The year is 1941. Singapore sits in the centre of the Far East, in a crossroad of many maritime routes, where nations had met and fought to control their destinies in an ever-changing world. Colonial Asia is inter-connected by by rail, shipping, the telegraph and more recently by radio communication and air travel. The people there are fully in the industrial revolution, the fuel and the machine now makes up an important part of their lives.
In Singapore, cables run through streets and spread out into the rural lands. The cables link up all household machines where power is consumed and a sizeable fraction is channeled to the city's Light Tower, where it will stepped-up for transfer to Britain, via India.
In Singapore, cables run through streets and spread out into the rural lands. The cables link up all household machines where power is consumed and a sizeable fraction is channeled to the city's Light Tower, where it will stepped-up for transfer to Britain, via India.
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