 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna June 1948, kupandukira kwakaitwa nezvombo nemapoka emakomonisiti muMalaya kwakatanga, uye maBritish akaisa matanho akaomarara kudzora mapoka ezasi muSingapore neMalaya; Mutemo weKudzivirirwa Kwemukati unopokana, uyo waibvumidza kusungwa kusingagumi pasina kutongwa kwevanhu vanofungidzirwa kuva kutyisidzira kuchengetedzeka, wakagadzwa muSingapore panguva ino. Sezvo mapoka akarerekera kuruboshwe akanga ari vatsoropodzi vakasimba zvikurusa vehurongwa hwekoloni, fambiro mberi mukuzvitonga yakamira kwamakore anoverengeka. Hurumende yekoloni yakaedzawo kudzivisa kuonana pakati peSingaporean Chinese nePeoples Republic of China, iyo yakaziviswaneCommunist Party yeChina muna October 1949. Tan Kah Kee, muzvinabhizimisi weSingapore nomubetseri, akaita rwendo rwokuChina muna 1949 uye akarambidzwa kupindazve muSingapore apo akaronga kudzokera muna 1950. 