https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/piracy Consolidate your groups findings here. en-us 2021-04-13 00:32:28 UTC 2026-02-17 18:08:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/piracy/wish/1427557789 Piracy is an important problem to tackle as it posed a great danger to lives, property and trade of the trading community. Trading ships plying the Straits of Melaka were often attacked by pirates, their cargoes taken, and travellers killed or sold as slaves. Pirates would come every year between August and October, attacking trading ships and boats sailing between Singapore and Penang. They also attacked trading ships along the coasts of Java, Sumatra and Malaya. The situation worsen over time and it became so bad that pirates could be seen attacking ships just outside Singapore's harbour. Because of this, many traders stayed away. Thus,
Singapore's trade suffered greatly and the traders lost huge sums of money. If the impact of piracy was left unresolved, this situation would become worse and worse, and Singapore’s trade would suffer greatly. So, traders repeatedly asked the government in the Straits Settlements to take strong action against piracy. However, the Straits Settlements government lacked the legal means to punish the pirates and had to send them to India for trial. Only after many appeals by the traders did the government in India send gunboats to patrol the waters. While the gunboats destroyed many pirate ships and hideouts, this was only a temporary solution. A permanent naval force was needed in the Straits Settlements to suppress piracy completely. However, this was something the EIC could not afford. Piracy went on for many years, it was only until the early 1870s that it became less of a problem due to increased patrolling by the British and other European powers. Now, in the 2000s, there are still some piracy cases. Fortunately, there aren’t as many as before but we still have to stay diligent and safe.]]> 2021-04-17 01:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/piracy/wish/1427557789 https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/piracy/wish/1429583392 1. Piracy posed a great threat to the lives, property and trade of the trading community (buyers and sellers). Trading ships plying the Straits of Melaka were often attacked by pirates, their cargoes taken, and travellers killed or sold as slaves.
2. Pirates were robbing and attacking ships literally just outside Singapore's harbour, thus traders stayed away, not wanting to suffer the same fate. Alas, Singapore's trade suffered greatly and traders lost a huge amount of money.
3. Unfortunately, the Straits Settlement government lacked the legal means to punish the pirates and had to send them to India for trial.
4. Eventually in the early 1870s, piracy went down thanks to increased patrolling by the British and other European powers.]]> 2021-04-18 09:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/piracy/wish/1429583392 https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/piracy/wish/1431315092 1. paragraph 1, line 3-6
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