To celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, buildings were decorated with lights, bunting and flags; arches were erected on main roads and at entrances; and paper crowns and signs with such phrases as ‘God save the Queen’, ‘Long live the Queen’ and ‘Long may she reign’ were put up all across Singapore and Malaya. Festivities, parades, processions and activities were held in Singapore over seven days (30 May 1953 to 6 June 1953) to commemorate this special occasion.This photograph was donated by Si Jing (pen name of Ng Soo Lui), a prolific female writer in the Chinese community who has written extensively on her childhood and life in Chinatown. Her husband, Huang Da Li, was an amateur photographer.
