12 JANUARY 1968, Page 3

Alms and the man

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

'The economic impact on the island city-state of the British withdrawal . . . is about to bite hard.'—The Times on the future of Singapore.

Forces of occupation used to be In simpler times the tools of tyranny. Exploiting capitalists would then protest They needed troops to guard their interest. Not so today, for in the modern trend The troops may come to fight but stay to spend. And whitewashed walls the latest slogan find: 'Tommy, go home, but leave your cash behitid."