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Samsui women (红头巾; 紅頭巾; hóng tóu jīn, mandarin for 'red headscarf') were a group of Chinese female immigrants who came to Malaya and Singapore between the 1920s and 1940s in search of construction and industrial jobs. [1] These women hailed mostly from the Sanshui District of modern-day Guangdong, a province in southern China.
The Singapore Women's Hall of Fame is a virtual hall of fame that honors and documents the lives of historically significant women in Singapore.The hall is the creation of the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO), and grew out of an earlier nine-member wall of fame that the organization created in 2005.
The National Service (Amendment) Bill was passed on 14 March 1967, making National Service (NS) compulsory for all 18-year-old male Singapore citizens and permanent residents. The Singapore government felt that it was necessary to build a substantial military force to defend the country, which had only about 1,000 soldiers when it became ...
Plans for the film were announced in September 2021. Neo had wanted to shoot this film as he wanted to explore the scenario where conscription of women for National Service is required to support Singapore's defence. Neo said that Singaporeans are fortunate to live in a relatively safe and stable world, but wanted to know what happens should ...
The Singapore Armed Forces Volunteer Corps (SAFVC) is a uniformed volunteer auxiliary branch of the Singapore Armed Forces.It was established on 13 October 2014 to allow Singaporean women, first generation permanent residents and naturalised citizens, all of whom would otherwise not be subject to an obligation to serve national service, to contribute their part towards Singapore's defence.
Checha Davies (often cited as Mrs. E. V. Davies) (1898–1979) was an Indian-born Singaporean social worker and women's rights activist. In her younger days, she was an educator but after her move to Singapore she was active in church work and social service organisations, serving as president of the YWCA on two separate occasions.
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Singaporean National Service defaulters (5 P) U. Military units and formations of Singapore (3 C, 5 P) ... (Women) Singapore Armed Forces order of precedence;