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What role did the migrants play in its development as a port city from…

- - - - Hadhramaut
        (southeastern part of present day, Yemen):
        ++ Arabs
        ++most came as traders
    - - Melaka:
        (1) Eurasians (mixed Asian+Portuguese, Dutch or British descent)
        (2) Chinese Peranakans (mixed Chinese+Malay),
        (3) Jawi Peranakans (mixed Indian-Muslim+Malay)
      - Celebes (present day Sulawesi):
        Bugis
      - Bawean Island:
        Baweanese
      - Java:
        Javanese
      - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra:
        Malays
    - - Madras (present day Chennai) & Nagapattinam:
        Tamils (Southern India)
      - Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka):
        Tamils & Sinhalese
      - Northern India
        Punjab: Punjabsis & Sikhs
        Bengal: Bengalis
        Gujarat: Gujaratis
        Bombay (present day Mumbai): Parsees
    - - Fujian: Hokkiens
      - Hainan Island: Hainanese
      - Guangdong: Cantonese, Teochews & Hakkas
    - - British
        Dutch
        French
        Germans
        Portuguese
        Swiss
- - - - companies that helped European manufacturers to sell their goods to other traders
      - In return for their services, they received a commission.
      - Agency houses often had difficulty dealing with Asian traders because of difference in language
      - Chinese Peranakans
        speak English, Malay and Chinese dialects,
        played a significant role in communication between European and Asian traders
  - - - Port
        
        Load & Unload goods at port
        
        Carry goods from boats to warehouses
      - Development of SG
        
        Build roads
        
        Build raiways
        
        Build harbour facilities
      - Shipping
        
        Coaling:
        Loading of coal onto steamships
      - Construction
      - Plantations
        cleared land
      - Rickshaw pullers
    - - Clear Jungles
      - Sweep streets
      - Road laying
      - Maintain gardens & parks
      - Construct buildings
- - - - estb in 1842
      - SG's oldest school for girls
      - began as a missionary effort to save mui tsai (little sister in Cantonese)
- - - - -- Though there were attempts to involve some of the locals in making laws, the British rulers did not treat the Asians as equals
      - -- They believe that British Culture was superior and that they had the responsibility of "civilising" those they ruled
      - -- Most of the high ranking officials in the colonial government were British
      - -- Well-qualified locals were not given important positions in the government
      - -- Most of the Europeans in Singapore were also given privileged treatment
  - - - -- Son of Sumatran trader
      - -- Raffles Institution a select few Malay boys to study there
      - -- after studies, work in Johor
      - -- 1907, returned to SG
      - -- edit Utusan Melayu (new Malay newspaper)
      - -- 1924, first Malay & only Muslim to be part of the Legislative Council
      - -- 1927, he asked the government to set aside a large piece of land for a Malay settlement
      - -- Kampong Melayu, this settlement provided low-cost housing for Malays
      - -- allowed them to earn a living by growing fruit and vegetables & rearing poultry
  - - - -- Co-founded SCGS in 1899
      - -- Development of Chinese & English education for young Chinese
      - -- Launched campaigns to fight opium use in SG
      - -- Member of the Legislative Council for 14 years
      - -- Opened a pharmacy to treat patients with cholera (after returning in 1893)
      - -- Studied medicine in Edinburgh
      - -- 1887, first Chinese to be awarded Queen's Scholarship (President's Scholarship)
      - Ethnic?-- Chi Peranakan
      - PROPOSAL to BAN OPIUM
        
        Counter-Proposal
        -- to make up for possible loss of income for the government, Governor asked the Legislative Council to pass a law to tax people's salories & profits from their businesses
        
        ACCEPTED? WHY?
        -- many members opposed as it would greatly reduce their incomes
        
        RESULT
        
        Due to fierce opposition to income tax law
        law not passed
        Opium was not banned
        
        WHY NOT
        -- Legislative Council was unwilling as it would mean great loss of income for the government
        
        WHY???
        -- Dr Lim Boon Keng wanted opium smoking to be banned as he saw how it had destroyed many Chinese migrants' lives
  - - - Governor
    - - Official members is there to assist the governor
      - Vote to support Governor
    - - Free to Vote
      - Outnumbered
      - Only 1 Asian out of 5
    - - non-official members increased (non-official = official members)
- - - - many diverse goods can be found here and traded
- - - - Migrants helped fund these for the good of the larger community