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Pull Factors between the 19th and 20th century (Better Trade and Business…
Pull Factors between the 19th and 20th century
Better Trade and Business opportunities
British Agency Houses
different companies help the British make and sell their products to other traders in Singapore
Agency houses would ship their goods to trade with other trader in India, Chian and the Malay Archipelago
They traded to get their wool and British tea
Cloths
Knives
nails
Food supplies and drinks
Straits-Born (Chinese Permakan) Traders
Bugis Traders
Dutch had control over East India and their trading routes
The Bugis traders came to Singapore to trade for free
They traded for spices
Traders that came from Europe, India, China, the Middle East and close neighbouring islands were appeal to Singapore.
There was a lot of trading opportunities because of its condition as a free port, and it free immigration policy
Singapore's good geographical location
It was placed a long the straits Melaka
It was connected to the Indian Ocean and the the South China Sea
It also was at the center point of the trading route between the British, India and South China
Since its location is good, the island supplied as a excellent greeting point for the sellers and the traders fro a lot of different parts of the world
They people from different parts of the world would refill their fuel and their food supplies
A lot of traders came with a lot of different types of goods that could be found and traded in Singapore
By switching their things and purchasing local products
They could not retrieve what they had to bring and return home
Better Job prospects
A lot of people were appealing to come to Singapore because there many job opportunities for people to work
It helps people have a better life/The people that were in poverty would want to come to Singapore
Good and high wage
Non-hazardous work place
Freedom
They could earn enough money to go on holiday
The British people had to improve their base to support the rising in activities at the port to help the growing population
People getting hired
To build a new port in Singapore to help steamships coming to Singapore
People were hired to put the goods on the ships that were leaving and taking goods off the ships for traders that just arrived
People got hired to refuel and refill the boat with food and water supplies for the steamships that came to Singapore from other places
Workers were hired to to clear some of the jungles for housing and growing crops
Workers were hired to help make roads
People got hired to sell for and support the people living there with help of their helpers like pulling rickshaws, and running horse carriages
The Javanese and the Baweanese
Workers from other parts of the Malay Archipelago would want to come Singapore
Because of higher wages
(1920s) The low experienced workers would get a very low wage
A lot of them would come to Singapore instead of staying back there
A lot of the Javanese writers would come to Singapore and could write stories and print them there without being allowed to by the Dutch laws