At Singapore's Cathay Building Lord Killearn, special commissioner, leads a conference to discuss food shortages in south and south east Asia, with a clinical demonstration at Tan Tock Seng Hospital .

Killearn and other delegates. Close-up of Killearn with cigarette. Dr Nicholls, Killearn's adviser, examines children at Tan Tock Seng hospital He examines a child on a bed. Dr Nicholls with other delegates crowded around him. Outside an Australian government doctor, Dr Clements, examines a young girl. Delegates of the Indian and Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) governments; Dr K Mitra, Lieutenant-Colonel C K Lakshmanan and Mr A I Raja Singham. Killearn departing from Tan Tock Seng.

Notes

An annotation on the dopesheet states that this material (along with the rest of JFU 615-618) was shot for Lord Killearn.

This conference formed part of Allied attempts to remedy a severe shortage of food throughout south east Asia, which had been caused by the economic dislocation of the war.