Singapore is a city-state in south-east Asia, is the fourth largest financial center in the world and is a major cosmopolitan cities of the globe. Singapore, Malacca and Penang were the British settlements which, together with the Federated Malay States, composed the former colony of Straits Settlements. On April 1, 1946, Singapore became a separate colony when the Straits Settlements colony was dissolved. Malacca and Penang joined the Malayan Union, which was renamed the Federation of Malaya in 1948. In 1959 Singapore became a state with internal self-government. Singapore joined the Federation of Malaysia in 1963 and withdrew in 1965.
1955 Queen Elizabeth II, Ships and Other Images
No comments:
Post a Comment