Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Political Developments
- Internal
- Role of the Government: Direct rule by British Government
- 1858: EIC disbanded;
1867: Straits
Settlements (Penang,
Malacca, Singapore)
became British Crown
Colony (Queen
Victoria)
- administrative efficiency
- Role of the People: Involvement in Planning Government Policies
- Until 1924: most officials who administered SG were high-ranking British officials; non-officials were mainly Europeans
- 1924: London gvt made number of official and non-official members in Legislative Council equal
- Lower levels: Eurasians + Asians + British
- Higher levels: some nominated as Justices of the Peace - unpaid
- e.g. Syed Mohammad bin Ahmed Alsagoff; P. Govindasamy Pillai
- Non-official members
- Asian traders --> had better knowledge than British of
issues faced by common people
- e.g.1: Hoo Ah Kay (Whampoa)
- e.g.2: Lim Boon Keng - petitioned council
to pass a law controlling house rents
BUT failed in banning opium
- e.g.3: Eunos Abdullah - asked to set aside a piece of land for Kampong Melayu
- low-cost housing + earn living through agriculture