[102] Secret Societies by Li Shan Chua https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/secretsocieties Consolidate your groups findings here. en-us 2021-04-13 00:30:25 UTC 2021-04-19 04:11:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Giselle, Shirlyn, En Qi, Wan Ning https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/secretsocieties/wish/1428645044 1 — People from China were drawn to the prospect of work and the chance to flee from wars, famine and poverty in China.

2 — As most were lonely and uneducated young men, this made them vulnerable. Hence they found it useful to join secret societies when members of the secret societies befriended them and helped them find work or lodgings.

3 — Members often participated in gang robberies, gang fights and other illegal activities. They were also responsible for many riots that occurred in the 1840s and 1850s.

4 —The Government did not take any action, due to the fact that the British officials had few dealings with most of the Chinese living in Singapore and did not know much about how the secret societies operated. They also did not understand or speak Chinese dialects, so they could not find out more about the secret societies' activities.

5 — The Government set up a department known as the Chinese Protectorate, and the head of the the department was William Pickering whose fluency in Chinese dialects and personality gained the trust of the Chinese. He got to understand the operations of the secret societies. From then, all Chinese societies had to register with the Chinese Protectorate and the Chinese were persuaded to settle their quarrels at the Chinese Protectorate instead of turning to secret societies.]]> 2021-04-17 18:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/secretsocieties/wish/1428645044 + Ewyn gisel1615g_21x https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/secretsocieties/wish/1431317707




]]> 2021-04-19 03:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/secretsocieties/wish/1431317707 https://padlet.com/chua_li_shan/secretsocieties/wish/1431320570 Qn 4) The government did basically nothing to tackle the problem, as the British Officialshad few dealings with most of the Chinese living in Singapore, thus only knew very little about how these secret societies worked.

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