Chapter 4: What Role Did the People in SG Play in Its Development as a Port City from 1819 to 1942?

Question 1

1823

Answer 1

SG Institution is founded. It later becomes the SG Institution Free School, which offers classes in EL, CL, and Malay at the primary level.

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Question 2

1825

Answer 2

The first convict labourers from India arrive in SG

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Question 3

1826

Answer 3

EIC forms Straits Settlements

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Question 4

1842

Answer 4

Chinese Girls’ School, later renamed the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS) School is founded. This sch would eventually be known as St Margaret’s Sch.

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Question 5

1844

Answer 5

Tan Tock Seng establishes a paupers’ hospital (hospital for the poor) on Pearl’s Hill. This hospital would be later known as TTSH.

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Question 6

1858

Answer 6

EIC is dissolved

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Question 7

1867

Answer 7

Thong Chai Medical Institution is set up.

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Question 8

1912

Answer 8

The Alsagoff Arab Sch is founded. Students are taught Arabic lang and Islamic knowledge as well as writing in EL and Malay.

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Question 9

1912

Answer 9

The Alsagoff Arab Sch is founded. Students are taught Arabic lang and Islamic knowledge as well as writing in EL and Malay.

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Question 10

1919

Answer 10

The Chinese High Sch is founded. This sch would later be known as HCI.

Question 11

1929

Answer 11

Wall Street Crash in US

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Question 12

1942

Answer 12

Japanese troops invade SG.

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