Following desertions Escaping from his German federated troops , hostile Germanic warbands learned Education_teaching that his force was under-strength and moved Motion to attack Attack the town .

The riots are seen Traveling as pivotal leading up to the independence of Singapore , for fear Change_sentiment from the government of Malaysia ( of which Singapore was briefly a part ) that Malay-Chinese ethnic violence Violence would spread Dispersal in the rest of the newly federated country .

the costigan commission ( officially titled Name_conferral the royal commission on the activities of the federated ship painters and dockers union ) was an australian royal commission held in the 1980s .