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- 1 2 3 Hack, Karl; Blackburn, Kevin (2004). Did Singapore have to fall?: Churchill and the impregnable fortress. Routledge. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-415-30803-8 . Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ Habitat News (NUS) - Hopea Sangal http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/heritage/changi/changitrees/hopeasangal-20nov2002/firstpage.html
- 1 2 3 4 Habitat News (NUS) - Legend of the Changi Tree http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/heritage/changi/changitrees/changitree.html
- ↑ Singapore Infopedia - Changi - "Changi". Archived from the original on 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2009-07-23.