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

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1823

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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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1825

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The first convict labourers from India arrive in SG

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1826

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EIC forms Straits Settlements

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1842

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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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1844

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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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1858

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EIC is dissolved

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1867

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Thong Chai Medical Institution is set up.

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1912

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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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1912

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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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1919

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

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1929

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Wall Street Crash in US

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1942

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Japanese troops invade SG.

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