Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Alright i'm gonna use this post to study my Social Studies.
_Chap 2._
British was reluctant to grant Singapore independence because:
1) Singapore counld not survive on it's own economy back than.
2) British wa afraid that communism would take over as Singapore's population was mainly made up of Chinese from china which took over the mind set of equal wealth and demonstrations were made.
3) British needed Singapore's naval base, as this would protect the Britain's interest. They were afraid that Singapore would not let them use the naval base if they granted Singapore independence.
Malaysia did not want to merge because:
1) The number of Chinese would out number the amount of Malays.
2) There was a widespread of communist influence among Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia is strongly against communism.
Malaysia wanted to merge was mainly because:
1) They could keep an eye on the communist in Singapore so that communism do not take over Singapore and if so, they could have used Singapore as a base to take over other countries.
2) They were afraid that the PAP that was weak back than, will lose elections and next time when they lose, they might lose to a communist party and communism will take over.
3) They could expand the federation by including Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei.
Singapore wanted to merge because:
1) They could gain independence.
2) They could gain raw material from Malaysia for Singapore's industries.
hmm its getting late
revise again tomorrow:D
