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The caption continues 'Some of the world's leading computer firms have set up plants here'.

Scope and Contents This file is composed of letters written to and by Onraet on the subjects of the post-war political climate in Malaya, the resumption of civilian administration, the Malayan Communist Party, citizenship, the Malayan Union, intelligence and security, the Malayan security service, supervision of the press, ethnic divisions and service conditions within the police. It also contains a number of cuttings of newspaper articles, some written by Onraet himself. Correspondents include A.H. Dickinson,...

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127 x 75 mm. Showing a group of pith helmetted Europeans examining a biplane which has crashed-landed in woodland. Exact date, circumstances and location unknown.

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Landscape format. [Children walking with their hands behind their backs beside wrought-iron fence with buildings beyond across the street].

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Half-plate. Chinese children fan drill.

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Owing to its multi-racial nature, Singapore has a diverse culture influenced by its three major ethnic groups - the Chinese, Malays and Indians. Schoolchildren have a choice of learning music and dance as part of their extra-curricular activities.

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This is a copy of a diary describing Hay’s active service during the Malayan campaign, beginning with his joining the battery in mid-Dec. 1941. He saw action at Kuala Selangor and during the siege of Singapore. After its surrender, he escaped by ship on 16 Feb., reaching Sumatra on 21 Feb. and then Sri Lanka on 1 Mar. 1942. See RCMS 103/12/3 for another account of the same escape written by H.R. Oppenheim (21 sheets).

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A plan created by the Camp Fatigue Officer, Hugh Bryson, as the basis for discussion should the movement of the camp ever become necessary (3 copies; 4 sheets).

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292 x 180 mm. Showing a dragon dance in progress on the Padang in Singapore on National Day.

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Half-plate (landscape format).

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of albums, containing captioned black and white photographs, taken by one, or more, people travelling in the same group. The albums form a photographic account of a six-month long touring holiday.Of the albums, the first ten are all of the same style and manufacture and each has an embossed title on the front. They follow the journey chronologically. The remaining two contain a smaller selection of images from the same journey, again in chronological order. They are...

Scope and Contents Education in Singapore is tailored to meet the needs of the people as well as the economy. It caters for the inclinations, aptitudes and interests of pupils by streaming them into academic studies, vocational training or apprenticeship schemes.The school curriculum stresses bilingualism (English plus mother tongue is compulsory), science, mathematics, moral and social values and extra-curricular activities.There are 297 primary schools, 116 secondary schools, 22 full schools...

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A series of photographs showing various aspects of education and science in Singapore.

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The file contains a copy of the Colony of Singapore, Department of Education, 'Ten Year Programme'. It also includes the transcripts of two Radio Malaya broadcasts and a newsreel discussing education, and a series of news cuttings relating to Frisby (80 sheets).

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153 x 104 mm. Showing Edward Heath talking to Lee Kwan Yew during a visit to Singapore

Scope and Contents Photographs and glass and film negatives showing scenes in the Malay Peninsula and Singapore, the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. The majority are highly specialised forestry images, and many are uncaptioned, making identification difficult. Captions are taken from, in most cases, the envelopes that originally held the images or the reverse of the prints in conjunction with information from an accompanying annotated draft catalogue. There are also four watercolours (three of Pinang) by...

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207 x 133 mm. View of Empress Place, Singapore, showing Victoria Memorial Hall, The Cricket Club, and Obelisk.

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141 x 84 mm. Showing the Grand Hotel de l'Europe emblazoned along its length with the legend God Bless the Prince of Wales. Situated on the Esplanade near the Victoria Memorial Hall (part of which is visible at the left of the print), the hotel was established in 1857 and occupied the same site until the building was demolished in 1936. (Makepeace, ii, 197 and Tyers, p. 89). But see Turnbull (1975, p. 47) who dates the naming of the hotel somewhat later.

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81 x 54 mm. Showing Evan (no further identification) seated at the centre of an Indian group, probably in Singapore.

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81 x 54 mm.

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145 x 94 mm. View looking across Commercial Square, Singapore, with Exchange buildings at left and Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank at right.

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Half-plate. With Birdsnest Fern, Botanical Gardens : Singapore.

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149 x 90 mm. A view from the edge of the jungle looking towards the sea, with wooden houses raised on stilts on the foreshore.