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Onig regd.
18885/6/44
57 # PRAL/44 9
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Ref: FE.80/3/5/Z
FAR EASTERN WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
No. 56 for week ending 4.2.1944
HONGKONG
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Information from other sources:-
1. (a) The following prices were
prevailing in Hongkong in October 1943:-
(b) Approximate pre-war (1938) figures were:-
Vegetables 50 cents per catty (1.3 lbs)
Meat
Chicken
Eggs
Flour
Sugar
Lard
15 dollars "
30 dollars "
11
Very cheap 40 cents
1.25 dollars
each
1 dollar 30 each
4 dollars per catty
5 cents
80
#1
3
60 per catty
20
10
11
per catty
60
11
11
pair
11
2.50-3.00
dollars
Shoes (Ladies) 100
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