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I can infer that people came to Singapore because there was a need for cheap labour.
The source mentions “These convicts built roads and well-known landmarks.”
This shows that they were used for labour. And as they were banished convicts sent to Singapore from India, their fees were naturally cheaper. They came to Singapore to do cheap labour.

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I can infer that people came to colonial Singapore because they suffered from famine in their homeland. Source A says "We could not grow crops", and "We survived on plain porridge made of sweet potato". Thus, if they cannot grow crops, they would not have enough food to feed themselves. This situation is known as famine. With famine back home, the people were suffering and hence, left their countries to come to Singapore to escape famine.

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I can infer that people came to Singapore because of unrest back home. Source B mentions 'The weak clan was always bullied by the strong clan.' This tells me that the weak clan struggled as they were not able to live peacefully due to always being bullied by the strong clan. Thus, they came to Singapore to escape from unrest back in their homeland.
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People came to colonial singapore before world war 2 as people there had suffered a famine. The passage states that "we survived on a thin porridge made of sweet potatoes.occasionally we added rice morsels to it " and " we did not have sufficent rice so we added a few grains to the sweet potato gruel ". This tells me that people who left china in 1937 were starving and had no enough food to survive. Even so, they tried consuming on sweet potato to survive, thus the people come to singapore to escape the famine and to lead a healthier and better life.😀😗

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People came to Singapore for better job prospects. 'This never gave us the same income as our village-mates who returned from Singapore'. Wages for unskilled labourers were extremely low, so they came to Singapore I search for better job prospects and a better life.

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I can infer that people came to Singapore before World War 2 for higher wages. Source D mentions 'still, this never gave us the same income as our village-mates who returned from Singapore', 'they came back wearing splendid clothes ,and they also bought presents back from Singapore .' this shows that in Bawean, people were earning very little back in their homeland, as compared to those who came to work in Singapore. thus many would  want to earn more money in Singapore to support their families back in their hometown thus, coming to Singapore.

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I can infer from Source C that people came to Colonial Singapore before WW2 as there was a need for cheap labour in Singapore. Source C mentions, “these convicts built roads and well-known landmarks.” I can tell that convicts were banished due to the need to build roads and landmarks in Singapore. Labour from convicts was the cheapest, thus cheap labour was needed in Singapore.

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Source C FROM THE AWESOME ISABELLE AND SIMRAH! 

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Source C FROM THE AWESOME ISABELLE AND SIMRAH! 

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I can infer from source C that people came to colonial Singapore before World War Two as there was a need for cheap labour. Source C mentions, "criminals and people banished from India and sent to Singapore" and “these convicts built roads and well known landmarks... They reclaimed land.... created more land for development in Singapore”  I can tell  that convicts were banished due to the need to develop Colonial Singapore. Since the British needed these criminals to develop Singapore and they were cheap labour, they came to Singapore

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I can infer that people came to Singapore as there was a need for cheap labour.Source C mentions ‘convicts built roads and well known landmarks such as St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sri Mariamman Temple and Government House’ and ‘reclaimed land from marshy areas’.Since there was a need for these buildings and since these people were convicts who were banished, they came to Colonial Singapore.

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I can infer that people came to colonial Singapore before world war 2 as they wanted a higher income. The source mentions that “our land’s production was sufficient, and in addition, we could go fishing after the rice harvest and make extra money.” and “they came back wearing splendid clothes, and they also brought presents back for their relatives, which we would never be able to do on Bawean.” This tells me that Baweanese that worked in Singapore had a much higher income than they worked in their hometown as they were able to buy presents from Singapore back to Bawean for their relatives.As such, baweanese decided to come to Singapore before world war 2 to earn more money.

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People came to colonial Singapore before World War 2 as they wanted to seek a peaceful life in Singapore. The source mentioned 'The Chinese society in the past was divided into strong and weak clans.' and 'There was nothing we could do.' Since they were divided into different clans, war would break out more frequently and the weaker clans would always be defeated. The weak clan had no chance against the strong clan. Thus, to escape the wars and the violence, they came to Singapore to live peacefully. :/

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I can infer that people came to colonial singapore before world war 2 because of unrest back home. The source mentions ‘Chinese society in the past was divided into strong and weak clans; the Chens would bully the Soons.’ This means that the people struggled as they were not able to live peacefully and they could not do anything when they were bullied so they decided to come to singapore to seek a peaceful life.

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People came to colonial Singapore before World War Two to escape from a life of poverty. Source A mentions that ‘life in my village is poor’ This shows that since they were poor, they would have struggled to survive on a daily basis. This might have driven people away in search of a better life. Thus people left their homeland and came to colonial Singapore. 😭

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Source B tells me that people came to Singapore because of unrest in their homeland. Source B mentions "The weak clan was bullied by the strong clan." This shows me that bullying by the strong clan causes unrest and many people wanted to escape from that. Being bullied by a stronger clan makes the weaker clan face many disadvantages and thus challenges. Their security would have been challenged. Hence, Source B tells me that people came from to Singapore because of unrest in their homeland.