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         <title>Jing Ning </title>
         <author>jingningwong530</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Kevy</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Michael</title>
         <author>lom_ngang_ang_michael</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>15 Feb 1942</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Jing Ning </title>
         <author>jingningwong530</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>1942 to 1945 which is 3 years</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Michael </title>
         <author>lom_ngang_ang_michael</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042935824</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>3 years<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:45:54 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Kevy</title>
         <author>kee_jing_chen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042935982</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years 1942 to 1945</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:46:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Tobias</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936133</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:46:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jing ning</title>
         <author>jingningwong530</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936160</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:46:24 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Zhen Cheng </title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936199</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February  1942</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <title>Wayne</title>
         <author>leung_hong_rui_wayne</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936251</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Tobias</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936341</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:46:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Wayne</title>
         <author>leung_hong_rui_wayne</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936359</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:46:40 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jermaine Tan </title>
         <author>tan_tiong_ming_jermaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936507</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:46:51 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Johana</title>
         <author>jvjohana2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936600</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:46:57 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jeffrin (32)</title>
         <author>prem_jose_jeffrin</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:46:57 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Zhen Cheng</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936633</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:47:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Michael</title>
         <author>lom_ngang_ang_michael</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936669</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>In November 1967, the British were forced to devalue the pound due to mounting economic problems. This led to deep cuts to its government budget, and it became increasingly clear that the British government could no longer uphold its military commitment in Southeast Asia.</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Jermaine Tan</title>
         <author>tan_tiong_ming_jermaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936752</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 Years</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:47:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ayden neoh</title>
         <author></author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 feb 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Johana</title>
         <author>jvjohana2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042936834</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:47:15 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Selina </title>
         <author>6Enthusiasm_Selina</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>1942-1945 which is 3 years</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:47:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Wayne</title>
         <author>leung_hong_rui_wayne</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Thanks to their advanced tactics and training, the Japanese advanced with incredible speed pushing the unprepared British back to Singapore in a so-called 'bicycle blitzkrieg'</strong>. When they crossed the Johore straights and captured the Bukit Timah heights above Singapore itself, Percival was forced to surrender.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Michael</title>
         <author>lom_ngang_ang_michael</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed Syonan-to, meaning “Light of the South”. The Japanese Occupation was a grim period in our history.</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Jing Ning </title>
         <author>jingningwong530</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>syonan-to( meaning light of the South Island </p>]]></description>
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         <title>Michael</title>
         <author>lom_ngang_ang_michael</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042937363</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:47:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Wayne</title>
         <author>leung_hong_rui_wayne</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Zhen Cheng</title>
         <author></author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Selina</title>
         <author>6Enthusiasm_Selina</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Johana </title>
         <author>jvjohana2014</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Jeffrin (32)</title>
         <author>prem_jose_jeffrin</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>1942 to 1945</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:48:19 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jing ning</title>
         <author>jingningwong530</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042937751</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Jermaine Tan</title>
         <author>tan_tiong_ming_jermaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042937848</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Thanks to their advanced tactics and training, the Japanese advanced with incredible speed pushing the unprepared British back to Singapore in a so-called 'bicycle blitzkrieg'</strong>. When they crossed the Johore straights and captured the Bukit Timah heights above Singapore itself, Percival was forced to surrender.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:48:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ayden neoh</title>
         <author></author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years 1942-1945</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Tobias</title>
         <author></author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Britain's defeat in the Battle of Singapore was due to the following factors: <strong>Britain's lack of commitment to Singapore</strong>. Successful invasion of Malaya by the Japanese and the ensuing Japanese air superiority. Incompetent leadership and inadequacy in defense, resources and soldiery.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Malik</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938023</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:48:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Zhen Cheng</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938065</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:48:40 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ethan Tham</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938164</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:48:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Wayne</title>
         <author>leung_hong_rui_wayne</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938182</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:48:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Selina</title>
         <author>6Enthusiasm_Selina</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938196</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February  1942</p>]]></description>
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         <title>hu sichen</title>
         <author>hu_sichen</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 Feb 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Jermaine Tan</title>
         <author>tan_tiong_ming_jermaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938218</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:48:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jarah</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938240</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 Feb 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:48:54 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Kevy</title>
         <author>kee_jing_chen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938279</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Thanks to their advanced tactics and training, the Japanese advanced with incredible speed pushing the unprepared British back to Singapore in a so-called 'bicycle blitzkrieg'</strong>. When they crossed the Johore straights and captured the Bukit Timah heights above Singapore itself, Percival was forced to surrender.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:48:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Charmaine </title>
         <author>tok_charmaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938379</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Hu sichen </title>
         <author>hu_sichen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938384</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Jarah</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938436</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:07 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Malik</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938450</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years </p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:08 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938450</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Gabriel</title>
         <author>vigil_li_gabriel_hu</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938457</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:08 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938457</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Vivaan Dwivedi(11)</title>
         <author>VivaanTheKing</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938599</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>15 February 1942</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:17 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938599</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Gabriel</title>
         <author>vigil_li_gabriel_hu</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938625</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:19 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938625</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Charmaine</title>
         <author>tok_charmaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938652</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:21 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938652</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>louis</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938673</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 Feb 1942 (15/2/1942)</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:23 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Louis</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938763</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:30 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938763</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Zhen Cheng</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938779</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The occupation years were marked by <strong>shortages in food and daily necessities</strong>. As all food import and export businesses were taken over by Japanese companies, local wholesalers and retailers had to obtain approval from the Japanese military government to continue operation.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:32 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938779</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Johana </title>
         <author>jvjohana2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938787</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed <strong>Syonan-to</strong>, meaning “Light of the South”. The Japanese Occupation was a grim period in our history.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:32 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Angeline</title>
         <author>ding_tianxin_angeline</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938903</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:43 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Ayden neoh</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938910</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed Syonan-to, meaning “Light of the South”. The Japanese Occupation was a grim period in our history.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:44 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938910</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Jermaine Tan</title>
         <author>tan_tiong_ming_jermaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938914</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:44 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Ethan Tham </title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042938977</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 Years: 1942 - 1945</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:47 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Kevy</title>
         <author>kee_jing_chen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939004</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:49 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Tobias</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939026</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Syonan-to</strong></p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:52 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939026</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Gabriel</title>
         <author>vigil_li_gabriel_hu</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939101</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In November 1967, the British were forced to devalue the pound due to <strong>mounting economic problems</strong>. This led to deep cuts to its government budget, and it became increasingly clear that the British government could no longer uphold its military commitment in Southeast Asia.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:58 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Malik</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939117</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:49:59 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939117</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Angeline</title>
         <author>ding_tianxin_angeline</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939127</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:00 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939127</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Hu sichen</title>
         <author>hu_sichen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939166</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:04 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939166</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Jeffrin (32)</title>
         <author>prem_jose_jeffrin</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939202</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:07 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939202</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Athirah </title>
         <author>nurathirahamani2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939283</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:12 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939283</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Johana </title>
         <author>jvjohana2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939292</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:13 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939292</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Ginny</title>
         <author>bnrk4pkxkq</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939325</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:17 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939325</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Athirah </title>
         <author>nurathirahamani2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939451</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:27 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939451</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Reyes</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939476</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 Feb 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:28 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939476</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Tobias</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939477</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:28 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939477</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Chan Yu fan!</title>
         <author>chan_yu_fan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939512</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:31 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939512</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Wayne </title>
         <author>leung_hong_rui_wayne</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939521</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would feel scared because they chop heads </p><p>I would feel hungry because they do not have enough food</p><p>I would feel worried for my family </p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:32 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939521</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Selina </title>
         <author>6Enthusiasm_Selina</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939527</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed Syonan-to, meaning “Light of the South”. The Japanese Occupation was a grim period in our history.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:33 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939527</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Kevy</title>
         <author>kee_jing_chen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939546</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The occupation years were marked by <strong>shortages in food and daily necessities</strong>. As all food import and export businesses were taken over by Japanese companies, local wholesalers and retailers had to obtain approval from the Japanese military government to continue operation.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:35 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939546</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Jarah</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939565</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Thanks to their advanced tactics and training the Japanese advanced with incredible speed pushing the unprepared British back to Singapore in a so-called bicycle blitzkrieg</strong>. When they crossed the Johore straits and captured the Bukit Timah heights above Singapore itself Percival was forced to surrender</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:36 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939565</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Charmaine</title>
         <author>tok_charmaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939635</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:41 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939635</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Hu sichen </title>
         <author>hu_sichen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939657</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:43 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Michael</title>
         <author>lom_ngang_ang_michael</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939687</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Angry, because they were cruel.<br>Sad, because they were very cruel and killed innocent people.<br>Very angry, as they killed Chinese men.</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:44 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Jia ying</title>
         <author>lim_jia_ying_4</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939689</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15th February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:45 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939689</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Malik</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939690</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:45 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939690</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Reyes</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939710</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 Years</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:47 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939710</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Gabriel</title>
         <author>vigil_li_gabriel_hu</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939720</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed <strong>Syonan-to</strong>, meaning “Light of the South”. The Japanese Occupation was a grim period in our history.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ayden neoh</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939827</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:50:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ginny</title>
         <author>bnrk4pkxkq</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939930</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:04 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jarah</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939989</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:09 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ethan Tham</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042939998</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Singapore was the major British base in the Pacific and had been regarded as unassailable due to its strong seaward defenses. <strong>The Japanese took it with comparative ease by advancing down the Malay Peninsula and then assaulting the base's landward side, which the British had left inadequately defended</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:09 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Chan Yu fan </title>
         <author>chan_yu_fan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940026</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Angeline</title>
         <author>ding_tianxin_angeline</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940048</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Malik</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940142</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:21 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Gabriel</title>
         <author>vigil_li_gabriel_hu</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940145</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jennifer</title>
         <author>jennifer_lam_yu_xin</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940159</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>15 February 1942.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Hu sichen</title>
         <author>hu_sichen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940210</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, <strong>living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.(hell)</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Selina</title>
         <author>6Enthusiasm_Selina</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940286</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:35 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ayden neoh</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940289</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:35 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Jia ying</title>
         <author>lim_jia_ying_4</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940311</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jeffrin (32)</title>
         <author>prem_jose_jeffrin</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940351</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Singapore was officially renamed Syonan-to, meaning “Light of the South”</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:39 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Li Xuan</title>
         <author>kum_li_xuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940373</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>15 February 1942</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:41 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jing ning</title>
         <author>jingningwong530</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940476</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would feel scared, sad and angry.</p><p>I would feel sad because Singapore was  no longer free and was being tortured by the Japanese.</p><p><br/></p><p>I feel scared because there’s always a chance where the people I love and I will get captured by the kempeitai , and get tortured .</p><p><br/></p><p>I would angry because the Japanese were cruel with the rules and way of punishment. </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:49 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940476</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Kevy</title>
         <author>kee_jing_chen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940488</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would feel scared, because they would torture me if I do something wrong.</p><p>I would feel hungry, because the Japanese gave less food.</p><p>I would feel worried for my friends and family.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:50 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Jingxuan</title>
         <author>guo_jingxuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940503</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The Japanese occupied Singapore on 15 February, 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:52 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940503</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Jennifer</title>
         <author>jennifer_lam_yu_xin</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940559</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>1942 to 1945 ( 3 years)</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:54 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940559</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Zhen Cheng</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940570</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>1) I would fear the Japanese soldiers </p><p>2) It will be hard to learn Japanese </p><p>3) I will not know who to trust</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:55 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940570</guid>
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         <title>Jaye</title>
         <author>jayechua14</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940575</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jarah</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940584</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The occupation years were marked by <strong>shortages in food and daily necessities</strong>. As all food import and export businesses were taken over by Japanese companies, local wholesalers and retailers had to obtain approval from the Japanese military government to continue operation.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Reyes</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940605</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:51:57 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Li xuan</title>
         <author>kum_li_xuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940662</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>3 years</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:04 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940662</guid>
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         <title>louis </title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940667</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Britain, following the Labour Party’s election into power in 1964, the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country’s defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy.<sup>6</sup>&nbsp;Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:04 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Xi Man </title>
         <author>lee_xi_man</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940668</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:04 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940668</guid>
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         <title>Sophia</title>
         <author>WoF_loverxbadrawer</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940676</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:05 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940676</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Athirah </title>
         <author>nurathirahamani2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940750</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:10 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940750</guid>
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         <title>Ethan Tham</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940836</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:17 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Jingxuan</title>
         <author>guo_jingxuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940843</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years, from 1942-1945</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:18 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042940843</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Angeline</title>
         <author>ding_tianxin_angeline</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941061</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed <strong>Syonan-to</strong>, meaning “Light of the South”. The Japanese Occupation was a grim period in our history.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:24 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941061</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Vivaan Dwivedi (11)</title>
         <author>VivaanTheKing</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941089</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>3 years and 7 months</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:26 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941089</guid>
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         <title>Wayne</title>
         <author>leung_hong_rui_wayne</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941123</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Sook Ching, a Chinese term which means “purging through cleansing”, refers to <strong>the operation carried out by the Japanese military during the Japanese Occupation to identify and eliminate suspected anti-Japanese elements among the Chinese community in Singapore</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:29 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941123</guid>
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         <title>Cass</title>
         <author>cass_lim_sze</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941174</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:33 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941174</guid>
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         <title>Ayden neoh</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941284</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would feel scared, because they would torture me if I do something wrong.</p><p>I would feel hungry, because the Japanese gave less food.</p><p>I would feel worried for my friends and family.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jing ning</title>
         <author>jingningwong530</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941338</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>From 21 February to 4 March 1942, <strong>Chinese males between the ages of 18 and 50 were summoned to various mass screening centres and those suspected of being anti-Japanese were executed</strong>. Sook Ching is a Chinese term meaning "purge through cleansing".</p><p><br/></p><p>It was cruel because they killed a lot of people</p><p><br/></p><p>It was unfair because the kempetai killed without investigation.</p><p><br/></p><p>It was disrespectful. Although we are controlled by the Japanese they should respect our culture and not randomly kill us just because they are holding a grudge against the Chinese.</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:47 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Gabriel</title>
         <author>vigil_li_gabriel_hu</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941340</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would be scared because they would torture and kill the Singaporeans</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:47 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941340</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Chan Yu fan </title>
         <author>chan_yu_fan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941344</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>the British was simply too weak and could not hold up to the Japanese and in the end they surrendered.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:47 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941344</guid>
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         <title>Athirah </title>
         <author>nurathirahamani2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941354</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed <strong>Syonan-to</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:48 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941354</guid>
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         <title>Michael</title>
         <author>lom_ngang_ang_michael</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941402</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The Japanese would just send spies to tell them what they are doing</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:52 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941402</guid>
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         <title>Ethan Tham </title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941434</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:52:55 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941434</guid>
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         <title>Xi Man</title>
         <author>lee_xi_man</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941517</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years and seven months</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:02 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941517</guid>
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         <title>Jennifer </title>
         <author>jennifer_lam_yu_xin</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941533</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:03 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941533</guid>
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         <title>Jeffrin (32)</title>
         <author>prem_jose_jeffrin</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941547</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:05 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941547</guid>
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         <title>Tobias</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941570</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>1) i will feel hungry as they do not provide enough food.</p><p>2) i will feel lonely because i do not know who to trust</p><p>3) i will feel scared </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:06 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Cass</title>
         <author>cass_lim_sze</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941635</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years, from 1942 to 1945.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:10 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Charmaine</title>
         <author>tok_charmaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941684</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed <strong>Syonan-to</strong>, meaning “Light of the South”. The Japanese Occupation was a grim period in our history.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:14 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941684</guid>
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         <title>Kevy</title>
         <author>kee_jing_chen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941686</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Sook Ching was a mass killing that occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942 in Singapore after it fell to the Japanese. It was <strong>a systematic purge and massacre of 'anti-Japanese' elements in Singapore. With the Singaporean Chinese particularly targeted by the Japanese military during the occupation</strong>.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:14 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941686</guid>
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         <title>Jarah</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941723</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Scared because they torture people</p><p>Angry because they are cruel</p><p>Sad because they kill innocent people </p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:15 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941723</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Jingxuan</title>
         <author>guo_jingxuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941760</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:19 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941760</guid>
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         <title>louis </title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941777</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to (Light of the South)</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:20 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Angeline</title>
         <author>ding_tianxin_angeline</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941867</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The occupation years were marked by <strong>shortages in food and daily necessities</strong>. As all food import and export businesses were taken over by Japanese companies, local wholesalers and retailers had to obtain approval from the Japanese military government to continue operation.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:24 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941867</guid>
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         <title>Wayne </title>
         <author>leung_hong_rui_wayne</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941878</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Because the Japanese gave a lot of food to Japan </p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:25 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941878</guid>
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         <title>Reyes</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941908</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Singapore was renamed <strong>Syonan-To, or Light of the South</strong>, during an occupation which lasted for three years and seven months.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:27 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941908</guid>
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         <title>Jaye</title>
         <author>jayechua14</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941915</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>1942 to 1945 so its 3 years</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:28 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941915</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Athirah </title>
         <author>nurathirahamani2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941931</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:29 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>li xuan</title>
         <author>kum_li_xuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042941956</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>In November 1967, the British were forced to devalue the pound due to mounting economic problems. This led to deep cuts to its government budget, and it became increasingly clear that the British government could no longer uphold its military commitment in Southeast Asia.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:31 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Hu sichen</title>
         <author>hu_sichen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942086</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would feel very hungry because of the rations</p><p>I would be crying because I would suffer a lot</p><p>I would want punch all of the Japanese soldiers but I cannot because they will kill me</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:42 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942086</guid>
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         <title>Sophia</title>
         <author>WoF_loverxbadrawer</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942198</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>1942-1945 (3 years)</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:51 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942198</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Kevy</title>
         <author>kee_jing_chen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942265</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>More critically, <strong>Japan's Pacific War disrupted Singapore's food supply</strong>. Train and shipping lines that used to transport rice from Burma and Thailand were seized by the military, and the movement of people and goods were subjected to strict security checks.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:53:57 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942265</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Tobias</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942330</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The Sook Ching Massacre was a systematic purge carried out by the Japanese military during World War II, targeting the Chinese population in Singapore and Malaya from February to March 1942. The operation aimed to eliminate anti-Japanese elements, resulting in the mass execution of tens of thousands of Chinese civilians suspected of being hostile to Japanese rule. The massacre left a lasting impact on the Chinese community, contributing to deep-seated animosity and trauma that persisted long after the war.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:03 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942330</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Jennifer</title>
         <author>jennifer_lam_yu_xin</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942372</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed Syonan-to, meaning “Light of the South”. The Japanese Occupation was a grim period in our history.</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:06 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942372</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Reyes</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942379</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:07 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942379</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Chan Yu fan </title>
         <author>chan_yu_fan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942396</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to meaning “Light of the South”.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:08 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942396</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Cass</title>
         <author>cass_lim_sze</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942420</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:10 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942420</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Michael </title>
         <author>lom_ngang_ang_michael</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942438</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Because they would steal food and give it to Japan</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:11 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942438</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Charmaine</title>
         <author>tok_charmaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942459</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:12 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942459</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Jia ying</title>
         <author>lim_jia_ying_4</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942530</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:18 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942530</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Gabriel</title>
         <author>vigil_li_gabriel_hu</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942659</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Sook Ching is a Chinese term meaning “<strong>purge through cleansing</strong>.” Operation Sook Ching took place in Singapore from February 21 to March 4, 1942. It was a military operation carried out by the Japanese with the intent of executing anti-Japanese Chinese men between the ages of 18 and 50.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:26 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942659</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Wayne</title>
         <author>leung_hong_rui_wayne</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942736</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Japanese invasion money (JIM)</strong> was paper money used by the Japanese to establish economic control in occupied areas during World War Two. This five peso note features the Jose Rizal monument in Rizal Park, Manila.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:31 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942736</guid>
      </item>
      <item>
         <title>Ginny</title>
         <author>bnrk4pkxkq</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942740</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:31 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942740</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Ayden neoh</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942804</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Sook Ching was a mass killing that occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942 in Singapore after it fell to the Japanese. It was <strong>a systematic purge and massacre of 'anti-Japanese' elements in Singapore. With the Singaporean Chinese particularly targeted by the Japanese military during the occupation</strong>.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:35 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942804</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Athirah </title>
         <author>nurathirahamani2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942805</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I might’ve died.</p><p>Did my parents survive?</p><p>Where is the food?</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:35 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942805</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>li xuan </title>
         <author>kum_li_xuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942828</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Syonan-to</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:36 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942828</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>louis</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942839</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:37 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942839</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Jermaine Tan</title>
         <author>tan_tiong_ming_jermaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942898</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I’m would feel scared because they will chop off peoples heads.</p><p>I will feel hungry because the Japanese will give very less food.</p><p>I will feel worried because if might get smacked by the Japanese if I don’t listen to them.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:41 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942898</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Tobias</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942917</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>During the Japanese Occupation, food shortages occurred due to several factors. The Japanese military redirected resources and food supplies to support their war efforts, leading to reduced availability for local populations. Additionally, the disruption of trade routes, destruction of infrastructure, and confiscation of crops further exacerbated the scarcity of food, resulting in widespread hunger and malnutrition among the civilian population.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:42 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042942917</guid>
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         <title>Jingxuan</title>
         <author>guo_jingxuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943005</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to, which is japanese for ‘Light of the South’, as Singapore is on the South of Japan.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Malik </title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943044</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I feel scared because they will chop off my head. </p><pre><code>I feel worried about whether my family is ok
I am mad at them </code></pre><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:51 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Cass</title>
         <author>cass_lim_sze</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943050</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed <strong>Syonan-to</strong>, meaning “Light of the South”.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:51 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jennifer</title>
         <author>jennifer_lam_yu_xin</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943063</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The occupation years were marked by shortages in food and daily necessities. As all food import and export businesses were taken over by Japanese companies, local wholesalers and retailers had to obtain approval from the Japanese military government to continue operation.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:52 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Gabriel</title>
         <author>vigil_li_gabriel_hu</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943114</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Once Japan's economy went on a war footing, it ceased to be Malaya's main source of consumer goods. At the same time, Singapore's other supply chains were affected by the war in Europe. More critically, <strong>Japan's Pacific War disrupted Singapore's food supply</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Hu sichen</title>
         <author>hu_sichen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943119</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Sook Ching was a mass killing that occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942 in Singapore after it fell to the Japanese. It was <strong>a systematic purge and massacre of 'anti-Japanese' elements in Singapore, with the Singaporean Chinese particularly targeted by the Japanese military during the occupation</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:54:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ethan Tham </title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943190</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would feel very angry because the Japanese tortured us and killed people when they are not supposed to. I would also feel sad and worried for my family because we would not have enough food to eat and might starve to death.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:01 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Vivaan Dwivedi(11)</title>
         <author>VivaanTheKing</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943195</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The British withdrawal from Singapore was influenced by several factors. In 1967, Britain announced its decision to withdraw troops from Singapore by the mid-1970s. However, this deadline was later brought forward to 1971. Here's why:</div><ol><li>&nbsp;Economic Pressure: Britain faced economic challenges, including the need to reduce defence spending. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost<br>&nbsp;£70 million annually, which strained the country's weakened economy.</li><li>&nbsp;Devaluation of the Pound: In November 1967, Britain devalued the pound due to mounting economic problems. This forced deep cuts to the government budget, making it clear that they couldn't sustain their military commitment in Southeast Asia.</li><li>&nbsp;Total Withdrawal: On 16 January 1968, Britain announced a total withdrawal of troops "East of Suez," including from Malaysia and Singapore. The pullout occurred by 31 March 1971, four years earlier than initially planned 1.</li></ol><div>Singapore responded by rapidly industrializing, attracting foreign investments, and strengthening its defense through military cooperation with other countries.</div><div>Despite the initial shock, Singapore achieved strong economic growth and nearly full employment by the deadline.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jia ying</title>
         <author>lim_jia_ying_4</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943212</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to which mean light of the south</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:03 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Xi Man</title>
         <author>lee_xi_man</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943249</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The new labour government was fored to reduce the country’s defence spending which was burdening its already weakened  economy </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:05 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Michael</title>
         <author>lom_ngang_ang_michael</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943267</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>People would starve to death</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ginny</title>
         <author>bnrk4pkxkq</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943411</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to, meaning light of the south</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Cass</title>
         <author>cass_lim_sze</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943413</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Wayne </title>
         <author>leung_hong_rui_wayne</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943652</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>They had to learn Japanese</p><p>They had to sing the Japanese anthem </p><p>They had to bow to the east </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:27 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jermaine Tan</title>
         <author>tan_tiong_ming_jermaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943695</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>From 21 February to 4 March 1942, <strong>Chinese males between the ages of 18 and 50 were summoned to various mass screening centres and those suspected of being anti-Japanese were executed</strong>. Sook Ching is a Chinese term meaning "purge through cleansing".</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Zhen Cheng</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943720</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The Sook Ching massacre was a brutal purge conducted by the Imperial Japanese Army in Singapore during World War II, aimed at eliminating perceived anti-Japanese elements among the Chinese population. It resulted in the execution of thousands of Chinese civilians, many of whom were innocent and unarmed. The event left a lasting scar on Singapore's history, symbolizing the horrors of war and the impact of military occupation on civilian populations.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Kevy</title>
         <author>kee_jing_chen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943730</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>it would increase.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:30 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>li xuan </title>
         <author>kum_li_xuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943750</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>The occupation years were marked by shortages in food and daily necessities. As all food import and export businesses were taken over by Japanese companies, local wholesalers and retailers had to obtain approval from the Japanese military government to continue operation.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:31 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Tobias</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943759</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>As a result of the food shortages during the Japanese Occupation, the currency in Singapore, known as "Banana Money" due to the banana tree motif on the notes, experienced severe hyperinflation. The scarcity of goods led to a sharp increase in prices, and the overprinting of this currency by the Japanese further devalued it. Consequently, the local population faced economic hardship, with the currency becoming nearly worthless and bartering often replacing monetary transactions.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:32 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Chan Yu fan </title>
         <author>chan_yu_fan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943765</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:33 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943765</guid>
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         <title>Hu sichen</title>
         <author>hu_sichen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943898</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>It is because the Japanese was giving all the food to thJapanese soldiers</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Michael</title>
         <author>lom_ngang_ang_michael</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042943990</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>They would bow to the east and they would sing the Japanese national anthem&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:48 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Reyes</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944025</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I will feel scared</p><p>I will feel sad </p><p>I will feel angry</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:50 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jingxuan</title>
         <author>guo_jingxuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944034</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm. The Japanese were racist to the Chinese, especially the men too.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:51 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944034</guid>
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         <title>Ayden neoh</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944079</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Because they would steal food and give it to Japan</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:55:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jaye</title>
         <author>jayechua14</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944187</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:03 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944187</guid>
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         <title>Agnes</title>
         <author>agnes_lee_zhi_en</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944192</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 Feb 1942</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:04 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944192</guid>
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         <title>Kevy</title>
         <author>kee_jing_chen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944200</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>they had to learn Japanese </p><p>They had to sing the Japan national anthem </p><p>They had To bow to the east</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:04 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944200</guid>
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         <title>Jermaine Tan</title>
         <author>tan_tiong_ming_jermaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944219</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Because the Japanese wanted us to starve to death and they gave some food to the Japanese soldiers.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:06 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Gabriel</title>
         <author>vigil_li_gabriel_hu</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944239</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>(Bottom) A $10 bill in use during the Japanese Occupation. Known as “banana money” because of the motifs of banana trees on the bank notes, <strong>the currency became worthless</strong> due to runaway inflation coupled with black market practices. Courtesy of the National Museum of Singapore, National Heritage Board.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Kevy</title>
         <author>kee_jing_chen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944242</link>
         <description><![CDATA[]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Tobias</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944249</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Under the Japanese Occupation, schools in Singapore underwent significant changes, including the introduction of Japanese as the medium of instruction and the promotion of Japanese culture and ideology. The curriculum was modified to include Japanese language lessons, physical training, and activities designed to instill loyalty to Japan and its emperor. Additionally, many local schools were repurposed for military use, leading to a disruption in regular educational activities and contributing to a decline in the quality of education available to the local population.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:08 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Hu sichen</title>
         <author>hu_sichen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944262</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The currency of Singapore would increase</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:10 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Angeline</title>
         <author>ding_tianxin_angeline</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944311</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would feel always cautious as there were kempeitais</p><p>I would feel worried for everyone</p><p>I would feel scared of the Japanese as the were very cruel</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Agnes</title>
         <author>agnes_lee_zhi_en</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944389</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:18 UTC</pubDate>
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      <item>
         <title>Jarah</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944408</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Because they were selfish and wanted us to suffer</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:19 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944408</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Xi Man</title>
         <author>lee_xi_man</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944458</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially renamed Syonan-to, meaning “Light of the South”.</p>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:24 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944458</guid>
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      <item>
         <title>Vivaan Dwivedi(11)</title>
         <author>VivaanTheKing</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944510</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>During World War Il, Singapore was occupied by the Empire of Japan, marking a pivotal moment in the histories of Japan, Britain, and Singapore. Post the British surrender on 15 February 1942, the city was renamed "Syonan-to," translating to "Light of the South Island"</div>]]></description>
         <enclosure url="" />
         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:28 UTC</pubDate>
         <guid>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944510</guid>
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         <title>louis</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944590</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>scared because the japanese were very cruel</p><p>sad because singapore had no more freedom</p><p>angry because they would target chinese men </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:32 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ayden neoh</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944844</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>They would bow to the east and they would sing the Japanese national anthem&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:41 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Zhen Cheng</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944864</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<ol><li><p><strong>Japanese Military Priorities</strong>: The Japanese military prioritized food and resources for their own troops and war efforts, diverting supplies away from civilian populations.</p></li><li><p><strong>Disruption of Trade and Agriculture</strong>: The occupation disrupted local agriculture and trade networks. Many farmers were forced into labor or fled their farms, leading to decreased food production.</p></li><li><p><strong>Rationing and Distribution Issues</strong>: The Japanese implemented strict rationing systems that often favored their own troops and administrators over local populations. This led to inadequate distribution of available food supplies.</p></li></ol><p>These factors combined to create severe shortages, causing widespread hunger and suffering among civilians living under Japanese occupation.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jarah</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042944954</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>It would increase </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Reyes</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945040</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Sook Ching was a mass killing that occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942 in Singapore after it fell to the Japanese. It was <strong>a systematic purge and massacre of 'anti-Japanese' elements in Singapore, with the Singaporean Chinese particularly targeted by the Japanese military during the occupation</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:56:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Malik </title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945184</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Sook Ching was a mass killing that occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942 in Singapore after it fell to the Japanese.</p><p>It was <strong>a systematic purge and massacre of 'anti-Japanese' elements in Singapore, with the Singaporean Chinese particularly targeted by the Japanese military during the occupation</strong>.</p><p>Those Chinese who were under the control of the Japanese army say that the Japanese were often <strong>rough, irritated and cruel.</strong></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Hu sichen</title>
         <author>hu_sichen</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945191</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>They had to sing the Japanese national anthem in Japanese</p><p>They had to learn Japanese </p><p>They had to bow to the east</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:09 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Agnes</title>
         <author>agnes_lee_zhi_en</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945249</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Gabriel</title>
         <author>vigil_li_gabriel_hu</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945277</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Education came to a near-complete standstill, during the years of the Japanese Occupation from 1942 to 1945, the war interrupted schooling for most, as schools were destroyed or seized for military use. The Japanese Military Administration required all students to speak Japanese, and to take instruction in the Japanese language. They had hoped that people would acquire the Japanese spirit and an undying loyalty to the Emperor.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:16 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Athirah </title>
         <author>nurathirahamani2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945285</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Sook Ching was a mass killing.</strong></p><p><strong>Occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942.</strong></p><p><strong>Singapore after it fell to the Japanese</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jermaine Tan</title>
         <author>tan_tiong_ming_jermaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945321</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The currency of Singapore will increase</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:19 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Johana </title>
         <author>jvjohana2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945398</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<ol><li><p>I will be scared as I would be seeing people being tortured.</p></li><li><p>I would be worried about my family.</p></li><li><p>I would not know who trust.</p></li></ol>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:25 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Xi Man</title>
         <author>lee_xi_man</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945449</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Malik</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945477</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>More critically, <strong>Japan's Pacific War disrupted Singapore's food supply</strong>. Train and shipping lines that used to transport rice from Burma and Thailand were seized by the military, and the movement of people and goods were subjected to strict security checks.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:32 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jia ying</title>
         <author>lim_jia_ying_4</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945539</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Life was hard in Singapore (I mean really hard) there was shortage of food causing starvation people also died.If the people did not bow to the Japanese soldiers they would slap or beat them if people protested their heads were chopped of or their hand and legs</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:37 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Selina </title>
         <author>6Enthusiasm_Selina</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945546</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would feel scared because if I said anything to anger the Japanese soldiers I would be sentenced to death</p><p><br/></p><p>I would be hungry because there was not enough food for us.</p><p><br/></p><p>I would be worried for my family because they might be executed.</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:38 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chan Yu fan </title>
         <author>chan_yu_fan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945551</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would live in fear and hopes that my family will all stay together forever as we could have been killed by the Japanese soldiers.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:38 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Agnes</title>
         <author>agnes_lee_zhi_en</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945562</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Sophia</title>
         <author>WoF_loverxbadrawer</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945775</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The British troops left Singapore because the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country’s defence spending which was burdening its weakened economy and maintaining military bases Singapore alone was very expensive.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ginny </title>
         <author>bnrk4pkxkq</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945810</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Vivaan Dwivedi(11)</title>
         <author>VivaanTheKing</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945860</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Life in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation (1942–1945) was marked by immense hardship and scarcity. Let me share some insights:</div><ol><li><strong>Food Shortages</strong>: Food became a critical concern. Singapore relied heavily on imports, but the sudden population increase due to refugees and British troops strained supplies. People faced severe rationing and had to adapt to meager meals.</li><li><strong>Japanese Control</strong>: The Japanese military administration tightly controlled daily life. They introduced the Japanese Military Yen as currency, confiscated other money, and imposed strict regulations.</li><li><strong>Sook Ching Massacre</strong>: A horrifying event was the Sook Ching massacre. The Japanese systematically executed thousands of Chinese men suspected of anti-Japanese sentiments.</li><li><strong>Forced Mobilization</strong>: Many were forced into labor, contributing to the construction of infrastructure and defense works. The harsh conditions took a toll on physical and mental well-being.</li><li><strong>Social Impact</strong>: Families were separated, and fear permeated society. Yet, amidst adversity, people showed resilience and solidarity.</li></ol><div><br>The Japanese Occupation left lasting scars, but Singapore eventually emerged from this dark period, rebuilding and forging a new path.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:57:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jermaine Tan</title>
         <author>tan_tiong_ming_jermaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945905</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>they had to learn Japanese</p><p>They had to sing the Japan national anthem</p><p>They had To bow to the east</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:02 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jennifer</title>
         <author>jennifer_lam_yu_xin</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945921</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Angry , as they could kill one of my family members that could cause great impact on us.<br>Sad, as we sometimes have to starve .<br>Hopeful, as we wish one day, the Japanese would leave us in peace.<br><br></div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:04 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jarah</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042945966</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>They had to sing Japanese national anthem </p><p>Learn Japanese </p><p>Bow to the east (●’◡’●)ﾉ</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Danielle</title>
         <author>daniellelee7_1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946022</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>15 February 1942</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Athirah </title>
         <author>nurathirahamani2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946035</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>More critically, <strong>Japan's Pacific War disrupted Singapore's food supply</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>louis</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946060</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Sook Ching was a mass killing that occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942 in Singapore after it fell to the Japanese. It was a systematic purge and massacre of 'anti-Japanese' elements in Singapore, with the Singaporean Chinese particularly targeted by the Japanese military during the occupation.</p><p><strong>Location: Singapore</strong></p><p><strong>Dates: </strong>18 Feb 1942 – 4 Mar 1942</p><p><strong>Deaths: </strong>40,000 to 50,000 (consensus and retrospective analysis)</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:16 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ethan Tham</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946211</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Sook Ching </strong>was a <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killing">mass killing</a> that occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942 in <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore">Singapore</a> after it <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore">fell to the Japanese</a>. It was a systematic <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purge">purge</a> and <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre">massacre</a> of 'anti-Japanese' elements in Singapore, with the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Singaporean">Singaporean Chinese</a> particularly targeted by the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army">Japanese military</a> during the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore">occupation</a>. However, Japanese soldiers engaged in indiscriminate killing, and did not try to identify who was 'anti-Japanese.'</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:27 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Reyes</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946242</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>More critically, <strong>Japan's Pacific War disrupted Singapore's food supply</strong>. Train and shipping lines that used to transport rice from Burma and Thailand were seized by the military, and the movement of people and goods were subjected to strict security checks.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Danielle</title>
         <author>daniellelee7_1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946386</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>3 years</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:40 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chan Yu fan </title>
         <author>chan_yu_fan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946504</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Sook Ching is a Chinese term meaning “<strong>purge through cleansing</strong>.” Operation Sook Ching took place in Singapore from February 21 to March 4, 1942. It was a military operation carried out by the Japanese with the intent of executing anti-Japanese Chinese men between the ages of 18 and 50.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:47 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jingxuan </title>
         <author>guo_jingxuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946689</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>1) I would feel extremely scared as there were chances of being killed because there are Japanese kempetai everywhere, causing people living in Singapore not to fully any people around them.</p><p><br/></p><p>2) I would feel angry as it was unfair of how the Japanese were racist to the Chinese, which caused the Sook Ching massacre.</p><p><br/></p><p>3) I would feel nervous, as I didn't know if could trust my neighbor or the people I love.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:58 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>louis</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946690</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>because the japanese stole food from us</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:58:58 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Malik</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946707</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Bottom) A $10 bill in use during the Japanese Occupation. Known as “banana money” because of the motifs of banana trees on the bank notes, the currency became worthless due to runaway inflation coupled with black market practices. Courtesy of the National Museum of Singapore, National Heritage Board.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:59:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Selina</title>
         <author>6Enthusiasm_Selina</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946729</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Sook Ching</strong><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sook_Ching#cite_note-9"><sup>[e]</sup></a> was a <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killing">mass killing</a> that occurred from 18 February to 4 March 1942 in <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore">Singapore</a> after it <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Singapore">fell to the Japanese</a>. It was a systematic <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purge">purge</a> and <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre">massacre</a> of 'anti-Japanese' elements in Singapore, with the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Singaporean">Singaporean Chinese</a> particularly targeted by the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army">Japanese military</a> during the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore">occupation</a>. However, Japanese soldiers engaged in indiscriminate killing, and did not try to identify who was 'anti-Japanese.'</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:59:02 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Agnes</title>
         <author>agnes_lee_zhi_en</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042946742</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In general, living conditions in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation was <strong>grim due to the scarcity of many basic necessities</strong>. Rice, salt, cooking oil and cloth were some of the essential items that had to be rationed. To overcome the scarcity, learning to creatively recycle and reuse old items became the norm.</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Athirah </title>
         <author>nurathirahamani2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042947035</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>On 1 October 2002, BCCS merged with MAS, with the latter becoming a full-fledged central bank with note-issuing powers</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:59:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>li xuan</title>
         <author>kum_li_xuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042947324</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>I would feel scared<br>I would feel tortured&nbsp;<br>I would starve</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:59:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ethan Tham</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042947544</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Once Japan's economy went on a war footing, it ceased to be Malaya's main source of consumer goods. At the same time, Singapore's other supply chains were affected by the war in Europe. More critically, <strong>Japan's Pacific War disrupted Singapore's food supply</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:59:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Charmaine</title>
         <author>tok_charmaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042947599</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I will feel scared as I would have my head choped off if I do not follow the rules.</p><p><br/></p><p>I will feel angry as the Singaporean should have freedom and not torture.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>I will feel worried for my family as my father and brother can get killed. </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:59:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Zhen Cheng</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042947643</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>As a result of the food shortages during the Japanese Occupation, the currency in Singapore, known as "Banana Money" due to the banana tree motif on the notes, experienced severe hyperinflation. The scarcity of goods led to a sharp increase in prices, and the overprinting of this currency by the Japanese further devalued it. Consequently, the local population faced economic hardship, with the currency becoming nearly worthless and bartering often replacing monetary transactions.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:59:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Athirah </title>
         <author>nurathirahamani2014</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042947734</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Teachers had to undergo Japanese language instruction and were banned from using the English language in schools</strong>.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 03:59:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Sophia</title>
         <author>WoF_loverxbadrawer</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042948044</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Syonan-to which means “Light of the South”</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 04:00:01 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Danielle</title>
         <author>daniellelee7_1</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042948097</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p><br/></p><p>The last of the British troops left in 1976. In Britain, following the Labour Party's election into power in 1964, <strong>the new Labour government was forced to reduce the country's defence spending which was burdening its already weakened economy</strong>. Maintaining military bases in Singapore alone cost £70 million a year.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 04:00:06 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>li xuan</title>
         <author>kum_li_xuan</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042948121</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<div>Sook Ching, a Chinese term which means "purging through</div><div>cleansing", refers to the operation carried out by the Japanese military during the Japanese Occupation to identify and eliminate suspected anti-Japanese elements among the Chinese community in Singapore</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 04:00:07 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jaye</title>
         <author>jayechua14</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042948244</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, Singapore was officially named Syonan-to, meaning "Light of The South". </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 04:00:13 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Cass</title>
         <author>cass_lim_sze</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042948256</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would feel afraid because I don’t know if they might report my house.</p><p>I would feel hungry because they might not give me food.</p><p>I would feel angry because the British abandoned us.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 04:00:14 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ethan Tham</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042948452</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>It would increase</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 04:00:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jia ying</title>
         <author>lim_jia_ying_4</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042948621</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would fear scared, angry and nervous</p><p>one, because I am easily traumatised by blood angry because they are trying to take over Singapore and nervous because they could kill us anytime</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 04:00:35 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ethan Tham</title>
         <author></author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3042949108</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The teaching of Japanese in schools was also made compulsory in 1942. <strong>Teachers had to undergo Japanese language instruction and were banned from using the English language in schools</strong>. Teachers who struggled to learn the language or who were unwilling to learn were dismissed.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-02 04:00:59 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Charmaine</title>
         <author>tok_charmaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3048209350</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>On 18 February 1942, a Sook Ching directive was issued by the 25th Army, which was under the command of Lieutenant-General Yamashita Tomoyuki. The directive ordered Chinese males between the ages of <strong>18 and 50</strong> to report to designated screening centres, which were located all over the island.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-09 00:11:54 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Charmaine</title>
         <author>tok_charmaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3048209999</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>More critically, <strong>Japan's Pacific War disrupted Singapore's food supply</strong>. Train and shipping lines that used to transport rice from Burma and Thailand were seized by the military, and the movement of people and goods were subjected to strict security checks.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-09 00:12:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Charmaine</title>
         <author>tok_charmaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3048217180</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>(Bottom) A $10 bill in use during the Japanese Occupation. Known as “banana money” because of the motifs of banana trees on the bank notes, the currency became worthless due to runaway inflation coupled with black market practices. Courtesy of the National Museum of Singapore, National Heritage Board.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-09 00:18:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Charmaine</title>
         <author>tok_charmaine</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3048221356</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>The students have to learn Japanese.</p><p>The students have to learn the correct way bowing.</p><p>The students was hit harshly when they did something wrongly.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-09 00:21:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ginny</title>
         <author>bnrk4pkxkq</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/WTPS_Fadilah/e330jtcydevlox0r/wish/3052309900</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>I would feel scared because I do not want to be tortured, or killed.</p><p><br/></p><p>I would feel sad because during war, many people that we love will be gone.</p><p><br/></p><p>I would feel angry, because of the way the Japanese are treating us.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2024-07-13 01:16:33 UTC</pubDate>
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