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Letter from Shaw Brothers (Ipoh) Ltd to Capitol Theatre

Title

Year/Period

5 April 1965

Region

Singapore

Dimension

Object size: 26.6 x 21.5 cm

Accession No.

2007-55145-001

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

This letter was issued by Shaw Brothers’ Ipoh office to caution operation officers in Capitol Theatre against the threat of bombing. On 10 March 1965, a bomb exploded in MacDonald House, which housed the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. Two Indonesian saboteurs planted a bomb which exploded and killed two and wounded 33 others.