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On 15th February 1942, General Percival received permission to surrender Singapore to the Japanese. He, together with two staff officers and an interpreter, left the bunkers at Fort Canning and arrived at the Ford Motor Works at 5.15 p.m to meet General Yamahita and his officers. The British signed the surrender document and that ended the Japanese invasion of Singapore.

The surrender of Lieutenant General Percival of the British Army to Lieutenant General Yamashita of the Japanese Army took place at the factory’s board room on 15 February 1942.