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People came to Singapore to have a better standard of living." They came back wearing spendid clothes ,and they also bought presents back for their relatives, which we would never manage to do on Bawean." The people who came back from Singapore could afford these things as they had a higher income. Therefore people came to Singapore to have a better standard of living

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He came to Singapore due to fear or the bandits and to escape the dangers back home. ‘Once the bandits came, we would suffer.’ ‘There was nothing we could do. We were very much bullied by the Chens.’ Thus, he came to Singapore due to the unrest and instability back home.

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People came to singapore because they suffered from famine in their homeland..The source mentions 'we could not grow crops'this tells me that if they could not grow crop they would not have enough food to feed themselves this SITUATION is known as famine

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I can infer from source B that people came to Singapore before WW2 for their safety. Source B mentions that 'we were very much bullied by them [the Chens].' This tells me that people were bullied and have to worry for their safety. Thus, people came to Singapore before WW2 to escape unrest.

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I can infer that people came to Singapore because of unrest. The source says "once the bandits came we would suffer". These bandits would have threatened the safety of the people and endangered their lives. Therefore, people then fled to Singapore, feared for their lives and safety.

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I can infer that people moved to Singapore to have better security. Source B mentions, ‘scared of the bandits.’ This shows that if they are scared of the bandits, they are constantly in danger of them, so they need better security. Hence, they came to Singapore to escape from their lack of security back home.

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Source C tells me that people came to Singapore because Singapore needed Development. source C mentions that ‘These convicts built roads and well-known landmarks’ The convicts from India were sent to Singapore as punishment for their crimes because they were needed for labour as Singapore was being developed at that time.

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I can infer that people came to Singapore because they suffered from famine back in their homeland. Source A mentions ‘we could not grow crops.’ This tells me that if they could not grow crops, they would not have enough food to feed themselves. Therefore, they came to Singapore to avoid starving/famine/suffering from a lack of food.

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i can infer that people came to singapore to escape starvation in their hometown. “ we could not grow crops” tells me that they would not be able to get sufficient food to eat and they might have left because of the lack of food in their hometown thus coming to singapore to escape starvation.

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I can infer that people came to Singapore because they suffered from famine in their homeland. Source A states that ‘We could not grow crops’ and ‘ We survived on a thin porridge’. This suggests that if they could not grow crops, they would not have enough food to feed themselves.Thus leading up famine.

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I can infer from the source that people came to Singapore for a better standard of living and a higher wage.The source says 'They came back wearing splendid clothes and they also brought presents for their relatives, which we would never manage to do in Bawean'.Splendid clothes are more expensive, which means they earned more money in Singapore  than in Bawean.

By Kavinaya, Jesslyn and Toh Heem

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i can infer that people come to singapore as the british needed cheap labour to build singapore. the people vanished from india and were send to singapore. they reclaimed land for marshly area which created more land for development in singapore. they rebelled against the british which causes hardship and suffering to the people were affected

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We can infer that people came to Singapore because of the unrest caused by bandits in their homeland. Source B quotes 'Once the bandits came, we would suffer.' This tells us that they were frightened of the bandits thus people came to Singapore to avoid danger.

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People came to colonial Singapore before World War 2 because they were punished to come to fulfil the need for cheap labour. The quote ‘criminals and people banished from India were sent to Singapore. These convicts built roads and well-known landmarks’ suggests that Indian convicts were forced to leave their homeland and sent overseas as convict labour so that they would not be able to stir up trouble in India again. This is known as punishment. British were also trying to develop Singapore and build infrastructure.

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I can infer that people came to Singapore as they could earn more money for a higher standard of living. “They came back wearing splendid clothes and they also bought presents back for their relatives, which we would never manage to do.” Splendid clothes and presents are expensive which means their income is high and they are able to afford these goods, unlike those who live in Bawean and have a Low income. Hence, people cane to Singapore to earn more money in order to improve their standard of living. LX, JENE,MEHA

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I can infer that people came to Colonial Singapore before WWll so that they could earn more money for a higher standard of living. Source D stated 'They came back wearing splendid clothes and they also brought presents back for their relatives which we would never manage to do on Bawean'. This tells me that since they could afford splendid clothes which were more expensive, Singapore had a higher standard of living. Therefore, people came to Singapore to have a higher standard of living.