CO129-590-22 Situation in enemy occupied Hong Kong 19-1-1943 - 20-11-1943 — Page 111

June 87

HONGKONG: JAPANESE ORDER EVACUATION TO ALLEVIATE FOOD SHORTAGE

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15.53 to a message from Hongkong, in view of the acute shortage of food, Hongkong and Kowloon Japanese occupation authorities have ordered another evacuation of residents. present population of Hongkong and Kowloon totals about 1,000,000.. The Japanese are planning to reduce the number to 600,000. Meanwhile the enemy is again enlarging the airfield..

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JAPANESE CONSTRUCT AIRFIELD Kowloon: Many civilian dwellings in the Sungwangtai and Kowloon market area are being pulled down to make room for an airfield.

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