FCO 141/17114: Singapore: standard time in Borneo - migrated archives
01/01/1947-31/12/1947
Letters from the Colonial Office expressing a hope that the time zones in Borneo will be standardised. At the present North Borneo and Brunei are on Hong Kong time whilst Sarawak is on Singapore time. Because of the geography of the island, anomalies do occur especially in the Brunei Bay area. Other letters details the reasons for the different zones. The Chief Civil Affairs Officer in Malaya suggests that Sarawak should also conform to Hong Kong time and notes the fact that the three British territories would be then out of step with Dutch Borneo is immaterial. However the officials in Sarawak disagreed.
FCO 141/17114
D2014110308
English
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