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Theatres were opening again by 20th January, including the Kings, Oriental, Cathay, Central, Alhambra and Majestic Theatres, also certain dancing hells.
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Racing was also being revived under the chairmanship of Mr. Ho Kum Tong, with Leung Ting-ngok as Secretary and 9 Stewards. Resumption of baseball, football, volley ball and basket ball was also under discussion. Japanese Gendarmerie. The Japanese Gendarmerie commenced its activities early in January, using methods closely allied to the German Gestapo. Its Headquarters were first at 58 Robinson Road and were later removed to the Hongkong Supreme Court Building. Police. On Jan. 19th Indian and Chinese policemen reappeared on the streets with revolvers.
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HONGKONG UNIVERSITY. The Japanese Gendarmerie paid an early vit to the University and employed third degree methods with Mr. D.J. Sloss (the Vice Chancellor), Prof. Faid and myself for a period of over 5 hours in an attempt to ascertain whether any of the more valuable library books had been hidden. All maps were confiscated and later a great many of the books from the main University Library, the valuable Hankow Collection and the Chinese Library were carted away in trucks for removal to Japan. special search was made for all books and maps relating to Malaya, the Philippines, Netherlands East Indies, Borneo, Australia and India, and these
The Northcote Science were removed before any other books were touched. Block, newly erected a few months before the outbreak of hostilities, was hit by shellfire on several occasions and was later completely looted by Chinese mobs. The same applies to the Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology Buildings, only here a great deal of the apparatus, such as microscopies
The Great Hall and etc. was sealed and confiscated by the Japanese. Administrative Offices of the University were occupied by the Japanese Military, and a Military Hospital was established in some of the buildings The majority of the records of the Registrar and the various Faculties were destroyed, mostly by burning, but a certain number of the more essential records were salvaged from the General Office and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. About 150 students remained in the hostels, together with some other refugees and the remaining patients of the University Relief Hospital under the care of Dr. Lim Eck uee, after the
Four of the staff internment of the Luropean staff on 31st January. Residences were early occupied by the Japanese Military, the occupants bein turned out et very short notice. After the internment the remaining Staff
The Gendarmerie displayed Residences were cccupied by students and others. considerabbe partiality to the students, but no definite plans for resumption of University activities had been formulated.
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PRIMARY EDUCATION. Plans had been published for the re-commenc. ment of Primary School Education, and applications for teaching appointment: had been called for. One hundred and fifty applicants had been s.lected, and they were being given a course in Japanese language, as all teaching wa to include Japanese in the future.
LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE. These were extremely hard. At first no rice could be obtained, but later the Japanese started selling rice at 50 cents a catty at certain centres. Here the queues word i prodigious length and after waiting for half a day people would often find that the supply had given out. On the streets rice could not be purchased for less than $1,80 (pre-war price 15 cents). Meat or fish was at first unobtainable, but later became available in small uantities at prices which were beyond the reach of the ordinary people. The same remarks apply to the supplies of vegetables. All wages and salaries ceased, and the majority of people were suffering from an xxx acute money shortage, Any persons employed by the Japanese were paid in rice only, no money was forth coming.
Stenographers were offered one catty of rice per day in return for their services. A doctor of several years' experience was paid at the rate