AIR BASE AT SINGAPORE
British Official Wirelc.-a. (Received 13th March, 11 a.m.)
RUGBY, 12th March,
In the House of Commons, the Air Estimates were discussed in committee. Eegarding, the expenditure of £576,000 on the air station at Singapore, of which amount £100,000 is to be spent this year, Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for Air, said that it was part of thn general expenditure on the Singapore Base. The air side was a necessary side of the base, and the provision they were making was on a moderate scale. There was no aerodrome at present suitable for any air squadrons. The Air Force would serve a double purpose. It would not only be part of the naval base capable of performing any air operations of a naval base, if called upon, but it would be an important air station in the Far East. Even if there were no naval base at Singapore, an air base would be necessary, as it was a cardinal point in our air communications.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 59, 13 March 1929, Page 9
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