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This is a photograph of a recipient receiving a certificate during an Award Ceremony for kind deed, by Singapore Association for the Blind, founded in 1951, now known as Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped (SAVH). Photograph donated by Tan Han Meng and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_237. Title devised by Library staff.
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Tan Han Meng.
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