What aspirations did people have for Singapore after 1945

THE SINGAPORE PROGRESSIVE PARTY (SPP) WAS THE ONLY PARTY TO TAKE PART IN WHICH ELECTION? 

• 1959 ELECTION
• 1948 ELECTION
• 1945 ELECTION
• 1955 ELECTION

WHICH GROUP OF PEOPLE SHARED THE COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY?

• CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
• PAP
• CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS & TRADE UNIONS
• TRADE UNIONS

THE CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS GATHERED TO PROTEST ____________________ in 1954? 

• WORK
• LACK OF STUDYING OPPORTUNITIES 
• NATIONAL SERVICE 
• LACK OF WORK OPPORTUNITIES

WHY DID THE CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS PROTEST AGAINST NATIONAL SERVICE?

• THEY DID NOT THINK OF SINGAPORE AS HOME.
• THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE TO FIGHT IN THE MALAYAN EMERGENCY  & WERE UNWILLING TO DEFEND THE BRITISH. 
• BRITISH WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR INTEREST. 
• DID NOT TRUST THE BRITISH.

WHO WON THE 1955 ELECTION? 

• LABOUR FRONT
• PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY
• CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS
• SINGAPORE PROGESSIVE PARTY

WHY DID THE TRADE UNIONS CONTINUE TO REMAIN SUSPICIOUS OF THE BRITISH EVEN WHEN THEY MADE CHANGES TO THE CONSTITUTION?

• THEY FELT THAT THE BRITISH WERE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THEM.
• THEY WERE CONSTANTLY ARRESTED. 
• DISPUTES REGARDING THEIR PAY & WORKING CONDITIONS HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED.
• THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY THE COMMUNIST

WHY DID A STRIKE OCCUR IN 1955?

• BECAUSE CHINESE STUDENTS WANTED BETTER OPPORTUNITIES.
• PEOPLE WANTED TO GET RID OF THE BRITISH.
• WORKERS FROM HOCK LEE BUS COMPANY WHEN ON A STRIKE FOR BETTER PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS. 
• COMMUNIST ORGANISED THE STRIKE

WHAT ASPIRATIONS DID THE POLITICAL PARTIES IN PARTICULAR HAVE FOR SINGAPORE AFTER 1945? 

• SPP - Self government for Singapore. 
  Labour Front - Attain self government to improve worker rights and working conditions.
  PAP - Wanted immediate independence for Singapore and hoped to achieve it by uniting with Malaya. 
• Chinese Middle School Students - wanted better opportunities for themselves. 
  Trade unions - wanted to protect the rights and welfare of workers in Singapore.
• They saw communism as a way to achieve independence. 
• They were more than willing to be under the British and accepted whatever constitutional development that was introduced. 

WHY WERE MORE PEOPLE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE 1955 ELECTION AS COMPARED TO 1955? 

• LIMITED RIGHTS TO VOTE 
• VOTING WAS MADE COMPULSORY
• AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
• CITIZENSHIP ORDINANCE ACT

WHAT DID THE VOTERS WANT?

•  THEY WANTED SINGAPORE TO REMAIN AS A BRITISH COLONY. 
• THEY WANTED A PARTY THAT COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED AND WOULD TAKE ACTION TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE IT.