1. Government
1.1. Limited-Self Government 1948
1.1.1. A mere 6 seats were allowed to be contested for by the British in the Legislative Assembly
1.1.2. Electees gained the status of non-officials along side 3 other selected locals by the british
1.1.3. Executive branch still consisted entirely of British officials
1.1.4. The legislative branch was also heavily diluted with officials that the governor selected
1.2. Rendel Constitution 1955
1.2.1. Governmental duties where split into to groups two be handled by the respective british officials and local officials
1.2.2. British held on to control of Internal security,External defence,Law,External Affairs and Finance while the locals controlled Housing,Trade and Industry,healthcare and Education
1.2.3. Locals now where able to enforce laws that they created as the council of ministers was elected by the Legislative assembly
1.2.4. The position of Chief minister was created to oversee all branches of the half of the government he was in charge of
2. Elections
2.1. 1955,Second Election
2.1.1. Many more Political Parties emerge two of which were the Labour Front and the People's Action Party
2.1.2. Main message of the parties was for either immediate self-government or self-government in the near future
2.1.3. 79 candidates contested 25 legislative assembly seats
2.1.4. LF won 10 seats,SPP 4 seats,AP 3 seats,PAP 3 seats,DP 2 seats and Independents 3 seats
2.1.4.1. David Marshall head of the LF is elected 1st Chief Minister of Singapore
2.1.4.2. The PAP candidates that won seats where Goh Chew Chua,Lim Chin Siong and Lee Kuan Yew
2.2. 1948,First election
2.2.1. Low-Key event only 13,800 turned up out of a population of 940000
2.2.2. Single Party the SPP and Independents won the seats SPP taking 3 of the 6
2.2.3. Seats up for the election were in the legislative Council
3. Strikes
3.1. 1947 "Year of Strikes"
3.1.1. 300 strikes by almost 70000 workers were held
3.1.2. Spurred on by the Malayan Comunist Party
3.1.2.1. In association with Communist controlled trade unions
3.1.3. Directed against the British for causing the post-war problems
3.2. Maria Hertogh Riots
3.2.1. Riots broke over over the custody battle of 13 year old Maria Hetogh
3.2.1.1. News of the rejected appeal coupled with disrespect of malay laws started the riot on 11 December 1950
3.2.1.1.1. The riot began at the Padang with all eurasians and europeans attacked on sight
3.2.1.1.2. Cars were overturned and burnt
3.2.1.1.3. Riots also began at at the vicinity of Sultan Mosque and North Bridge and Jalan Besar roads
3.2.1.1.4. Lasted 3 days with a 2 week curfew
3.2.1.1.5. 18 fatalities 173 injured during the riots
3.2.2. Custody switched 3 times
3.2.2.1. Final verdict resulted in Maria Hertogh being returned to her natural parents
3.2.3. Conflicting Dutch and Malay laws resulted in nullification of the marriage between Maria and a Malay teacher
3.3. Anti-National Service Riots
3.3.1. Sentiments were that the Chinese students would not defend colonial government that ignored their needs
3.3.2. National Service ordinance was highly unpopular when enacted in 1954
3.3.2.1. As a result few students from Chung Cheng High School and Chinese High School turned up for the regestration
3.3.3. Many Chinese Secondary students were in their 20s as the war delayed their education
3.3.4. 13 May 1954 a peaceful demonstration turned into a riot
3.3.4.1. Police were called in to disperse the crowd
3.3.4.2. 26 injured, 48 arrested