- 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
A Summing Up
A Summing Up
- Chapter:
- (p.177) 6 A Summing Up
- Source:
- Hong Kong Internment, 1942-1945
- Author(s):
Geoffrey Charles Emerson
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
This chapter provides a summary description of the life and conditions experienced by internees in the Stanley camp. It notes that no one starved to death, and the fact remains that every day of internment there was something to eat. It further observes that many skilled medical personnel were interned and so few people died during internment, a total of less than 120. It reports that the interviews of former internees revealed that the Red Cross had done as much as possible and was extremely hindered by lack of cooperation from the Japanese authorities. It further reports that although Japan had not been a signatory to the Geneva Convention, the Japanese government had announced that it would follow the rules of the Convention. It observes that the Geneva Convention failed to note the vast difference between an Oriental, rice-based diet and a European diet.
Keywords: Stanley camp, medical personnel, Red Cross, Japanese authorities, Geneva Convention, rice-based diet, European diet
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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