<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoJune 1948, amaqembu amakhomanisi avukela ahlomile  <response>: eMalaya, futhi abaseBrithani bathatha izinyathelo ezinzima zokulawula amaqembu angakwesobunxele eSingapore naseMalaya; Umthetho Wezokuphepha Wangaphakathi owawuphikisana nawo, owawuvumela ukuboshwa okungapheli ngaphandle kokuthethwa kwecala kwabantu abasolwa ngokuba usongo ekuphepheni, wasungulwa eSingapore ngaleso sikhathi. Njengoba amaqembu asohlangothini lwesobunxele ayegxeka kakhulu isimiso samakoloni, intuthuko ekuziphatheni yahlala iminyaka eminingana. Uhulumeni wamakoloni wazama futhi ukuvimbela ukuxhumana phakathi kwamaShayina aseSingapore neRiphabhuliki Yabantu baseChina, eyamenyezelwa yiQembu LamaKhomanisi laseChina ngo-Okthoba 1949. UTan Kah Kee, usomabhizinisi waseSingapore nongumuntu onothando, waya eChina ngo-1949 futhi wenqatshelwa ukuphinde angene eSingapore lapho ehlele ukubuya ngo-1950. 