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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. Tiderace was initiated in coordination with Operation Zipper, which involved the liberation of Malaya.
Singapore and Hong Kong started trading in the 19th century. According to newspapers in Hong Kong, the idea of a rivalry between Hong Kong and Singapore had been around since the 1900s. In 1923, the Japanese Association of Singapore published a book named The Introduction of Singapore, which showed that there were trade relations between Hong ...
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Incident. Several hours before the British surrendered on Christmas at the end of the Battle of Hong Kong, Japanese soldiers entered St. Stephen's College, which was being used as a hospital on the front line at the time. [1] [2] The Japanese were met by two doctors, Black and Witney, who were marched away, and were later found dead and mutilated.
Thian-hok-keng. Thian Hock Keng [1] ( Chinese: 天福宮; pinyin: Tiānfú Gōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-hok-keng or the Tianfu Temple, literally "Palace of Heavenly Happiness"), [2] is a temple built for the worship of Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess, located in Singapore. It is the oldest and most important temple of the Hokkien ( Hoklo) people in ...
Languages of Singapore. The languages of Singapore are English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, with the lingua franca between Singaporeans being English, the de facto main language. Singaporeans often speak Singlish among themselves, an English creole arising from centuries of contact between Singapore's internationalized society and its legacy of ...
965 Defence Battery, Hong Kong–Singapore Royal Artillery (Maj. Basil T. C. Forrester) 1st Regiment, Hong Kong–Singapore Royal Artillery (Maj. John C. Yale) 1st Mountain Battery 2nd Mountain Battery 3rd Medium Battery 4th Medium Battery 25th Medium Battery 26th Coast Battery 17th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battery
Lim Peng Siang ( Chinese: 林秉祥; pinyin: Lín Bǐngxíang; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Péng-siông; also known as Lin Bengxian; 1872–1944) [1] was a businessperson in Singapore and Malaya. Together with his brother Lim Peng Mau [2] ( Lin Bingmao ), he founded the Ho Hong Group of companies in 1904, [1] which had interests in banking, [3 ...