CO129-590-22 Situation in enemy occupied Hong Kong 19-1-1943 - 20-11-1943 — Page 193

EXTRACT FROM FAR EAST ECONOMIC NOTES.

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HONGKONG POPULATION TO BE REDUCED.

Hongkong:

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The Japanese Administration at Hongkong plans to reduce the population by another 300,000 the Governor- General announced. At present the population is 1,000,000 while the city affords work and shelter for only 700,000.

(Transocean, 20 January, 1943)

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