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Old 4th Sep 2010, 10:02
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.. Yes saw the prog - although very brief. On the Jungle aspect - I doubt much remains today. Served there 1952-3 when most of Malaya AND Singapore were mostly jungle, rubber trees and a few Kampongs. 50 years later flying down from KL to S'pore observing the huge jungle clearance projects bares little resemblence to the Malaya of Maj. Freddie Spencer Chapman - A forgotten stay behind anti-jap resistance hereo
who survived evaded and operated a lonely existance in the jungle with little or no white contacts for three years.

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