- Title Pages
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- New Preface
- New Introduction
- Preface
- Introduction
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1 Politics -
2 Life in the Camp I -
3 Life in the Camp II -
4 Life in the Camp III -
5 The Final Months and Liberation -
6 A Summing Up - A Note on Personal Interviews
- Appendices
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Appendix II -
Appendix III Deaths during Internment (from the gravestones, Stanley Cemetery) -
Appendix IV -
Appendix V (The Stericker Papers, Appendix V) -
Appendix VI -
Appendix VII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VI) -
Appendix VIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix II) -
Appendix IX (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VIII) -
Appendix X -
Appendix XI ‘Stanley Recipes’ -
Appendix XII ‘A Farewell to Stanley’ -
Appendix XIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix IV) -
Appendix XIV Broadcast by Mr. Gimson, 16th September 1945 Prior to His Departure from Hong Kong -
Additional Appendix I -
Additional Appendix II -
Additional Appendix III -
Additional Appendix IV -
Additional Appendix V -
Additional Appendix VI -
Additional Appendix VII - Bibliography
- Additional Bibliography
- Index
Life in the Camp I
Life in the Camp I
- Chapter:
- (p.79) 2 Life in the Camp I
- Source:
- Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945
- Author(s):
Geoffrey Charles Emerson
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
This chapter discusses the internees's life in the camp where the greatest complaints centred on food. It notes that “of all the hardships and privations to which the internees in Stanley were subjected, the insufficiency and unsuitable nature of the food provided were the worst”. It reports that the food was delivered daily from Hong Kong by lorry and unloaded in a garage near the former Prison Warders's Club. It further reports that in July 1942, the Hong Kong dollar was devalued to four to one Japanese yen, which caused a severe blow to the already bad food situation, because this meant less food was sent to Camp than before. The chapter also discusses the existence of hospital and medical services in the camp where many internees were connected with the medical profession, including forty doctors, two dentists, one biologist, six pharmacists, one hundred nurses and six masseuses, as well as a number of auxiliary nurses.
Keywords: food, Stanley, Hong Kong, Prison Warder's Club, Hong Kong dollar, Japanese yen, medical services
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- Title Pages
- Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series
- Dedication
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations
- Foreword
- New Preface
- New Introduction
- Preface
- Introduction
-
1 Politics -
2 Life in the Camp I -
3 Life in the Camp II -
4 Life in the Camp III -
5 The Final Months and Liberation -
6 A Summing Up - A Note on Personal Interviews
- Appendices
-
Appendix II -
Appendix III Deaths during Internment (from the gravestones, Stanley Cemetery) -
Appendix IV -
Appendix V (The Stericker Papers, Appendix V) -
Appendix VI -
Appendix VII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VI) -
Appendix VIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix II) -
Appendix IX (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix VIII) -
Appendix X -
Appendix XI ‘Stanley Recipes’ -
Appendix XII ‘A Farewell to Stanley’ -
Appendix XIII (from The Stericker Papers, Appendix IV) -
Appendix XIV Broadcast by Mr. Gimson, 16th September 1945 Prior to His Departure from Hong Kong -
Additional Appendix I -
Additional Appendix II -
Additional Appendix III -
Additional Appendix IV -
Additional Appendix V -
Additional Appendix VI -
Additional Appendix VII - Bibliography
- Additional Bibliography
- Index
