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The Sunday Standard, 17 September 1957: Indonesian women's delegation to Communist territories passes Singapore

Sunday Standard, 17 Sep 1957: Indonesian women's delegation to Communist territories passes Singapore

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Sunday Standard, 17 Sep 1957 (lead only, OCR garbled). An Indonesian women's delegation arrived in Singapore by air from Jakarta on its way to communist territories, including a study visit to Red China covering social, economic and political matters; Hidayat (a vice-president of parliament) is mentioned.

Sunday Standard, 17 Sep 1957 (hanya teks pembuka, OCR kacau). Delegasi wanita Indonesia tiba di Singapura dari Jakarta dalam perjalanan ke wilayah komunis, termasuk kunjungan studi ke Tiongkok mengenai masalah sosial, ekonomi dan politik; disebut Hidayat, wakil ketua parlemen.

“Indonesian women, on their way to Communist territories, arrived in Singapore by air from Jakarta (OCR garbled)”

People

Hidajat

Places

SingaporeJakartaChina

Topics

ChinaWIDF and international women's movementUSSR and Eastern Europe

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Details

Date
1957-09-17
Creator
The Sunday Standard
Publication
The Sunday Standard
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Singapore
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
NewspaperSG · source link
Access
open access (NewspaperSG) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Singapore and Malayan press (1949-2015) - articles on Gerwani (NewspaperSG)/The Sunday Standard (1957-09-17) - Indonesian women's delegation to Communist territories passes [NewspaperSG sundaystandard19570917-1.2.34].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.835) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Singapore and Malayan press (1949-2015) - articles on Gerwani (NewspaperSG)
Summary basis
full text read; only the ~60-word lead text is archived; OCR partly garbled

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