Singapore and the subsequent establishment of British rule saw the rise of secret societies in this small colony. Whilst known as "secret" societies,...
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Secret societies in Singapore have been largely eradicated as a security issue in the city-state. However many smaller groups remain today which attempt...
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deported from Singapore. The British colonial government classified them as "citizens of an enemy country". Secret societies in colonial Singapore Library resources...
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Organised crime in Singapore has a long history with secret societies such as Ghee Hin Kongsi carrying out their activities in the 19th century. These...
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Triad (organized crime) (redirect from Chinese secret societies)
connections. Secret societies were banned by the British colonial government in Singapore during the 1890s, and were slowly reduced in number by successive...
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Ghee Hin Kongsi (category Secret societies in Singapore)
hing1 gung1 si1) was a secret society in Singapore and Malaya, formed in 1820. Ghee Hin literally means "the rise of righteousness" in Chinese and was part...
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Irene. (1999) Secret societies in Singapore, National Heritage Board, Singapore History Museum, Singapore ISBN 978-9813018792 Singapore Free Press, 21...
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for Singapore between the British Colonial Office in London and the Singapore Legislative Assembly had already resulted in the 1958 State of Singapore Constitution...
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William A. Pickering (redirect from William Pickering (Singapore))
Singapore Chinese. His efforts went a long way towards controlling the problems posed by the secret societies then. Pickering Street in Singapore's Chinatown...
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The concept of race or ethnicity in contemporary Singapore emerged from the attitudes of the colonial authorities towards race and ethnicity. Before the...
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By 1905 there were at least 109 Japanese brothels in Singapore. Prostitution was seen by the colonial authorities as a necessary evil but a number of steps...
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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It is located about one degree of latitude...
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noun (e.g. "Taman", "Hill") or adjective (e.g. "Lengkok", "Rise"). In colonial Singapore, road naming was conducted by the Municipal Commission the road...
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Chinese Protectorate (category British rule in Singapore)
that territory's British colonial period. Protectorates were established in each area of the Settlements, namely Singapore, Penang and Malacca. Each...
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Singapore has had an history of armed conflict and personnel dating to the colonial period. The Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps, a private organisation...
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farmers and Singapore farmers were openly fighting each other. Opium dens controlled by the farmers spurred up rapidly with the secret societies. The Chinese...
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Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three...
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informal economy or joining secret societies, which provided security within the kampongs. This autonomy led to the colonial government perceiving the kampongs...
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Eurasian Singaporeans (redirect from Eurasians in singapore)
from colonial India to other colonies while their European ancestry trace back to western Europe primarily, although Eurasian settlers to Singapore in the...
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lived in British prisons in Singapore. Sikh migration to Singapore was popularized by the demand of Sikh police officers and guards in British colonial Malaya...
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Ngee Heng Kongsi of Johor (category Chinese secret societies)
Malaya, Chinese led by one secret society had clashed in bloody feuds with other Chinese led by rival secret societies. In 1854, bad blood between the...
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Thomas Dunman (category British colonial police officers)
many secret societies known as "Triads". In Chinese, the underworld of criminal activity is known as "Black Society". Thomas Dunman witnessed Singapore as...
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Larut Wars (category Conflicts in 1861)
started in July 1861 and ended with the signing of the Pangkor Treaty of 1874. The conflict was fought among local Chinese secret societies over the...
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Kopi (drink) (category Coffee in Malaysia)
methods of preparing Kopi in Singapore. Kopi traditionally uses Robusta coffee beans. During Colonial Singapore, the Chinese partook in exchanges with Arab...
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Leon Comber (category British colonial police officers)
Chinese Temples in Singapore (1958). Chinese Secret Societies in Malaya: A Survey of the Triad Society from 1800 to 1900 (1959). Favourite Chinese Stories...
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Operations in Singapore 1915–1942. Singapore: SNP Media Asia. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-981-4071-02-4. Sareen, T.R. (1995). Secret Documents on Singapore Mutiny...
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education in Singapore Secret Garden (Singaporean TV series) Secret societies in Singapore Secret societies in colonial Singapore Secretlab Secrets for Sale...
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People's Action Party (redirect from Singapore People's Action Party)
of the centre-right in Singapore. It is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in the Parliament of Singapore, alongside the Workers'...
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Kapitan Cina (category Chinese diaspora in Malaysia)
was a high-ranking government position in the civil administration of colonial Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo and the Philippines. Office holders...
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Kangchu system (category British rule in Singapore)
pepper farms in the state. Most of these Chinese leaders were also members of secret societies, and communal warfare often broke out in Singapore between different...
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