Chapter 3: Convict Labour in Singapore

Question 1

Identify an important source in early Singapore.

Answer 1

Convicts (about 3000 between 1824 to 1854)

Question 2

What did the convicts deployed to do?

Answer 2

1. Clear jungles
2. Construct buildings, e.g. St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Sri Mariamman Temple and Government House
3. Build roads
4. Reclaimed land from marshy areas
5. Other tasks such as hunting tigers and dealing with gangsters.

Question 3

Where the convicts from?

Answer 3

India