From the source, I can also infer that Singapore merged with Malaya to gain the required protection from danger. This is supported by “Singapore through the merger stood to gain protection.” Singapore was a small, vulnerable and underdeveloped country. Singapore needed a good army to defend herself from attacks like the Communist and by merging with Malaya, they would receive the needed protection. Singapore was a small state but it was surrounded by much larger countries. When Singapore merges with Malaya, it made them a larger country rather that is able to prevent invasion rather than a small state with barely any protection. By merging with Malaya, Singapore would no longer be defenceless and would be protected from attacks. Therefore, Singapore would gain the protection they required by merging with Malaya. 

The author is the Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. The audience is the general public in Singapore. The aim of the source is to convince the public of the need to merge with Malaya to ensure the sustenance and success of Singapore. The anticipated reaction is that the audience will understand the reasons for the need to merge with Malaya and support the merge. The action after understanding is to vote for the merger.

The evidence is “The merger would therefore be able to provide protection in order to deter potential invaders, all in the name of the interests of Singapore’s National Security.

The evidence shows that the merger of Singapore with Malaya was crucial in ensuring Singapore would not be invaded by other countries. Singapore at the time was undeveloped and required a good army to prevent invasion, thus, merger with Malaya, who had the capabilities of defending Singapore, would safeguard the national security and sovereignty of the state.

From the source, I can also infer that another reason for the merger of Singapore and Malaya from Singapore’s point of view was so as to be able to establish a common market with Malaya and develop economically.

The evidence 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.”

Merger with Malaya would allow Singapore access to the wide variety of resources possessed by Malaya. This would allow Singapore to purchase materials at a cheaper price to produce goods, increasing the competitiveness of Singapore products in the market due to a lower cost price. Thus, the Merger of Singapore and Malaya would allow Singapore to develop economically through the purchase of cheaper materials from Malaya.

The author of the article is a writer. The audience are the people of Singapore and Malaya. The aim of the article is to convince the audience to support the merger of Singapore and Malaya. The anticipated reaction is for the audience to support the merger of Malaya and Singapore. The action is for the audience to vote for the merger of Malaya and Singapore.

From the source, I can infer that Singapore wanted to merge with Malaya in order to gain self-governance. This is supported by,” From Singapore's point of view, through the merger, it stood to gain its long sought self-governance since the British were unwilling to relinquish self-governance to Singapore since they felt that Singapore did not have a capable leader who would be able to lead the country out of the crisis.” 

From this evidence, it shows that based on the British Singapore could not attain self-governance by itself, thus required a suitable leader such as Malaya to lead Singapore to independence, thus the merge with Malaya was crucial in order for the British to feel that Singapore is protected by Malaya and not fall prey to communism. Because of this, Singapore  attain self-governance by merging with Malaya.

From the source, I can also infer that Singapore would be protected by merging with Malaya. This is supported by, 'Singapore was pretty much undeveloped and needed a good army to defend herself from possible threats of attack like the communists.' 

From this evidence, it can be infer that Singapore was underdeveloped and need a country such as Malaya in order to defend Singapore from future attacks, thus the merger with Malaya is crucial for the protection of Singapore from attacks from others or communists

The author is a writer. The audience are Singaporeans and Malaysians as well as the General Public. The aim is to inform the audience on the reasons and benefits of the merger between Singapore and Malaya. The anticipated reaction is to get the Singaporeans to feel that the merge was crucial for Singapore survival. The action is to support and agree with the authorities for the merge between Singapore and Malaya.