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Singapore is a sophisticated communications centre with links to almost all parts of the world. It is a focal point for more than 150 major shipping lines, more than 33 international airlines, with direct telecommunications facilities to 105 countries. Its telephone density of 26 telephones per 100 population is the third highest in East Asia.

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200 x 149 mm. General view of path leading through ornamental gardens.

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141 x 82 mm. Showing the Japanese arch of welcome. Exact location unidentified, but probably Singapore.

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This is the cutting of a newspaper article from the 'Daily Telegraph', 7 Nov. 1942, accompanied by a letter from the Secretary of British Malaya, suggesting that its source, Harry Knight, might be contacted to help identify people who went missing following the Japanese invasion. The file also contains a note about the continued publication of Malayan newspapers under the Japanese (3 sheets).

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143 x 92 mm. Showing Jean Batten (indistinct) seated in the cockpit of her aeroplane, with European spectators in the foreground. Jean Batten (b 1909) made her solo flight from England to New Zealand in 11 days in October 1936.

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265 x 210 mm. A view from the quay side looking over the pier towards the shipping at anchor in the Singapore Roads. Erected around 1854 and named after the merchant Alexander Laurie Johnston, the pier was demolished in 1933 on completion of the Clifford Pier.

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Film negatives of mostly trees and foliage.

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Singapore is a sophisticated communications centre with links to almost all parts of the world. It is a focal point for more than 150 major shipping lines, more than 33 international airlines, with direct telecommunications facilities to 105 countries. Its telephone density of 26 telephones per 100 population is the third highest in East Asia.

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143 x 196 mm. Showing a Chinese man seated in the street on a wooden stool and eating with chopsticks from a bowl.

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A view of Bukit Merah Reservoir.

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A view of Bukit Merah Reservoir.

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140 x 99 mm. View of the Sri Mariaman Temple in South Bridge Road.

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141 x 83 mm. Showing the welcome arch bearing the legend The Sinhalese Welcome their Noble Prince.

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272 x 214 mm. A view looking along a wharf, with small craft moored in the foreground and steamers tied up alongside a warehouse at the farther end. Exact location unidentified, but judging by the presence of railway trucks on the wharf, probably part of the Tanjong Pagar complex.

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151 x 90 mm. Showing six fishermen rowing a sampan.

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Because of its economic sophistication, Singaporeans are engaged in a variety of occupations. The emphasis now is on high-technology, precision and computer skills.

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200 x 191 mm. Showing an unidentified figure arranging an order around the neck of Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew.

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141 x 186 mm. Showing Lee Kwan Yew presiding over preparatory talks up to postures to be taken by Singapore at the forthcoming Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference.

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138 x 82 mm. Showing lightning flashing in a stormy sky, with trees silhouetted in the foreground.

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292 x 195 mm. Showing dancers costumed as lions in the National Day Parade.

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...

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140 x 90 mm. A view looking down river, with barges moored at the Boat Quay in the foreground.

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142 x 100 mm. Showing mail steamer docked at Singapore.

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141 x 94 mm. View from wharf of departing steamer.

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285 x 236 mm. A group photograph of the two rugby teams. Identified on the reverse are: CURTIS (A.D.O. Alor Gajah); D.E. LANDER; MURPHY (Asst. Headmaster, High School); J.G. BLACK; Bill SYKES; Badger; Edinburgh; S.E. KING (Cadet); Cecil SMITH; VENABLES; REFERN; Charles SALTER; B.E. ABLITT; GORDON-BROWN; W. PENRICE; J. HUSBAND (Govt. Engineer, late of Yasin); P.A.B. MCKERRON (now D.O., Jusin); STEWART.