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	Brief History of Singapore
		In 1832, Singapore became the centre of government for the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca and Singapore.
		Singapore had been the site of military action in the 14th century when it became embroiled in the struggle for the Malay Peninsula between Siam (now Thailand), and the Java-based Majapahit Empire.
		Singapore was considered an impregnable fortress, but the Japanese overran the island in 1942.
	www.newasia-singapore.com /travel_information/introduction/brief_history_of_singapore_200705304.html (414 words)

	Singapore - SgWiki
		Singapore is a republic with a Westminster system of a bicameral parliamentary government, with the bulk of the executive powers resting in the hands of a cabinet of ministers led by a prime minister.
		Singapore was hit hard in 2001 by the global recession and the slump in the technology sector, which caused the GDP that year to contract by 2.2 percent.
		Singapore is ranked second globally in terms of containerised traffic with 21.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units handled in 2004, and retains her position as the world's busiest hub for transhipment traffic.
	www.sgwiki.com /wiki/Singapore (4279 words)

	Battle of Singapore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Singapore, which lay to the south, was connected to Malaya by the Johor-Singapore Causeway.
		The Chinese in Malaya and Singapore had also through financial and economic means aided the defence of Republic of China against the Japanese, although sometimes the aid suffered factionalism as the aid was segregated between the different factions in China, as the Chinese Civil War was ongoing at the time.
		Bicycle Blitzkreig - The Japanese Conquest of Malaya and Singapore 1941-1942
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Singapore (2614 words)

	Battle of Pasir Panjang - New World Encyclopedia
		The Battle of Pasir Panjang initiated upon the advancement of elite Imperial Japanese Army forces towards Pasir Panjang at Pasir Panjang Ridge, on February 13, 1942, during World War II in the Battle of Singapore.
		The Battle of Pasir Panjang took place in the context of the greater Battle of Singapore.
		In the battle, the troops fought hand-to-hand combat using bayonets against the Japanese.
	www.newworldencyclopedia.org /entry/Battle_of_Pasir_Panjang (1645 words)

	Singapore - Day Six: In Conclusion - Day 6 - CIO.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Singapore has a long history with US multinationals (the British surrender to Japan in 1942 happened, in fact, in a Ford factory).
		Although Singapore's government is trying to fill the nation's 10 percent IT staffing shortfall from within, business leaders are starting to question the strategy.
		Singapore's censors are busy, proscribing all sorts of entertainment and, by the way, outlawing chewing gum.
	www.cio.com /online/030502_singapore.html (621 words)

	Travel in Singapore - Singapore - Asia - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		The original settlement north of the Singapore River remains the heart of the city; it is the locale of the principal commercial, government, and public buildings and the Anglican St. Andrew's Cathedral (1862).
		Singapore's notable buildings include the Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall, the Raffles Hotel, the High Court, the City Hall, the House of Jade, the Sri Mariamman Temple, and the Singapore Polytechnic.
		Singapore's churches and cathedrals were built well before the turn of the century and many are still used today as places of worship.
	www.asiatravelling.net /singapore/singapore/singapore_culture.htm (1401 words)

	Battle of Singapore
		This was one of the motivations for the Japanese invasion of Singapore and the later suffering and atrocities inflicted by the Japanese occupation.
		From December 8, Singapore was subject to aerial bombing by long-range Japanese aircraft, such as the Mitsubishi G3M ("Nell") and the Mitsubishi G4M ("Betty"), based in Japanese-occupied Indochina.
		Bicycle Blitzkrieg - The Japanese Conquest of Malaya and Singapore 1941-1942
	www.jgames.co.uk /title/Battle_of_Singapore (4408 words)

	Napnuts Fall of Singapore game
		The assault was preceded by aerial bombing of Singapore's coastal batteries and airfields and succeeded in gaining a bridgehead by capturing Singapore's port.
		Singapore was retaken, and many Japanese ships were sunk by US subs (including the Battleships Kongo and Haruna).
		However, the Singapore "raid" led to a dangerous weakening of the Northern British positions.
	members.tripod.com /napnuts/spore_final.htm (1077 words)

	Singapore: History - K12 Academics
		The name Singapore is derived from the Malay words singa (lion) and pura (city), which were themselves derived from the Sanskrit words siMha and pura.
		Singapore became a self-governing state in 1959 with Yusof bin Ishak as its first head of state and Lee Kuan Yew from the People's Action Party (PAP) as its first Prime Minister, after the 1959 elections.
		Singapore was expelled from the federation on 7 August 1965 after heated ideological conflict developed between the state government formed by PAP and the Federal government in Kuala Lumpur.
	www.k12academics.com /singapore_history.htm (679 words)

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		With the fall of Singapore in February 1942 the locomotive, along with many allied service men, became captured by the Japanese and was used by them to work the docks.
		However during the battle of Singapore the locomotive sustained several bullet holes in the boiler and cylinders which are still clearly visible today.
		After the war the dockyards at Singapore were closed and the locomotive was returned to Britain, Bolted down in the bottom of a wooden hulled ship (HMS Scewer).
	www.angelfire.com /ms/rrm/Singapore.html (496 words)

	WW2DB: Invasion of Malaya and Singapore
		The fortress of Singapore was in sight, and the quantity of men killed, wounded, or captured thus far was the equivalent of two divisions of men for the British, while Yamashita had lost about five thousand (two thousand dead).
		Singapore citizens continued to evacuate the city as they had done earlier, though at this stage many boats out of the city faced strafing by Japanese fighters.
		Singapore, the Gibraltar of the East, would remain under Japanese control until the end of the war.
	ww2db.com /battle_spec.php?battle_id=47 (3438 words)

	Battle of Singapore - SgWiki
		The Battle of Singapore was a battle of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II, from February 7,1942 – February 15, 1942.
		Singapore Fortress, including the main urban areas in the south-east, was commanded by Maj. Gen.
		Singapore's famous large-calibre stationary guns — which included one battery of three 15-inch guns and one with two 15-inch guns — were supplied only with armour-piercing shells.
	www.sgwiki.com /wiki/Battle_of_Singapore (6793 words)

	Singapore - Uncyclopedia
		Although Singapore has been largely forgotten in the annals of world history, the city-state has seen tremendous growth in terms of international recognition; in 2004, a worldwide poll ranked Singapore as the 4th "country that no one would miss if it were completely obliterated next Tuesday", behind Bhutan.
		Singapore recently was quoted by the press as being one of the swinging night life cities of the world.
		Father Stark was dispatched to Singapore to battle the Singaporean Immortal Big Moses, the latter of whom was defeated in a five-day battle.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Singapore (3440 words)

	Battle of Pasir Panjang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Pasir Panjang was initiated upon the advancement of elite Imperial Japanese Army forces towards Pasir Panjang at Pasir Panjang Ridge on 13 February 1942 during World War II in the Battle of Singapore.
		The battle could not change the outcome of the fate of Singapore and it was a matter of time before the British would surrender to the Japanese 25th Army.
		The Battle of Pasir Panjang, and the Battle of Opium Hill in particular, manifested the acme of the fighting spirit in battle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Pasir_Panjang (1432 words)

	History Message Board, Discussions and Polls - History Channel (Australia and New Zealand)
		The importance opf this battle is that it caused a complete change in strategy for the British Empire.
		Mistakes were made - not just by the British High Command (for the allocation of untrained Australian troops to Singapore near the end caused a multitude of disciplinary problems) And, it should be noted that our understanding of armoured warfare at the time was limited - tanks had never been used in the jungle before.
		The loss of Singapore was a direct result of the loss of Malaya due in large part to the incompetence of the British High Command.
	www.historychannel.com.au /community/topic.aspx?topic=22 (479 words)

	Napnuts Fall of Singapore game
		The assault was preceded by aerial bombing of Singapore's coastal batteries and airfields and succeeded in gaining a bridgehead by capturing Singapore's port.
		Singapore was retaken, and many Japanese ships were sunk by US subs (including the Battleships Kongo and Haruna).
		However, the Singapore "raid" led to a dangerous weakening of the Northern British positions.
	www.napnuts.com /spore_final.htm (1077 words)

	Battle For Singapore!
		Under Lt-General Percival, Singapore's coastline was divided into three combat zones - the north, west and southern areas - with a reserve area in the centre of the island.
		There, the Japanese 18th Division fought a bitter battle with the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Malay Regiment.
		It was a magnificent victory for Japan, for the capture of Singapore signalled the end of British power in the Far East.
	www.s1942.org.sg /s1942/dir_defence5.htm (805 words)

	Education in Singapore Summary
		Singapore's strong education system, especially its vocational and tertiary education, contributed to the country's so-called economic miracle—its rapid economic growth from the 1970s through the 1990s.
		The Ministry of Education of Singapore is responsible for the registration of all schools in the country and for establishing national standards.
		In Singapore, the English language is the first language learned by half the children by the time they reach preschool age and becomes the primary medium of instruction by the time they reach primary school.
	www.bookrags.com /Education_in_Singapore (6887 words)

	Kranji, the war cemetery and memorial in Singapore
		SI which stands at the western end of the Singapore Memorial, commemorates more than 250 casualties who died in campaigns in Singapore and Malaya, whose known graves in civil cemeteries could not be assured maintenance and on religious grounds could not be moved to a war cemetery.
		During the last hours of the Battle of Singapore, wounded civilians and servicemen taken prisoner by the Japanese were brought to the hospital in their hundreds.
		The 107 Commonwealth casualties buried in the grave are commemorated on the Singapore Civil Hospital Grave Memorial.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-cemeteries/kranji.htm (931 words)

	Alibris: Singapore
		West From Singapore is a second collection of two-fisted adventure stores set in the Pacific at the outbreak of World War II, by the author of the recent New York Times bestseller Night Over The Solomons and the #1 bestselling Last Of The Breed.
		Written by the man usually given credit for Singapore's transformation from a somewhat insignificant island to its new position as a key city-state in the region, this political memoir deals with political realities and reflects the authoritarian manner with which he took the reins of government.
		A novel about a peasant girl in Singapore who is sold as a servant to the House of Wu, where she becomes the playmate and, eventually, the lover of the young heir.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Singapore (806 words)

	Battle for Singapore: Australian War Memorial
		Britain had built a large naval dockyard on the north coast of the island during the 1930s to use as a base from which to project naval power throughout the Asia-Pacific and thus the island became central to their strategy in the region.
		When British Commonwealth forces withdrew onto Singapore Island in January 1942 they prepared for a defence that was now to be conducted for mainly political reasons, perhaps the foremost being to maintain American support.
		The defence of Singapore was poorly conceived and conducted.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/event_221.asp (492 words)

	The battle to keep Singapore clean: STAR
		This means that some 120,000-200,000 Singaporeans have a habit of throwing things from their flat windows, littering the streets, spitting or urinating in lifts or stairways.
		Some of Singapore’s cleanliness laws were derided as being too draconian not only by Westerners, but also by some of Singapore’s younger set.
		Singapore is a small, overcrowded city where people live in close proximity, packed on top of one another.
	www.singapore-window.org /sw03/030608st.htm (945 words)

	Japanese Occupation
		The British did not think that Singapore could be attacked from the land because the jungles of Johor were difficult territory for enemy soldiers to move in.
		The occupation of Singapore by the Japanese was like a long nightmare that lasted for three and a half years.
		The Chinese in Singapore and Malaya were also forced to form the Overseas Chinese Association and were made to contribute $50 million towards Japan's war efforts.
	library.thinkquest.org /10414/japan.html (2832 words)

	After Singapore, the battle of interpretations begin:Labour Standards
		SINGAPORE: Hardly had the cheers and loud acclamations of success died down at the WTO Conference, then a new battle began: that of interpreting what had happened.
		Thus the negotiations in Singapore was not about a work programme on labour standards, but how to word the text and whether it should be included in the Declaration (or in a less binding Chairman's closing statement).
		According to her, in a heads of delegations plenary meeting held before the official closing ceremony, Yeo had made it clear his statement was his own, and that thus the binding statement on this issue was in the Declaration.
	www.twnside.org.sg /title/bat-cn.htm (1935 words)

	Never Forgotten
		Not far into the film they highlighted the Battle for Singapore and I was shocked at what I heard.
		Churchill and his advisors knew that Singapore could not be defended but ordered that the army ‘fight to the last man’.
		In his report to parliament after the fall of Singapore, Churchill concocted the figures - which seem to have remained in many historians’ books until the present - that a mere force of 30,000 Japanese defeated the 120,000 British and Allied forces on the island - implying a shameful defeat of the British army.
	www.powtaiwan.org /singapore.html (973 words)

	AsiaMedia Columns :: The Battle of Singapore?
		One potentially fascinating Singapore session will in fact focus on whether capital markets (that acquire and invest monies from the private-sector) can properly be used to finance public-sector projects, such as highways and housing.
		For many Americans, to be sure, Singapore's phenomenal success in creating one of the most efficient world economies and one of our safest environments (virtually from post-World War II scratch) sometimes strikes Americans as more of an annoyance than a cause for celebration.
		Even so, Singapore works in large part because the government has delivered the material goods (the car, the housing, the school, the safety) necessary for comfort in a 21st century life.
	www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /columns.asp?parentid=52988 (868 words)

	Singapore v Dubai
		THE DUEL BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND Dubai for control of Britain’s venerable Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. is not so much a bidding war as a proxy battle joined by two tiny, rich city-states intent on invading each other’s territory with fat checkbooks.
		Singapore Inc has a reputation for overspending and is not often outbid.
		In the end the battle for PandO will come down to who has the deepest pockets—and that may depend on which way the price of oil is going.
	www.ericellis.com /ports.htm (585 words)

	Travel in Sentosa - Singapore - Asia - Culture - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		Considered the granddaddy of Singapore's parks, Sentosa Island is the city-state's most visited attraction, especially on weekends.
		Singapore's only preserved fort, Fort Siloso, comes alive with exhibits tracing its development from the 19th century to the Battle for Singapore in 1942.
		Rare because the number of fireflies in Singapore is fast dwindling as their habitats have given way to urban development.
	www.asiatravelling.net /singapore/sentosa/sentosa_culture.htm (938 words)

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