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EXTERNAL Developments - Coggle Diagram
EXTERNAL Developments
SUEZ Canal
opened
17 Nov 1869
b4 it open
from Europe to Asia
make a
LONG
&
DANGEROUS
journey
usually 120 days
around
Cape of Good Hope
at southern tip of Africa
after
much
shorter
route
only
50 days
faster steamships are used here
BENEFITS
shorter travel time
means
LOWER SHIPPING COSTS
INCREASED VOL of SHIPS
Passing thru Straits of Melaka
come to SG
to
REFUEL
& collect
FOOD SUPPLIES
INCREASED USE of STEAMSHIPS
Sailing ships
cannot use Suez Canal thru'out the year
SG became more important
as a
COALING STATION
refuel with large quantity of
COAL
and large quantity of
WATER
TIN Industries
Hinterland
an area supplying raw materials & goods to a port
MALAYA
SG's land-based hinterland
SG is the port from which
Malayan commodities
(tin & rubber)
they are
processed
in SG & then
exported
to the rest of the world
HUGE Growth of trade
SPREAD of BRITISH CONTROL
to Malaya after 1874
PEACEFUL conditions
Devt of
TIN MINING
&
TIN TRADE
Expanding of
CANNING INDUSTRY
in USA
INCREASE in DEMAND
for tin
1874
Malaya
4th largest TIN producer in the world
1890s
Malaya
produce
>50%
of the world's tin
Large part of Malayan Tin
Brought to SG
as
TIN ORE
1 more item...
TIN
- most impt item of trade
among imports & exports handled by SG traders
RUBBER INDUSTRIES
MOTOR CAR INDUSTRY
Demand for rubber tyres
for bicycles & cars
HUGE DEMAND
for rubber
PRICE
of rubber
SHOT UP
Rubber Boom
planters in Malaya
Euro & Chi traders
provide capital to open plantations
1911
SG Chamber of Commerce
estb
Rubber Association
Malaya
OVERTOOK** Brazil
as
World's BIGGEST Producer of Rubber
most of this rubber
EXPORTED
thru SG
GREAT DEPRESSION
STOCK MARKET
1920s many buy shares to make
QUICK
money
24 Oct 1929
Share prices
CRASHED
WALL Street Crash
lost their
LIFE SAVINGS
some
BANKS collapse
People lose
JOBS
UNEMPLOYMENT
rises
DEMAND for TIN & RUBBER
CRASHED
PRICES for TIN & RUBBER falls drastically
b4 Great Depression
PRICES for TIN & RUBBER
SKY-HIGH
TOO MUCH
TIN & Rubber
produced
OVERSUPPLY
Prices fall even more
WHO ARE AFFECTED
companies close down
businessmen bankrupt
people lose jobs
even govt cut jobs
from 1928
LAWS
TO REDUCE
No. of migrants entering SG
esp
UNSKILLED MALE CHINESE LABOURERS
govt arrange for LARGE numbers of
UNEMPLOYED Chinese & Indians
to return to their homeland
1933
1930
242,000
Chinese migrants
1933
28,000
Chinese migrants
1934
business conditions in
USA & other countries
improved
SG also recover