The British governed Singapore as a crown colony from 1867, with direct control from the Colonial Office in London. They faced challenges maintaining law and order due to secret societies and piracy. To address this, they increased police funding and training, set up a Detective Branch, and established a Chinese Protectorate. They also provided limited social services like education and healthcare, but discriminated against locals by reserving high-ranking positions for Europeans.
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How the British Governed Singapore Before WWII
1. How did the British
Govern Singapore
Before World War II
2. The British Administration
1826, Straits Settlement = Penang + Melaka +
Singapore
ruled as part of British India by the East India
Company
East India Company disbanded in 1858
Straits Settlement ruled directly under the
British government through its India Office
3. The Straits Settlement
1867, Straits Settlement became Crown Colony
direct control of the Colonial Office in
London
5. Locals’ Participation
made up of Asian and Europeans merchants
limited to a few non-official members
pressured to increase the numbers by 1924
Dr. Lim Boon Keng, Hoo Ah Kay, Eunos
Abdullah
6. Problems faced by the British
Maintaining Law and Order
Chinese Secret Societies
ran opium houses, gambling dens, brothels
7. Sources - Page 63 & 64
Study Source A. Study Source C.
What can you infer from How useful is this source in
source A about the helping you understand the
secret societies in activities of the secret
Singapore in the 19th societies in Singapore?
century? EYA
Study Source C.
Study Sources A and B.
How far do you believe
How similar are these what this source says about
two sources? EYA the secret societies in
Singapore? EYA
8. Studying Source A
Skill: Inference
Inference: Secret Societies were made up mostly
by the Chinese.
Evidence from source: ‘The total number of
Chinese belonging to secret societies was 17906.’
9. Study Sources A and B
Similarities Source A Source B
Common
issue
Evidence
10. Study Sources A and B
Differences Source A Source B
Common
issue
Evidence
11. Problems faced by the British
Abuse of new immigrants and the women
by coolie agents and employers
ill-treated
12. Problems faced by the British
Piracy
trading and cargo ships taken away
people killed or sold as slaves
kept traders away from Singapore
13. Law and Order back then...
few Chinese policemen
policemen were poorly paid
army had to be called in to maintain order
14. What did the British do to improve
Law and Order
increasing the pay of the policemen
provided training
Chinese and Malay speaking officials, Thomas
Dunman (First Police Commissioner in
Singapore)
15. What the British did to improve
law and order?
1862, Detective Branch set up; renamed CID in
1931
introduced fingerprinting
May 1877 Chinese Protectorate, William
Pickering
16. Tasks of the Protectorate
Register secret societies
helped mediate quarrels, weakened secret society
leaders
controlled coolie trade
built good relationship between secret society
leaders and the British
Po Leung Kuk to protect the women
17. Social Services back then...
Education...
19th century, few education institutions provided
by the British
20th century, increase in demand for English-
trained people
provided grants to set up schools, Singapore
Institution (Raffles Institution - 1868)
18. Social Services back then...
established Queen’s scholarship to further studies
Medical school built by Asian leaders
more money to English and Malay schools
created anti- British feelings
19. Social Service back then...
Health Care
high death rate
1887, Public Health Department set up
reduce overcrowding
General Hospital, outpatient clinics
Quarantine law
20. How did the British view the
locals?
Discrimination
high ranking officials were Europeans
Well-qualified Asians not looked upon