chap7- riots and strikes, chap8- reasons for merger Flashcards
what year was the maria hertogh riots
1950
what year was the anti ns riots
1954
what year was the hock lee bus riots
1955
what were ppl mad abt during maria hertogh riots
muslims felt that their religion was being direspected
why were ppl mad during the anti ns riots
students complained as the war had already disrupted thier education once, if they joined ns, their education would be disrupted again
they felt that the british were discriminating chinese education school and favoured english medium schools instead
why did students of sg refuse to do ns
the british provided little support for chinese education, thus they didnt not want to defend a foriegn government that did not give them anyt in return
what did the government do in response to the chinese medium sch riots?
they ordered the closure of all chinese medium schools, but this made people more upset
why did the hock lee bus riots break out?
there was a feud between the workers and employees
the workers felt that the employees were being treated better than the employees
e.g, workers were not given leave to attend union meetings
how did the company respond to the riots?
they dismissed 299 workers and the dismissed workers went on a hunger strike
why were there chinese middle school student riots?
the singapore chinese middle school students union was shut down due to its supposed communist activities, in response, 5000 students took over their schools and demanded the re-regestration of the SCMSSU
reasons for merger?
- the british would only grant singapore independence if it merged with malaya
- PAP persued it as there was a belief that Singapore could not survive in the long term without a merger as singapore did not have an economic base
