Singapore in Malaysia Singapore in Malaysia Singapore was one of the 14 states of Malaysia from 1963 to 1965. Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963 as a new political entity from the merger of the Federation of Malaya with former British colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore. This marked the end of a 144-year period of British rule in Singapore, beginning with the founding of modern Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819. The union, however, was unstable due to distrust and ideological differences between leaders of the State of Singapore and the federal government of Malaysia. Such issues resulted in
British Softball Federation British Softball Federation The British Softball Federation (BSF) is the national governing body of softball within the United Kingdom, organising fastpitch and slowpitch leagues and national tournaments and registering players. BSF is a federated member of both the European Softball Federation and the International Softball Federation. BSF is the joint owner (with the British Baseball Federation) of BaseballSoftballUK (BSUK), a sports development agency. Softball umpires are registered and organised via the associated British Association Of Softball Umpires (BASU), their official body in the UK. UK Softball follow the International Softball Federation rules. In 2007 the BSF founded a Hall of