Just when the British arrived, the finally took control of Singapore again, but I think it was a mistake. The British tried to make a headquarter for the British Governor general for the whole Southeast Asia, but most of the infrastructure had been destroyed, even the electricity and water supply systems, telephone services, as well as the harbour facilities at the Port of Singapore. It was ironic, even though the Singaporeans think that they will not suffer any more from the Japanese, since the British arrived, they were still suffering even after the world war 2. Example, prices of food items, jumped up ten times the price before the war. For that, many people were hungry and angry, they were so desperate that they searched the rubbish bin hoping to find at least a piece of food.Citation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Military_Administration_(Malaya)
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