Title
Malaya ration card for rice, flour, sugar and salt
Year/Period
Circa 1952–1953
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: L:16.7 x W:10.8 cm
Accession No.
2001-00220
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr Woon Wai Yoong (Heritage Week Dec 2000)
This is a ration card issued by the Food Control Department to control the supply of rice and other essential items in the 1950s. Rations were distributed through authorised shopkeepers. Food control was a significant part of the British strategy to combat the communist insurgency during the Malayan Emergency, as strict rationing deprived insurgents of food and logistical supplies.
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