The Archive · 1937

Warders Quarters Are Refitted Front Our Spectat, Correspondent

Hongkong, Aug. 31. are all going to be sent to gaol!" said a diminutive little refugee at the Happy Valley Refugee Camp this afternoon. She did not seem to be unduly depressed at the idea, however, nor need she be, for the 500-odd women and children now staying at the camp are not going to be placed behind bars on a strict bread-and-water basis, but are merely being transferred from the Jockey Club stands to the former warder quarters of Laichikok Gaol.

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