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The relationship between races, studying environment, accessible foods and the amount responsibility shouldered by teenagers have changed drastically due to the Japanese Occupation.

In 1822, different races resided in different parts of Singapore. However, during the Japanese Occupation, different races not only lived together but also worked together to survive. Before 1942, they couldn’t interact with each other and knew very little about their counterparts but during the war, they learnt more about each other and relationships improved.
Before the war, the studying environment was less stressful and restrictive. However, during the Japanese Occupation, it was the exact opposite. Students were struggling to learn the Japanese Language. It was hard due to the switch in language. If they communicate with the Japanese and were to make a mistake when talking, the Japanese might punish them as they will view it as an insult made towards their national language.
In 1925, post-war, the Polar Café opened and was frequently visited by many teenagers. However during the Japanese Occupation, many people starved due to the scarce food supply. Some resorted to eating less so as to increase their budget for the next day. However, some died due to the lack of food intake.
In 1932, most students had no jobs. During the Japanese Occupation, however, many teenagers had to take on extra jobs as their families could not even afford daily necessities. Some even need sacrifice their education in order to get more jobs to earn more money.

Therefore, from all our points listed, we can conclude that the lives of teenagers have indeed changed drastically because of the Japanese Occupation.

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Description: A school in Singapore before 1942
Source Date: 1932 (Before JO)
Source Type: Pictorial Source
Source Origin: A Boys Towner

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Description: Mr Kuppusamy talking about his life as a teenager during the Japanese Occupation.
Source Date: 1942 - 1945 (During JO)
Source Type: Written source
Source Origin: http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/

Mr. Kuppusamy did not attend school but worked as an odd job labourer. Later, he worked as a car washer for the Japanese. He told that he was not disturbed by the Japanese and was given food or money as his pay. He also mentioned that the Japanese did not disturb his family or him. Their attitude was that as long as you are good to them they would be good to you. However, Mr. Kuppusamy did mention that the Japanese forced all children to go to school. The Japanese tried to influence the school children to become patriotic towards Japan by making them to sing Japan’s national anthem.

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Source B: Image showing some teenagers during Japanese Occupation.

Source date: during war 1943

Source type: picture
Source origin: straits times

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Description: The opening of the Polar Café before Japanese Occupation.

Source date: before war 1925

Source type: written source

Source origin: eresource.nlb.gov.sg

“Best known for its curry puffs, the original Polar Café was opened on 30 November 1925 by Chan Hinky, an immigrant from Hong Kong who had arrived in Singapore in the 1920s with only 90 cents in his pocket. With dreams of starting a café, Chan saved enough to open Polar Café at High Street. Located near the old Supreme Court and Parliament House, the café  became popular with lawyers, judges and politicians who  frequented  the area. The café was also very commonly visited by teenagers.”

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Description: Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam talking about his school life before the Japanese Occupation
Date: 1932 - 1934 (before Japanese Occupation)
Type: Written source
Origin: National Archives of Singapore

"What I want to say is that I really enjoyed my school days and I think that's very important that students should enjoy their school days. It wasn't, in those days, there wasn't that pressure on us and the teaching was good. Most of the teachers were Indians largely. There were in Muar, perhaps one or two Chinese teachers and one or two Malay teachers... One thing that I do remember with some amusement is that I wasn't very good at physical activity and I'm still not good at physical activity. But it's... we used to have what they called the drill periods, half an hour or 45 minutes when we went out... So I dreaded it.”

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Description: How the different races interacted with one another before the Japanese Occupation
Source date: Before the Japanese Occupation (1822)
Source type: Written Source
Source origin: http://www.yoursingapore.com- The Raffles Effect

"In 1822, Raffles implemented the Raffles Town Plan, also known as the Jackson Plan, to address the issue of growing disorderliness in the colony. Ethnic residential areas were segregated into four areas. The European Town had residents made up of European traders, Eurasians and rich Asians, while the ethnic Chinese were located in present-day Chinatown and south-east of the Singapore River. Ethnic Indians resided at Chulia Kampong north of Chinatown, and Kampong Glam consisted of Muslims, ethnic Malays and Arabs who had migrated to Singapore."

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Description: A classroom of students being taught the Japanese language.
Date: 1942 -  1945 (during Japanese Occupation)
Type: Pictorial source
Origin: People's Action Party Community Foundation: relate back to the past during the Japanese Occupation

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Description: Mr Shanmugam, a teenager at the time of the Japanese Occupation, talking about his experience of how different races interacted with each other during the Japanese Occupation
Source date: During the Japanese Occupation (1942)
Source type: Written Source
Source origin: The Japanese Occupation: Reign of Terror. An Indian Man Reveals…

"This actually gives a great insight to how people of different ethnicities treated one another at that difficult time. Mr Shanmugam’s kampong was a multiethnic one. He said that the situation then was completely different from now as “at that time, we were culturally the same thing, Indians, Chinese, Malays. No distinguishing.”  In fact, it was the hard times that acted as a bond for the people. They had to stand together as one and help each other."

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