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- ↑ Chor Lin Lee, Chung May Khuen & May Khuen Chung (2012) In the Mood for Cheongsam , p152
- ↑ Aline Kan Wong & Wai Kum Leong (1993) Singapore Women: Three Decades of Change, Times Academic Press, p285
- ↑ Legislative Council general election 1951: Seletar Archived 4 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine Singapore Elections
- ↑ Six elected: Labour gets 2 seats: Woman Independent wins The Straits Times, 11 April 1951
- ↑ C.M. Turnbull (2009) A History of Modern Singapore, 1819-2005 , p284
- ↑ Legislative Council by-election 1952 Archived 23 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine Singapore Elections