1. Singapore
Separating From
Malaysia

2. Economy Reasons Why Singapore
Want to Separate From Malaysia
• Malaya still impose tariffs on Singapore-
made goods traded to Malaya. The Central
Government in Kuala Lumpur did this to
protect their goods in the local market
• Malaya still treat Singapore as an economy
rival even though they merged together.
This caused Malaya to delay setting up the
Common Market
• The Central Government also increases
the tax from 40% to 60%

3. • The Central Government order to close
down the Bank of China The PAP don’t
want to close down the Bank of China
because it would affect the Chinese
workers
• This caused strained relationship with the
Central government and the PAP

4. Politic Reasons Why Singapore
Wants to Separate With Malaysia
• Malaya and Singapore had different ways
to form political partiesPolitical Party in
Malaya
Political Party in
Singapore
Racial lines Multiracial
Enjoyed special rights to
improve the standards of
living
Support equal opportunities
for all people regardless of
race or religion.. Believe
that each race will improve
standards of living through
industrialization and

5. • The Alliance Party supported Singapore
Alliance during the state election in 1963.
However, the Singapore Alliance Party did
not even win a seat in the Legislative
Assembly.
• The PAP won 37 out of 51 seats. . The
Leaders of the United Malay National
Organization from the Alliance Party want
the PAP to challenge the Singapore
Alliance in the next election. This strained

6. • In 1964, the PAP participated in the
Federal Election . The PAP only win 1 seat
out of 104while the Alliance Party won 89
seats out of 104 seats.
• The participation of the PAP in the election
strained the relationship further
• The United Malayan Nation Organization
start to organize the anti-PAP campaign.
They published many articles in a Malay
newspaper printed in the Jawi language.

7. • When the PAP want to redevelop areas
like Crawfurd, Kampong Glam and Rochor.
This caused more than 2500 families to
move to other places. Out of these 2500
families, about 200 were Malay. The Malay
newspaper then wrote rumors that 2500
Malay families were affected to shake up
the Malays discontentment towards the
PAP
• On the 12th of July1964, the United Malay

8. • On the 19th of July 1964, Lee Kuan Yew
and 10 Minister for Social Affairs met 900
Malay representatives to relieve the racial
tension. They also promised the Malays
that they would help give them service for
education, housing and jobs
• The racial tension was made worst and
riots happened
• On the 21st of July 1964, more than 25000
Malays gathered in the Padang to

9. • On the 2nd of August 1964, a restriction
was implemented
• 23 people were killed and 454 were
injured
• Lee Kuan Yew and Tun Razak, the Prime
Minister of Malaysia explored around the
island to calm down the people
• A GoodWill community which consist
community leaders fromn the different
races was formed to restore the racial

10. • A restriction was implemented until the
11th of September 1964.
• 13 people were injured and 106 were
injured
• The riots caused the Alliance Party and the
PAP to agree not to do any thing that ay
lead to racial riots
• They also agreed not to challenge with
each other anymore
• However, in October 1964, the Alliance

11. • In May 1965, the PAP formed the
Malaysian Solidarity Convention with 4
opposition party from Malaysia. This would
advocate equal amount of opportunity for
everyone regardless of race or religion.
• The campaign angered the United
Malayan Nation Organization because it
was viewed to question the special rights
enjoyed by the Malays in Malaysia. They
then called for the arrest of Lee Kuan Yew.

12. • The Tunku was worried that riots may
happen again because there were many
disagreement. He then thought that the
best solution is that Singapore will
separate from Malaysia.

13. Singapore Achieving
Independence
• On the 6th of August 1965, Goh Keng
Swee and other PAP members were
informed about Tunku’s decision that
Singapore should separate from Malaysia.
Singapore and Malaysia then signed the
separation agreement on the 7th of August
1965
• On the 9th of August 1965, Lee Kuan Yew
announced before the television camera at
Caldecott Hill that Singapore had

14. • Singapore became a republic which was
when the government representatives
were elected by the people and the head
of state is a president
• Yusof bin Ishak became the first president
of Singapore.
• S. Rajaratnam wrote Singapore’s Pledge
• The Legislative Assembly was renamed to
the Parliament and the members were
known as the Members of Parliament

15. • On the 16th of September 1965, Singapore
joined the United Nations
• On the 8th of August 1967, Singapore
formed the Association of Southeast Asian
Nation with Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia
and Philippines