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2020-D00175
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1955
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Newspaper; Industrial action, strike, bus, Hock Lee Bus Company, transport, police, law and order, pre-independence Singapore, colonial Singapore; newspaper
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Partial newspaper pages, printed from microfilm, relating to Hock Lee Bus riots. 39 sides in total, of which 27 are printed and 12 are blank apart from handwritten information relating to date, publication and page number.
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Handwritten annotations: Page 1 – “Hock lee” “SET 1”. Circle around first part of article “The police clear way for strike hit buses” Page 2 – “04/27/1955 Pg 5” Page 3 – circle around section of article “Hock Lee clash brings 800 other men out in four-hour protest” Page 4 – circle around section of article “’Bullying’: Strikers Accuse Police” Page 5 – “Pg 7 Cont. from Pg 1 04/28/55”
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Page 6 – circle around first part of article “Charge against police to be investigated” Page 7 – “Pg 7 Cont. from Pg 1 05/04/55” Page 11 – “Pg 4 cont from Pg 1 05/13/55” Page 13 – “Pg 5 cont from Pg 4 05/13/55” Page 16 – “Pg 4 cont. from pg 1 05/14/55” Page 18 – “Pg 5 cont. from Pg 4 05/14/55” Page 20 – “Pg 9 cont. from Pg 1 05/15/55”, circle around headlines “THE HOCK LEE STRIKE” and “FUNERAL”
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Page 21 – circle around section of article “Riots: 17 face charges” Page 22 – “Pg 11 cont. from Pg 1 05/15/55” Page 23 – circle around headline “Unconditional surrender” Page 25 – circle around section of article “70 companies hit by the strike – official list” Page 26 – “Pg 1”, circle around section of article “Workers lost $350,000 in pay”
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Page 27 – circle around section of article “Now bus union says ‘Take back 59 men’” Page 28 – “Sunday Times 06-16-57 Pg 14” Page 30 – circle around section of article “The ‘Star’ of a Riot Mob” Page 31 – “07/22/55 Pg 9” Page 32 – circle around headline “20 thugs attack Hock Lee bus”
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Page 34 – “10/27/56 Pg 3” Page 36 – “10/27/56 Pg 3” Page 37 – “Pg 8”. Circle around headline “BUS STRIKE THREAT: LIM FACES NEW PROBLEM” Page 38 – “1957 Pg 5”. Circle around headline “’CO-OPERATION AT THE BUS TALKS’” Page 39 – circle around headline “NEW THREAT TO BUSES”
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For research purpose only
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