Pedra Branca, Singapore ceded by the Government of the State of Johore or in any other way disposed of". The Acting State Secretary of Johor replied on 21 September that "the Johore Government does not claim ownership of Pedra Branca". This correspondence indicated that as of 1953 Johor understood it did not have sovereignty over Pedra Branca, which had therefore vested in the United Kingdom. The Colony of Singapore became a self-governing state in 1959, and left the British Empire to join the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. Two years later, in 1965, Singapore became a fully independent republic. In 1959, in an
British Federation of Roller Skating British Federation of Roller Skating The British Federation of Roller Skating is a roller skating organisation in the United Kingdom. The Federation organizes regular training courses and registers teachers. At least two major coaching seminars are held in Europe each year. The DLFC club & corporation was founded in 2009. The current national governing body for all roller sports in the United Kingdom is the British Roller Sports Federation. The British Roller Sports Federation Limited (also known as the BRSF) was a UK limited company, registered at the Companies House on 3 August 1999. The Federation is recognized and acknowledged