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The War Office now represent that, instead of
one half of the home provision, personnel in Hong Kong
should receive for room-warming purposes in winter 100%
of the home provision for a period of four months.
They admit that the difference in temperature is, prima
facie, strongly against this demand but claim that the
following factors offset that difference:-
(i) The higher temperatures prevailing in summer
lower the power of resistance to cold during winter.
(ii) The humidity of the climate at Hong Kong
causes the cold to be felt more acutely.
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
A similar effect is caused by the tendency
of the temperature to vary suddenly.
The position is aggravated by the fact that
quarters are so sited as to obtain, in summer, the cooling effect of exposure to wind.
It is further aggravated by the fact that
larger rooms are standard in Hong Kong than at home.
Notwithstanding these factors a claim for twice
the house-warming provision required at Gibraltar, Malta and Cyprus and 12 times that required for the highlands
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