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Date.
8.12.41
District.
Time.
79.
Hong Kong
Kowloon.
23.59
Emergency Unit,Kowloon.
80.
81.
Kowloon.
82.
Hong Kong.
9.12.41 Tsun Wan
06.00
2.
Tsun Wan.
07.00
3.
Sham Shui Po.
08.00
to 16.00
4.
Tsun Wan.
09.00
5. Hung Hom.
09.00
ing Kong
6. High,
7. Hong Kong
& Kowloon.
8.
Sham Shui Pr
Yaumati, Mong Kong, Kowloon City & Hung Hom.
9.
9-
12.41
Ho market were being looted. Shaukiwan police also attended.
Under Special Branch supervision divisional police completed round up of about 65 "Other enemy" aliens and about 37 "Other enemy" female and children aliens. The Police Reservists round up about 21 Japanese females and children. The "Other enemy" male aliens were conveyed to Stanley. The European women and children were interned in the Union Hotel, formerly the Matsubara Hotel, and the Japanese women and chil- dren in the Chitose Hotel. At both hotels the women and children were looked after by Prison Wardresses and a Police guard for the Union Hotel and a Police Reserve guard for the Chitose Hotel were provided. Police Reserve also provided guards for certain Japan- ese business premises and bailiffs were put in later the same day under Special Branch supervision. Unit received no calls during the day.
Assistant Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, reports that the food control arrangements in Kowloon broke down completely. Police were lucky to receive rice once daily and this did not include "Sung". Rice shops had to be forcibly opened and kept open. Queues were effectively controlled.
Mr. Heath, Assistant Superintendent of Police, reports that Asiatic Police were inclined to be "truculent" when they found that they could not obtain food for themselves or their families.
A steady stream of British soldiers were observed be- ginning to pass the station in retreat on their way into Kowloon.
P.S.A.203 Groves, Officer in charge Tsun Wan, was informed by some Royal Scots that the enemy had reach- ed the Shing Mun Catchment.
Many air raid alarms took place. Half of Lai Chi Kok female prison was evacuated.
On instructions from Senior Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, Officer in charge contacted the Officer Commanding of the Shing Mun Redout and gathered that there were three or four British patrols out in front of the Redoutt contacting the enemy. He was also informed that Japanese in civilian clothing had been cutting barbed wire and telephone wires during the night. He made a report of the position to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Kowloon, who instruct- ed him to hang on and remain at the station, reporting the situation as frequently as possible.
The Cantonese police at the Hung Hom Wireless Station and Railway Works Vital Post deserted except for the Cantonese Sub Inspector. They werereplaced.
The Food Control started to issue rice and Police fro then on controlled rice queues.
Most of the rice shops had closed down and on instruc tions from the Commissioner of Police during the day and succeeding days were forcibly opened and kept open by mobile patrols. In some cases Police had to be posted permanently on duty to see that sales con- tinued.
Owing to scarcity of rice, riots occured, particu- larly in Sham Shui Po, but police restored order. Special police action was required on this and the