Lim Boon Keng with Japanese officers in front of the Syonan-To Overseas Chinese Association

Inscribed: 林會長文慶博士惠存 / 昭南島華僑協會敬贈 / 昭和十八年三月十七日 (A gift to President Dr Lim Boon Keng / Respectfully presented by the Syonan-To Overseas Chinese Association / 17 March, 18th year of Sho–wa).

The plaque above the door reads: 昭南島華僑協會 (Syonan-To Overseas Chinese Association). Singapore was renamed Syonan (“light of the south”) by the Japanese government. At the far right is Wee Tam Kim, an employee of the association.