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 Barisan Sosialis – 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