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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

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