A shekara ta 1951, an ba da mulkin mallaka matsayin birni ta hanyar takardar sarauta daga Sarki George VI. A shekara ta 1958, Ong Pang Boon, Mataimakin Magajin Gida na Majalisar Birnin Singapore, ya kusanci Zubir Said, mai shirya waƙa da marubucin waƙa tare da Cathay-Keris Film Productions, don tsara waƙar taken don ayyukan hukuma na Majalisar da za a kira shi Majulah Singapura Ensemble (Malay don "Onward Singapore"). An zaɓi wannan magana ne a matsayin taken da za a nuna a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Victoria bayan gyare-gyarensa a shekara ta 1958.Zubir Toh ya shafe shekara guda don kammala waƙar kiɗa da kuma waƙa don waƙar.
Ong Pang Boon