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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore

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From the source, I can infer that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore to increase in revenue. The evidence is "Furthermore, Singapore would also act as an avenue where Malaysian products can be brought to an international level when they export their goods. This would also help to greatly boost Malaya's economy."
From the evidence, it shows that Singapore can help Malaya boost its economy by exporting to different countries. Which in turn increases Malaya's economic growth. So this is why Malaya wants to merge with Singapore.

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From the source, I can infer that Malaya had wanted to merge with Singapore due to economic reasons.  The evidence is "Singapore would act as an avenue where Malayan products can be brought to an international level when they help to export our goods.  This would then help boost Malaya's economy greatly.  Malaya thus stood to gain from the merger economically."  Malaya thus would want to merge with Singapore so that Singapore can act as an international port for Malaya to export its products from and in turn bring about economic growth for Malaya and thus Malaya wanted to merge.  

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From the source, I can infer that Malaya had wanted to merge with Singapore due to economic reasons.  The evidence is "Singapore would act as an avenue where Malayan products can be brought to an international level when they help to export our goods.  This would then help boost Malaya's economy greatly.  Malaya thus stood to gain from the merger economically."  Malaya thus would want to merge with Singapore so that Singapore can act as an international port for Malaya to export its products from and in turn bring about economic growth for Malaya and thus Malaya wanted to merge.  

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From the source, I can infer that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore for the economic benefits. The evidence is " Furthermore, Singapore would also act as an avenue where Malaysian products can be brought to an international level when they export their good. As SG

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore

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From the source I can tell that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore to gain economic benefits. As stated in the source, "Singapore would act as an avenue where Malaysian products can be brought to an international level when they export their goods. This would also help to greatly boost Malaya's economy. Malaya, therefore, definitely stood to gain through the merger economically." Thus from the above statement, we can infer that Singapore would be able to help Malaya to ship the products out on an international level, boosting Malaya's economy.

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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From the source, Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore because it would economically benefit them. The evidence in the passage is "Furthermore, Singapore would also act as an avenue where Malaysian products can be brought to an international level when they export their goods. This would also greatly boost Malaya's economy." Malaya, through merging with Singapore, would be able to export their goods more easily to the world, thus their economy would increase.

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore (Irving)

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore (Irving)

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(1st Inference)
From the source, I can infer that Malaya merged with Singapore due to economical benefits. As shown from the source, "Furthermore, Singapore would also act as an avenue where Malaysian products can be brought to an international level when they export their goods. This would also help to greatly boost Malaya's economy." this evidence shows that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore due to the fact that Singapore is an international port and can help to export their goods to an international level which would then be very beneficial to their economy as they can gain more when the goods are sold at an international level. Therefore Malaya would gain from the merger with Singapore.

(2nd Inference)

The source was written by the Malaya's Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman to tell the people of Malaya how they would be able to benefit from the merger with Singapore. Tengku Abdul Rahman feels that if they know what they will be gaining, the people of Malaya would support the decision of the merger.

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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The source is created to tell us that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore to increase in economic growth.

The source stated that "Firstly, Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give 40% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly."

From this source Malaya wants to merge with Singapore and Singapore have agreed to give 40% of its anuual revenue. This would be a great benefit to Malaya as it can boost the economic growth.

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Why did MALAYA want to merge with Singapore?

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Why did MALAYA want to merge with Singapore?

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From the source, I can infer that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore for economic reasons.

As from the source, it stated, "Firstly, Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased revenue through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give 40% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly."

From the evidence, it shows that Singapore is giving a lot to Malaya in terms of revenue and taxation. With Malaya gaining almost half of Singapore's revenue and tax, their economy would be greatly boosted.

Also from the source, I can infer that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore as it would give them a more power and not fall prey to the communist.

From the source, it stated, "Thirdly, Malaya through the merger had also stood to gain a better chance to ensuring its stability and protection against communists such that they would be able to ensure that they would be safer from communists and through the merger, they would be able to quickly remove a strong communist neighbour and convert them to be capitalist."

Through the evidence,

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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The source is created to convince the public that Malaya needed to merge with Singapore in order to gain economically.

From the source, "Firstly, Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased revenue through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give 40% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly."

This evidence suggests that by merging with Singapore, Malaya is able to benefit from the economy in Singapore. This will allow Malaya to prosper.

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore? 

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore? 

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The source was created to tell us that Malaya wants to merge with SIngapore as it would stand to grow economically.
This is evident from the source which states that "Firstly, Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased revenue through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give 40% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly."
Therefore, I can infer that Malaya wants to merge with Singapore as it stands to gain

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From the source, I can infer that one of the reason as to why Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore was economical growth.

The evidence from the source is "Firstly, Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased revenue through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give 40%% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly".

From the evidence, it states that from the merger, Malaya would gain almost half of Singapore's annual revenue. Furthermore, Malaya would also be able to export their goods an products to an international level. Hence, Malaya would gain economic growth from the merger.

From the source, I can also infer that Malaya

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From the source, I can infer that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore due to economic reasons. The evidence from the source is" Firstly, Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased revenue through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give 40% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly.".

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?
From the source i can infer that the source was created to inform the public that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore to gain economically.

The source states " Furthermore, Singapore would also act as an avenue where Malaysian products can be bought to an international level when they export their goods. This would help to greatly boost Malaya's economy."

The source suggest that by merging with Singapore Malaya would be able to sell their products on an international level as Singapore was the 7th largest port. From international sales, Malaya would be able to boost their economy. Thus Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore to gain economically.

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore

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From the source, Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore because of economic growth.

Stated in the source, "Firstly, Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased revenue through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give 40% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly. Furthermore, Singapore would also act as an avenue where Malaysian products can be brought to an international level when they export their goods." shows how Malaya could both gain revenue and export their goods in the Global Market through Singapore's port, both factors benefitting their economy.

Secondly, Malaya stood to gain territorial land from the merger.

Stated in the source, "Secondly, Malaya through the merger also stood to gain its territorial land as Sabah and Sarawak would be included under the territory of Malaysia, thus they would be able to control a larger land mass and have a wider influence. Furthermore, there are also valuable natural resources in Sabah and Sarawak which they would be able to control after the merger;" shows how Malaya can benefit from gaining Sabah and Sarawak by having a larger land mass as well as the ability to control its valuable natural resources that this areas of land have.

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The source is created to tell us that Malaya to merge with Singapore due to economic reasons. From the source, i can infer that when Singapore merges with Malaya, both countries are able to share their markets. The source states that Singapore is the 7th largest port in the world, this could help Malaya to increase their revenue by exporting their goods to the Global market.

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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The source is created to tell us that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore to boost its economy.
The evidences shows that "Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased revenue through the taxation of Singapore" and "Singapore would have to give 40% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly"

From the evidences, I can infer that Singapore can boost Malaya's economy by acting as an avenue to export goods to different countries.

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore for the purpose of boosting economy.

The evidence is "Firstly, Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased revenue through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give 40% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly. Malaya, therefore, definitely stood to gain through the merger economically."
From the evidence, Malaya would definitely want to merge with Singapore as it would boost its economy greatly.

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Why did Singapore want to merge with Malaya?

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Why did Singapore want to merge with Malaya?

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From the source i can infer that Singapore want to merger with Malaya to have self-governance.
The evidence is 'Therefore, the British agreed that if Singapore merged with Malaya, they would give Singapore self-governance as Malaya would be able to provide the necessary leadership to lead Singapore out of its crisis'.
From the evidence it shows that

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Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore to gain a economic growth

From the second source, "Singapore would also act as an avenue where Malaysian products can be brought to an international level".

This suggest that Malaysia can grow economically as Singapore is one of largest port in the world. This allows Malaysia to buy, sell and trade products with people from other countries. Hence, Malaya wanted to merge with Malaya

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Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore to gain more land control.

From the second source, "under the territory of Malaysia,

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From the source, Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore due to economical reasons .The evidence is "Malaya agreed to take 40% of Singapore's annual revenue" and "Malaysian products could be exported in Singapore ". From the evidence , i can infer that Malaya's economy would be boosted greatly.
Malaya also wanted to merge with Singapore as it would also control gain other states.

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From the source, I am able to infer that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore due to economic growth benefits as Singapore would be a place when Malaya products could be sold at an international level when exporting the products

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The source is created to tell that Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore for economical growth.

This is supported by the fact that, " Firstly, Malaysia stood to gain increased revenue through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give

Merging with Singapore increases revenue of Malaya as they are able to impose taxes on Singapore.

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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Why did Malaya want to merge with Singapore?

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I can infer that Malaya wanted to get make sure that their country would not get threatened by communists.

The source stated that "the merger had also stood to gain a better chance to ensuring its stability and protection against communists" and "they would be able to quickly remove a strong communists neighbour and convert then to be capitalist"

Malaysia can ensure that it would not be threatened by communists as Singapore was likely to become communists if it had not been merged.With a neighbouring communist country, people in Malaya could be easily influenced due to the close proximity between the two neighbouring countries.As communism is considered to be a National threat to Malaya,eliminating the communists threat would definetly benefit them.

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Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore because of Economical Growth, the ability to claim back Sabah and Sarawak and lastly a way to defend themselves from communists.

From the source, "Firstly, Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give 40% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly." I can tell that Malaya wanted Singapore as it was a good way to spread their goods to the other parts of the world

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The reason why Singapore wanted to merge with Malaya is because firstly, Singapore would be able to gain self-governance .

The evidence from the source is "Therefore, the British agreed that if Singapore merged with Malaya, they would give Singapore self-governance as Malaya would be able to provide the necessary leadership to lead Singapore out from its crisis."

From the evidence, I can infer that the merger with Malaya allows Singapore to gain their long sought self-governance as the British would b assured to allow self-governance for Singapore. Hence, I can conclude that through the merger, Singapore could gain their long sought self-governance.

Another reason why Singapore wanted to merge with Malaya is because Singapore would be able to boost their economy through a common market.

The evidence from the source is "A common market would allow Singapore to sell the goods at a lower price and become more competitive, and thus there would be more economic growth."

From the evidence, I can infer that Singapore being a large port can contribute a lot of revenue to Malaysia

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Malaya wanted to merge with Singapore as it would gain economic benefits.

The evidence is "Malaysia, through the merger stood to gain increased revenue through the taxation of Singapore and it was agreed that Singapore would have to give 40% of its annual revenue to Malaysia, thus it would boost its economy greatly."

The evidence shows that Malaya would gain 40% of Singapore's economy, which would greatly increase Malaya's rate of income.

Malaya also wanted to merge with Singapore as it would give Malaya territorial land, giving Malaya a larger influence.

The evidence is "Malaya through the merger as stood to gain its territorial land as Sabah and Sarawak would be included under the territory of Malaysia, thus they would be able to control a larger land mass and have a wider influence."

This shows that through the merger, Malaya would gain territorial land of Sabah and Sarawak