in
all there; two for Yaumati, two for Mong Kok and two for
Kowloon City where rioting was reported to have started also.
After making all necessary arrangements for further Military
assistance for Kowloon and having ascertained that conditions
were reasonably satisfactory in Victoria I decided to go over
to Kowloon to take charge of the situation there. I arrived
at Tsim Sha Tsui at 9.45 p.m. and after receiving the latest
information from all districts from the D.S.P.(K) I made my