Reasons for Merger

1. Need for Common Market Shrinking entrepot trade Population increase Unemployment Tax-free and its purpose Pioneer Certificates and its purpose Reasons for Merger

2. Need for independence British were not confident because of the communist problems – increasing influence Stronghold in SEA Merger with Malaya is good because Malaya had experience and superior force

3. Communist Activities Trade Union activities being on the rise – strikes Communist Wing in PAP and the formation of BarisanSosialis – by-election PAP appear not to have support of the people – David Marshall Tunku’s concern over communism spreading to Malaya How Malaya’s experience can help overcome the problem in terms of political expertise

4. Population Issue Chinese population in Singapore being the majority Inclusion of Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei How would this make him change his mind?

5. Failure to honour common market agreement Taxed heavily – example of light bulbs – effect on Singapore goods – less competitive to Malaysian goods Few pioneer certificates issued – Malaysia’s reasons and effects of Singapore – affect its industrialization and foreign investment Reasons for Separation

6. Closure of Bank of issue – importance of the bank and effect on Singapore Main aim – unemployment cannot be resolved Other Economic Issues

7. 1963 elections – outcome – challenge the Malay supremacy 1964 Federal elections – outcome – challenge Alliance supremacy Challenge their political ideology of communal representation Political Tension

8. Describe the events leading to the race riots Impact on country – affect economy Impact on Tunku – fear that it will spread to rest of Malaysia because same society Impact on PAP – some members wanted the arrest of LKY Social Tension