<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore" id="mwUg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> becomes a British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_colony" id="mwUw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Crown colony">crown colony</a>.<sup about="#mwt56" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_1#cite_note-8" id="mwVA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwVQ">[8]</span></a></sup>
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