People of Singapore

Question 1

Orang Seletar + etymology

Answer 1

«Straits people»
Indigenous sea nomads in the Straits

Question 2

Orang Seletar and Malays

Answer 2

Distinct ethnic groups

Question 3

Homes of the Orang Seletar

Answer 3

A boat protected by a thatched roof (triangular section)
Or occasionally some temporary pile-house

Question 4

Etymology of Seletar

Answer 4

Portuguese for strait used to name Orang Seletar

Question 5

When did the Orang Seletar leave Singapore

Answer 5

90s due to developments

Question 6

Where do the Orang Seletar live now

Answer 6

None in Singapore but some in Johor Bahru

Question 7

Number of non-residents

Answer 7

1,5M ~25%

Question 8

Percentage of non-residents with EP

Answer 8

11% [top top]

Question 9

Singapore population

Answer 9

6 millions (chopsticks)

Question 10

Cost of a helper

Answer 10

450 to 750 depending on experience

Question 11

Days off of a helper

Answer 11

Min 1 day/week
Many will also give 2 weeks every 2 years (home leave ticket is mandatory)

Question 12

Majority of Arabs in Singapore are descended from: origin and last destination before

Answer 12

Hadhramaut region in Yemen
They already were in Indonesia when Singapore was funded

Question 13

The King’s Chinese

Answer 13

The Straits Chinese that gave their support to the British (via British Chinese associations, etc.)

Question 14

The first person in Malaya to be knighted

Answer 14

Song Ong Siang

Question 15

Song Ong Siang’s 3 accomplishments

Answer 15

First person knighted in Malaysia

First Chinese lawyer in Singapore

Wrote «one hundred years’ history of the Chinese in Singapore»

Question 16

The American that was canned

Answer 16

Michael Fay

Question 17

Michael Fay’s sentence

Answer 17

6 strokes reduced to 4 after pression from Bill Clinton [sticks -> door]

Question 18

Michael Fay’s crime

Answer 18

Theft and vandalizing 18 cars
Confessed and then retracted saying he was told confession would preclude caning

Question 19

Ratio of Chinese men, women and prostitutes in SIN end XIX

Answer 19

60000 men
6000 women including 2000 prostitutes

Question 20

Armenians in Singapore tended to work in

Answer 20

Hospitality
Jewelry
Law

Question 21

Arabs in Singapore tended to work in

Answer 21

Retail and wholesale
Real estate
Muslim pilgrimage industry

Question 22

Main provinces of origin of Singapore’s Chinese

Answer 22

Fujian
Guangdong (Canton province)

Question 23

Order of arrivals of Chinese in Singapore

Answer 23

First, Straits Chinese from Malacca and Riau

Then South Chinese escaping poverty and instability

Question 24

First Indians in Singapore

Answer 24

Gujaratis from Malacca and Penang
Gujaratis settled across the world to trade

Question 25

Parsis

Answer 25

Zoroastrian merchants from India but originally from Iran Enterprising and philanthropic

Question 26

Hokkien philanthropist who gave his name to an hospital

Answer 26

Tan Tock Seng

Question 27

Percentage of Singaporean population without a permanent status

Answer 27

30%

Question 28

% of Singaporeans living in HDB

Answer 28

80%

Question 29

Origin of the Teochews

Answer 29

Eastern Guangdong

Question 30

Kiasu

Answer 30

Hokkien for fear of missing out, leading to anxious selfish attitude = taking extreme measures to achieve success

Question 31

Kiasi

Answer 31

Hokkien for fear of death = taking extreme measures to avoid risk

Question 32

Examples of kiasu (4)

Answer 32

- booking a table with tissue - standing in line for hours for a gift - volunteering at a school to get one’s child in - queueing just because there’s a queue

Question 33

What you say when you book a table with tissues

Answer 33

Chope

Question 34

Beginning of the end of Chinese dialects in Singapore

Answer 34

The creation of the Republic of China created national consciousness and shift to Mandarin that extended to SIN

Question 35

Parsis: etymology

Answer 35

Persian in the Persian language

Question 36

Pickering

Answer 36

First Protector of Chinese First Bristish officer who could speak and write Chinese Tried to reduce abuse to coolies, secret society conflicts and prostitution

Question 37

Important Malay sub-community

Answer 37

The Baweanese from Bawean island

Question 38

Why is Geylang mainly Malay

Answer 38

With the construction of Kallang Airport, Malays living there (close to Kampong Glam) had to be relocated

Question 39

Importance of Kampong Glam for the Malay world

Answer 39

- Pilgrimage hub - Intellectual and printing hub

Question 40

Importance of Kampong Glam as a cultural hub

Answer 40

Allowed alternative Malay ideas to develop without the censorship that could exist in the rest of the Malay world Become a hub of printing and publishing

Question 41

Main Chinese ethnic groups in Singapore

Answer 41

Hokkien Teochew Cantonese Hainanese Hakka