Much the same in Changi, Seletar and Tengah in Singapore.
On posting to the Far East officers could draw a 'tropical kit allowance'. The unwise, like me and uncountable others would purchase their kit from Gieves, Moss Bros. and RE City. This was invariably a copy of standard RAF tropical issue with 'Singapore Tops' (two straps that buckled each side of the waist). On arrival one found it was heavy and uncomfortable.
To the rescue came Clothing Stores who would flog you a roll of decent light cloth that a Changi village tailor would turn into a full set of comfortable attire overnight.
One evening I was to attend a Formal Dinner Night complete with tropical mess kit. Whilst preparing for this my Amah pointed out that my trousers had been irrecoverably damaged during a game of mess rugby on the previous occasion.
A phone call to my tailor who had made the mess kit in the first place. En-route to the mess in mess jacket, bow tie and shorts I put on a brand new pair of trousers in his shop.