At the headquarters of the Japanese 7th Area Army in Singapore, General Seishiro Itagaki informed his lieutenants and colonial administrators that Japan had surrendered. He ordered the men to maintain public order and to plan for the transition of power when the British colonial administration would...
There was a big tree in front of the prison. The top part of the tree seemed to be dead, but the bottom was somehow alive. We called it the “haunted tree”. Everyone from the village seemed to keep well away from it with the exception of the Chinese folk because a Taoist shrine w...
Learn all about diplomacy: the Palais des Nations houses the European headquarters of the United Nations. Take a guided tour to learn about its role in promoting peace and human rights around the world. Take a trip to the past: the Old Town of Geneva features narrow, cobblestone streets, bo...
Built in 1936 and completed in 1939, the Battlebox served as the headquarters for the defending Allied forces against the invading Japanese army in the final days of the Malayan Campaign (8 Dec 1941 — 15 Feb 1942). It was here that Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival and 11 other commanders...
The cupola in the foreground belonged to the ‘modern classic style’ Ocean Building, which housed the headquarters of the Straits Steamship Company. It was demolished in 1969. Raffles Place can also be located at the bottom left corner and Clifford Pier (today’s Fullerton Bay Hotel) on the...
By then, he had started volunteering at a couple of family service centres. A former lecturer got him into addiction counselling, and soon, other agencies were asking for his help, says Col Singam who also volunteered his services at halfway houses and the prison. ...
First, these counts — with a possible five years in prison on each — are enough to concentrate the mind of any defendant about possibly flipping for the prosecution. Second, indicting Danchenko “hoists the wretch” for potential targets to see and consider that there but for the grace of...