12 May 2009
Arthur acting cute again .
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Pictures for sec 2 camp .
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17 March 2009
Note: Part A & B is alrdy done in the com lab, finish part C & save your work in a thumbdrive.
& because all the words are in a table, i cannot copy n paste, hope you can understand the screen shots.. if u really cannot understand, ask the file from me..
C. Why British Failed to protect Singapore
Instruction
Read the text once together with the notes. An analysis of the British’s weaknesess and Japanese Strengths has been done for the March through Malaya and the Fall of Singapore, use it to help you organize according to the headings that follow, citing the example that are in the analysis to support your point.
The Battle for Malaya –
Fall of the “Impregnable” Fortress
(a) What led the British to believe that Singapore was a strong and impregnable fortress? (5m)
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2.2 Reasons for the Defeat of the British
The following headings are the reasons for the defeat of the British in Malaya and Singapore:
1) British financial weakness (3m)
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2) BRITISH MILITARY weakness(4m)
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3) British weakness in war strategies
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4) British leadership weakness
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5) British psychological weakness
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6) JAPANESE
I. MILITARY STRENGThs (4m)
- The Japanese had a large modern air force and war fleet.
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II. THE JAPANESE TROOP (psychological strength)(4m)
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III. JAPANESE LEADERSHIP (2m)
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IV. Japanese Strategies
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2. LESSONS LEARNT (2m)
- The people of Singapore realised that an Asian race such as the
Japanese could be superior to the western power. After the war,
the peoples of Asia fought to get rid of their colonial masters and
to rule their countries themselves.
- Singaporeans must never depend on a foreign nation to defend our
country. The defence of Singapore should be the responsibility of every Singaporean
27 February 2009
Camp (:
sry, this is the oni grp pic i have, hope u all enjoy the camp (:
there is another one, took using constance's cam, its available in chloris's blog currently (:
` wanling
Hi 206 !
Did you have fun at your camp ?
Hope we learnt something from th camp :D
~Veronica
20 February 2009
Chapter 5 : External Events and Singapore
Event : The 1929 World Great Depression
1) Where did the Depression start?
- The Great Depression started in United States, New York
2) What happened in US? How were lives of companies and people in US being affected?
- Also known as 1929Stock market Crash, Black Tuesday or Black Thursday, the Depression lasted 10years.
- It was a worldwide economic downturn
- Prior to Depression, there was widespread prosperity and increase in consumer demand when people borrowed money from banks to finance material things such as housing and cars and even invested lifesavings in stock market which was on the rise because it gave fast returns. The ‘bull market’ in Wall Street Stock Exchange saw over-investment and speculation which caused stocks to be over-priced
- October 1929, Stock Market collapsed, share prices plunged.
- Bankruptcies caused banks to collapse. Loss of life-savings .
- Farmers were badly affected because their products price dropped sharply and surplus could not be sold for profit.
- Profit and personal incomes fell, companies collapsed. Unemployment was high and therefore people stopped buying. Life was very hard, people became poor and poor people became poorer.
- Many countries traded with US . Hence Depression in US began to affect these countries which traded with her. Hence International trade slowed down and countries adopted protectionalism which discouraged trade
3) How did that affect Singapore’s trade then?
- Singapore depended on international trade for survival. When their trading partners in US collapsed , businessmen and companies lost money. As there was little business worldwide especially in US, trade volume in Singapore declind. Businessmen became bankrupt and companies folded
- When Depression improved trade in Singapore improved too
4) How did that affect the life of people in Singapore?
- There was retrenchment and paycut. Unemployment became a serious problem and life became hard for the people. Immigrants had to return home
5) What did the British government to deal with the situation?
- Passed laws to control immigration esp unskilled labour
Crossword
Down
1 COMMUNICATION
2 RESTRICTION
4 TRAINS
5 IMPORTS
8 DEPRESSION
9 RETRENCHMENT
10 STREAMSHIPS
Across
3 SHORTCUT
6 EMDEN
7 TRACTORS
11 UNEMPLOYMENT
12 KEPPEL
13 SEPOY
14 MARKEYS
15 BANKRUPTCY
17 February 2009
HELLO.
HAHA. First time post [:
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BYEBYE ! HAHA.
- Junqing! :D
04 February 2009
lalala~
study for up coming tests (:
especially history.. its scary =.=
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