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In the early 1920s, the Tanglin Club purchased additional blocks of land. During the Great Depression, the finances of the club were strained. [2]: 56 During the Japanese occupation, the Tanglin Club was used by the Japanese army as a club for their officers. The club was also used as a base for their propaganda unit as well as their storage area.
The Japanese community of Singapore are served by a number of Japanese-medium educational institutions, including a 400-student kindergarten, a 1,900-student primary school, a 700-student junior high school, and a 500-student senior high school, as well as twelve juku (cram schools) to prepare them for university entrance exams. [3]
Swiss School in Singapore (SSiS) Switzerland: Swiss Club Road: Preschool - Primary Grade 6? 260: 1967 Tanglin Trust School (TTS) United Kingdom: Portsdown Road: Nursery (age 3) – Secondary (age 18) (I)GCSE (Years 10 and 11) A Levels, IB Diploma (Years 12 and 13) 2,824 [6] 1925 The Japanese School Singapore (SJS) Japan
After the Japanese surrender on 14 August 1945, command of the base transferred to the returning British forces. In August 1971, the British handed over Gillman Barracks to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) for a token sum of $1, as part of their withdrawal from Singapore. For the next 13 years, it was the headquarters for the School of Combat ...
The Kempeitai East District Branch was the headquarters of the Kempeitai, the Japanese military police, during the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1942 to 1945. It was located at the old YMCA building, at the present site of Singapore's YMCA Building on Stamford Road.
By 1926, the Japanese community in Singapore had grown to occupy the area bound roughly by Prinsep Street, Rochor Road, North Bridge Road and Middle Road, alongside the Hainanese and other enclaves. Middle Road was known to the Japanese community as Central Street ( Japanese : 中央通り , Hepburn : Chuo-Dori ) .
The Former Ford Factory (also Old Ford Motor Factory and Old Ford Factory depending on sources) is located along Upper Bukit Timah Road at Bukit Timah in Singapore.It is the place where the British Army forces surrendered to Imperial Japanese Army forces on 15 February 1942 after the Battle of Singapore.
Eden Hall is the official residence of the British High Commissioner to the Republic of Singapore. It is located on Nassim Road, Singapore. It is located on Nassim Road, Singapore. It was built in 1904 for Ezekiel Saleh Manasseh , a Baghdadi Jewish merchant who sold rice and opium, and originally came from Calcutta .