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- ↑ Raphael Millet, Singapore Cinema 2006, Editions Didier Millet
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nilam / Sapphire (1949)". Singapore Film Locations Archive. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ↑ Pratista & Nugroho, p. 107.