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
Handball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Handball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Handball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: "Rukometni savez Bosne i Hercegovine" /"Рукометни савез Босне и Херцеговине") is the highest Handball governing body in the country. It organizes the Premier league of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cup of Bosnia-Herzegovina. President of Federation is Mirsad Sirćo. It is also organizes the matches of Bosnia and Herzegovina national handball team. That includes men and women, and youth teams as well. The Handball Federation was founded in 1948, and was part of Yugoslav Handball Federation. When Bosnia-Herzegovina gained independence in 1992, it became the national handball