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caused no material damage at the Kowloon docks. The naval dockyard received four hits but no great material damage was caused with the exception of Military Yen 300,000 worth of wireless equipment which was destroyed. Taikoo Dockyard received three hits, that on the steel plate store and workshop causing heaviest damage. Gratuities for the dependents of those killed were paid at the rate of Military Yen 100 with 10 catties of rice (14 lbs) Work was confined to cleaning up on the following day until 10 a.m. when the yard was closed, half a day's pay being granted. The machine shop at Kowloon Docks was still out of action in the latter half of September, having been partly destroyed in the air raid of August 25th 1943. Work on 6 vessels at these docks was, therefore, suspended.
2. A November report states that no large ships are being built or repaired at the Aberdeen Dockyard, Hongkong. Most of the work was on shaping plates for shipbuilding purposes. A certain amount of bottom cleaning was carried out on Japanese trawlers.
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Sinkings and Casualties.
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3. In September, three vessels were awaiting repair at the Taikoo Dockyard, Hongkong. The S. S. Stanley (459 g. r. t.) had been raised and docked at No. 2 slipway, and the Asusan Maru, said to be a transport of about 7,000 tons was docked there. The Nippo Maru (ex Ningpo
3,764 g.r. t.), which was submerged after a fire has been raised and was in drydock, and was expected to be ready for service again by the end of September.
Shipping Routes.
1. (a) A Japanese ship from Hongkong to Macao last June first disembarked
Japanese women and children passengers at Lappa Island. These Japanese women and children were the bulk of her passengers, and later Chinese passengers were disembarked at her usual berthing place in Macao.
(b) This appears to confirm other reports that some evacuation of non-essential civilians from Occupied China has taken place.
2. The Canton Inland Shipping Company is no longer running to schedule.
The ships go and come as circumstances permit on the Hongkong- Macao and Canton-Macao run.
3. (a) Four small ships from Hainan Island arrived at Hongkong during the latter part of July 1943. The Nam Sing carried steel plates, rolled steel joists, and iron plates. Apparently this cargo was not unloaded at Hongkong but the vessel, after taking on board motor car and ship engine parts, proceeded to Pak Hoi in Kwangtung. The Hoi Ting was also carrying iron and steel plates for an unknown destination. The Ba Ye Shan was carrying a small quantity of iron plates reported as being for use in Hongkong.
The Toi Kwong arrived from Yokohama with a miscellaneous cargo of foodstuffs.
(b) Hainan Island has been used here as a transhipment centre for exports from Japan to Indo-China, a development necessitated by the bombing of
Haiphong.
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