Newington later became a plantation owner in Sarawak and was a prisoner of war in Singapore between 1942 and 1945 . He was initially interned at the Changi Prison where he witnessed the so-called Double Tenth incident and kept an extant notebook of his experience . After Changi he was transferred to the Sime Road Camp where he founded a gourmet club , '' Good Food '' , which celebrated cooking and eating imaginary meals . In her book , '' Wartime Kitchen '' , Hong Suen Wong explained that ‘ Revelling in the finer details of food and dining in a systematic way … became a way for the prisoners to relieve their hunger and to sustain them psychologically ’ . A book of Newington 's experience in the prison of war camp , '' Good Food '' , was published in 1947
Double Tenth incident
Double Tenth incident
P.C.B. Newington