89 pgs – File contains news reports, speeches and memos related to the Hock Lee Bus strike and riot of 1955. These include (a) correspondence between Singapore’s Public Relations Office (PRO) and foreign newspapers on the riot eg PRO’s letter to Economist to correct certain facts in its article (b) Newspaper clippings on the riot eg UK’s Manchester Guardian, Perth’s Daily News and Hong Kong’s Freedom Front (c) Text of speeches by Chief Secretary WAC Goode and Chief Minister David Marshall at the Singapore Legislative Assembly (d) PRO’s press releases eg government statement on the death of a 16-year-old student during the riot and (e) translation of the contents of an exercise book found at the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers Union HQ, which revealed the leftists’ intent.
May 1955 - Oct 1956
PRO 21
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