<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: NgoJuni 1948,  <response>: ukuvukela okuhlomile kwamaqembu amakhomanisi eMalaya kwaqubuka, futhi abaseBrithani bathatha izinyathelo ezinzima zokulawula amaqembu angakwesobunxele eSingapore naseMalaya; Umthetho Wezokuphepha Wangaphakathi ophikisanayo, owawuvumela ukuboshwa okungapheli ngaphandle kokuthethwa kwecala kwabantu abasolwa ngokuba yingozi ekuphepheni, wasungulwa eSingapore ngalesi 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. 