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Singapore becomes the centre of government of the Straits Settlements. [8] [9] 1833: 7 December: Kenneth Murchison was appointed as the third Governor of the Straits Settlements. [10] 1834: 1 August: Singapore Free School was established. [11] 1836: 18 November: Sir Samuel George Bonham was appointed as the fourth Governor of the Straits ...
The history of the Republic of Singapore began when Singapore was expelled from Malaysia and became an independent republic on 9 August 1965. [1] After the separation, the fledgling nation had to become self-sufficient, however was faced with problems including mass unemployment, housing shortages and lack of land and natural resources such as petroleum.
Singapore's foreign policy: Coping with vulnerability (Psychology Press, 2000) online; Miksic, John N. (2013). Singapore and the Silk Road of the Sea, 1300–1800. NUS Press. ISBN 978-9971-69-574-3. Murfett, Malcolm H., et al. Between 2 Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from 1275 to 1971 (2nd ed. Marshall Cavendish International Asia, 2011).
The Japanese Empire captured the British stronghold of Singapore, with fighting lasting from 8 to 15 February 1942. Singapore was the foremost British military base and economic port in South–East Asia and had been of great importance to British interwar defence strategy. The capture of Singapore resulted in the largest British surrender in ...
Operation Tiderace was the codename of the British plan to retake Singapore following the Japanese surrender in 1945. [4] The liberation force was led by Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia Command.
Digital Media Academy, supported by Singapore Film Commission: $2,989 June 2006: We Are Family: Clifton Ko Chi Sum & Lau Jian Hua (HK) Spring Time Cinema (HK) / Impact Entertainment (HK) / MediaCorp Raintree Pictures: $83,844 3 August 2006: S11: Gilbert Chan & Joshua Chiang: Digital Media Academy, supported by Singapore Film Commission: $3,018 ...
The main purpose of the guns was to prevent an attack on Singapore Island and the important Naval Base from the sea. A popular myth after the loss of Singapore in February 1942 was that the guns were "impressive but useless: the guns on Singapore pointed the wrong way" [25] and hence could not fire on the advancing Japanese. In reality this was ...
Road to Singapore (1940) Jungle Cavalcade (1941) Mare Senki: Shingeki no kiroku / Malayan War Record: A Record of the Offensive (マレー戦記: 進撃の記錄) (1942) Sensen Nimankiro / Twenty Thousand Kilometre Battle Front (戦線二万粁) (1942) Marai No Tora / The Tiger of Malaya (マライの虎) (1943) Chinta (1948) Nasib (1949) Nilam ...