Changi Chapel & Museum’s Revamp

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Just spoke to the curator yesterday. Here’s the blurb (credits to: http://www.visitsingapore.com/WWII/)

Memorial Weekend
60 years ago…
September 12, 1945
Lord Louis Mountbatten accepts the surrender of 680,000 Japanese soldiers in Southeast Asia with the signing of the Surrender Document by General Seishiro Itagaki, on behalf of Field Marshall Count Terauchi, in Singapore’s Municipal Hall (City Hall) Council Chamber, followed by a parade of Allied troops.

September 10
Memorial Service/Launch of new exhibits at Changi Chapel & Museum

A short memorial service, which will be conducted at 11.00am to commemorate the end of World War II, will precede the launch of never before seen exhibits at the Changi Museum.

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