Tensions & Housing
Tension between groups of countries without open confrontation
What is the Cold War?
A rice-producing country immediately to the north of Malaya
What is Thailand?
1947
When was the year of strikes?
Unemployment.
One reason the British needed to revive Singapore's economy?
The conduct of political rallies.
How do political parties reach out to voters?
Exploitation of the working classes by colonial capitalists
Why communism opposed colonial rule?
Colonial government initiative to address food shortage
What are Peoples' Restaurants?
Members of trade unions
Who were those who participated in strikes?
Repaired ports and drained the Singapore river channel
Independents
What are candidates who contest elections but are not members of a political party?
Heroic acts of the MPAJA against Imperial Japan
Why locals supported the MCP?
Wartime food rationing
What the British did to manage food reserves?
Devan Nair and Sidney Woodhull
Who were the Non Chinese members of the trade union movement?
Worldwide demand for tin and rubber was increasing
What boosted Spore's economic recovery?
Those who were not born in Britain or in the British colonies.
Who were those ineligible to vote in the 1948 elections?
Housing was destroyed and there was a population boom
Reasons for inadequate housing
Food shortages would lead to unrest against the British
What the British were concerned with?
All unions needed to be registered with the colonial government
Insufficient tax revenue to support infrastructure.
What is one reason for rebuilding the economy?
Singapore Progressive Party.
Unhygenic & overcrowded living conditions
What is a slum?
The supply of low-cost cooked food to the masses
How did Peoples' Restaurants meet the needs of locals?
Communists had infiltrated trade unions & influencing their rank and file.
What British believed about trade unions?
Singapore continued to be an important center for entrepot trade.
What was the strategic importance of Singapore?
Gradual self-government for Singapore.
What was the main agenda of the SPP in GE 48' ?