Originally posted by Excel 202:well at least we can use them to build our casinos![]()
Originally posted by sane_guy2:We don't need them anyway, with Australia and Thailand as our allies.
Besides, they were never really ours, they belonged to the British Empire.
The islands were ours (almost). They were actually to be transferred to us but Australia bought them from us for 2.9 million pounds, a lot of money for our cash strapped nation at the time.Originally posted by Obersturmfuhrer:In the very first place, how can we sell something which we do not own?
I beg to differ, 2.9 million pounds is a lot of money for a token for administration. It sounds like very little now but that's because of inflation. 2.9 million in the 1950s would be equivalent to more than several billion today. You don't use that much money to pay for a few years of admin for a mining island.Originally posted by Obersturmfuhrer:Still, back then anything that belong to Singapore are technically OWNED by the UK and NOT the local government since Singapore was still a colony. That compensation was merely a token for administeration of the island for that short period.
Think about it....where the heck did we get the money to do up all those buildings, military installations and other industrial factories at that time?Originally posted by aerozapper:The islands were ours (almost). They were actually to be transferred to us but Australia bought them from us for 2.9 million pounds, a lot of money for our cash strapped nation at the time.
A short article has been pasted below, it comes from the Official Australian Christmas Island Website at http://www.christmas.net.au/history.html:
For a short time following the war, Christmas Island came under the jurisdiction of the new Colony of Singapore. In 1948, the mining was taken over by the Australian and New Zealand Governments in partnership, with the British Phosphate Commissioners in management. In the period from 1949 to 1958 a massive expansion program led to the recruitment of males from Cocos, Malaya & Singapore, bringing with them their wives & families. For the first time in the islands history a permanent population began to evolve.
In 1957 the Australian government acquired Christmas Island from the Singapore Government for a compensation of 2.9 million pounds. The island existed as a Crown colony until its transfer to Australia was finalised on 1st October 1958, which is still celebrated on the first Monday in October as Territory Day.
Alamak---- Our ICBM purchased from Israel has a range of 6,000 km!Originally posted by idwar:Alamak----Christmas/Cocos islands out of range of ASTROS........
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Maybe in hindsight, we did not really have a choice, and to hedge our current existence against some hypothetical Maginot Line of the East Indies, is plainly something which is thankfully in the realm of fantasy.Originally posted by deathscythe99:Think about it....where the heck did we get the money to do up all those buildings, military installations and other industrial factories at that time?![]()
What do you think the possibility of buying back these 2 islands?Originally posted by aerozapper:The islands were ours (almost). They were actually to be transferred to us but Australia bought them from us for 2.9 million pounds, a lot of money for our cash strapped nation at the time.
A short article has been pasted below, it comes from the Official Australian Christmas Island Website at http://www.christmas.net.au/history.html:
For a short time following the war, Christmas Island came under the jurisdiction of the new Colony of Singapore. In 1948, the mining was taken over by the Australian and New Zealand Governments in partnership, with the British Phosphate Commissioners in management. In the period from 1949 to 1958 a massive expansion program led to the recruitment of males from Cocos, Malaya & Singapore, bringing with them their wives & families. For the first time in the islands history a permanent population began to evolve.
In 1957 the Australian government acquired Christmas Island from the Singapore Government for a compensation of 2.9 million pounds. The island existed as a Crown colony until its transfer to Australia was finalised on 1st October 1958, which is still celebrated on the first Monday in October as Territory Day.
there is a casino over there liao.Originally posted by Excel 202:well at least we can use them to build our casinos![]()
wad's an Orb Union?Originally posted by Rockhound:singapore bcome like Orb Union la.....(hope u guys understand..)