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Singapore became the 104th member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. [44] 24 August: The first daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance before the national flag was taken by 500,000 students at all 529 government and aided schools. [45] 1967: The Civilian Memorial is unveiled at the Kranji War Cemetery: 14 March
Singapore, renamed Syonan-to (昭南島 Shōnan-tō, "Bright Southern Island" in Japanese), was occupied by the Japanese from 1942 to 1945. The Japanese army imposed harsh measures against the local population, with troops, especially the Kempeitai or Japanese military police , who were particularly ruthless in dealing with the Chinese ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
It would go on to achieve self-governance in 1959 and join with Malaya to form Malaysia in 1963, before becoming a sovereign city-state a few years later in 1965. The day of the surrender of the British to the Japanese in 1942 continues to be commemorated in Singapore with Total Defence Day, which is marked annually on 15 February.
The role of Singapore as a film making hub for Malaya and Singapore (later merging into Malaysia) declined with the three-way standoffs between film unions, Shaw Brothers Studio and Lee Kuan Yew's government driving its superstar P. Ramlee northward to Kuala Lumpur to start his own production studio in 1964. [6]