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
Federation of Poles in Great Britain British authorities. Subsequent to the transfer of the Presidential Insignia by President Ryszard Kaczorowski to President Lech Wałęsa, some responsibilities were vested in The Federation. The Federation was recognised by both Polish and British governments, as well as other Polish organisations worldwide, as the organisation representing the Polish ethnic minority in Great Britain. In 2008, the Federation submitted a complaint to the Press Complaints Commission over claims that the "Daily Mail" ran a series of articles which defamed Poles. The PCC arranged a deal between the Federation and the "Daily Mail", in which the "Daily Mail" promised to remove the