Thinking Aloud
Looking back on 80 years since the fall of Singapore
Anniversary a good time to ask how nation will fare should it ever face a crisis on scale of its fall
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On this day 80 years ago, the bombing of Singapore by Japanese aircraft was into its eighth week.
The Straits Times on Jan 30, 1942 reported, citing official figures, that air raids from two days earlier had killed 105 civilians and injured another 243.