Singapore, Oct. 17. REINFORCEMENTS for the Singapore air base which have arrived in the past few weeks or which are planned for the near future will more than double the strength of the Royal Air Force here, Numercial strength alone will be more than doubled, and in terms of effectiveness and striking power, the R.A. in Singapore will bear no comparison with its strength only a few weeks ago, Comprising a number of Blenheim to the Singapore base a security and bombers, which are among the fast-fest military aircraft of their type the world, and other units, the Singapore reinforcements may be roganed as the beginning of the development of the RAF. Far East command which is destined eventtually to become one of the most im-Portant in the empire outside Great Britain, The arrival in Singapore of modern bombers is specially welcomed both in service and civilian circles as the defensive power that Is equal to all eventualities, Some of the Blenheim bombers are being stationed at the Tengah alr-drome, in the western section of Singapore Island. This is a new RAF, station built at a cost of more than £500,000, Most of Singapore's defence works are hidden behind high fences and barbed wire, and cannot be seen by the general public, Tengah airdrome, however, adjoins public road and the bombers can be seen taking off and landing,
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