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Singapore: A Scene By The River: Along the river wall are dozens of small restaurants and fllers who serve in the open air. Will Singapore Get Independence In 1957? Another British Possession On The Threshold Of Aera. Merdeka (independence for Singapore) may come this year with the granting of a new Constitution of international independence obtained by Lim Yew Hock, Chief Minister of the colony, founded by Sir Stamford Raffles on a marsh in 1819 for the then East India Company. The plan would drive Malayan representatives in balancing vote between British and Singapore representatives in in the council, and Britain's control on internal affairs would. Singapore's main threat is that her 77 Chinese population whose allegiance is still in doubt, particularly after recent riots fostered by the communists in China. Authorities fear that if Mordeka comes and Britain withdraws her forces, up-country bandits would take over at gunpoint. Already it is known that 100 Secret Societies operate in the Colony, extorting protection money'. It is these elements which could easily come to the fore in troubled times. In Sanskrit Singapura means Lion Coty. British capital, blood and sweat created a prosperous city and colony with waterhouses, skyscraper office blocks and a breakwater to protect the wonderful natural harbour. This is one of a series of pictures taken by a staff cameraman visiting the colony, and shows thing of life there today

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