tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post3816483761171395488..comments2024-03-26T13:52:37.542+08:00Comments on Blog To Express: Her Majesty's Birthday Parade in SingaporeThimbuktuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108630126700411599.post-74397165606069998082016-08-27T17:07:50.836+08:002016-08-27T17:07:50.836+08:00Many thanks for this. I was born in Singapore but ...Many thanks for this. I was born in Singapore but in June 1954 I was six years old and living in KL, so didn't see this parade. Looking at the photos of this grand colonial spectacle (3,000 personnel!) it is strange to think that only nine years earlier, WW2 and the Japanese occupation had ended. And just five years later Singapore would achieve self-government with Lee Kuan Yew as prime minister. imprimaturhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16817483957147426186noreply@blogger.com