They did want independence, but only from the British. They joined Malaysia to gain independence from the British because the British said Singapore could not survive on its own without them.
Singapore’s actual dirty secret: - A Tax Haven island for rich people & international shell companies to place their assets, to avoid paying taxes in their original country.
As a Singaporean, I can confirm the statue of Sir Stanford Raffles is still up there white and not-so-shiny, and that in history textbooks they all honour Raffles as one of the founding fathers of Singapore for he brought colonial rule to Singapore. There's also an MRT station called "Raffles Place"
Singapore was not founded by raffles, It was founded by Sang Nila Utama, it was already a major trading hub in the region, causing fight between the Malays and Siamese. British “discovered” the island by interfering in Johor Palace internal affairs, giving the current royal family the power while dethroning the previous dynasty.
@@Ocro555 They established singapore as their crown colony, of course singapore will have all of the advantages. But claiming Singapore was a fishing village is incorrect, it was booming trading hub among seafarers
Rule of thumb: if somebody says a country has a dirty secret, and uses an oversimplified explanation of "colonialist statue", they have no idea wtf they're talking about
I think there's a difference between a statue erected when the country was still under colonial rule vs a statue erected after the country had gained independence
I am not Singaporean, but I do study Singaporean history (not a lot) and I am dumbfounded by how is this Singapore dirty secret. Regardless of what dirty acts that Stanford Raffles did to fool the Sultan into giving him Singapore, it is an undisputable fact that Raffles is the one that modernize Singapore and yes, he is part of the Singapore history regardless of him being a colonizer or not. To remove Raffles statue is insulting the history of Singapore itself. Not everyone is like the West who only keen to remove the "bad part" of their history by removing the statues and cherrypicking the good things about their country's history. History is not only about learning the contributions of the country and its figures, but also the atrocities and bad actions that they committed. Removing the statues would do nothing to remove that "stain" from the history book. By the quote of George Santayana, "those who forgets the past are condemned to repeat it again."
@@pomponion6977 as quoted, "Thomas Stamford Raffles (Sir) (b. 6 July 1781, off Port Morant, Jamaica-d. 5 July 1826, Middlesex, England)1 is known as the founder of modern Singapore." I acknowledge that LKY makes Singapore into what it is today, but you cannot deny the fact that Raffles did founded modern Singapore. As a Singaporean, you should read more about the history of Singapore.
yeah, this is what I don't get people don't really like to accept the British being a part of their history cus they conquered them but at the same time, revere the kings and conquerors who invaded their own lands just because "they were natives to this land or looked like them" A good example is Indian history we here, always praise the Mughals and Marathas for their contribution to the subcontinent, meanwhile ignoring the misdeeds and insane levels of atrocities. While, the British are regarded here as "evil colonisers" just cus they were from another continent. Bitches, accept it Britain and ever other nation that invaded and conquered you, was a part of your history, regardless if you like it or not
It’s a bit different here in parts of the west tho: for instance in the American south many confederate statutes were purposely created to embellish the south’s past as a great fight for freedom. When in reality the statues were meant to show that the white race was still dominate. But of course a chinck wouldn’t understand that
What is so 'dirty' about this 'secret'? SMH. Hats off to this tiny island nation for all its great achievements, striving for the best for its citizens against all odds.
I don't like the tone of saying oh Singapore actually kept their colonialist statues as if we're too backwards to know any better or we're too submissive to Britain to dare to think about it. The fact of the matter is, a lot of us are actually grateful for the foundations laid by the British; our institutions like government, police, rule of law, civil service, etc are all inherited from the British, and the fact that I'm using English right now is also a positive legacy of the British. We don't have any natural resources, so we weren't really exploited really badly like the other colonies. We were mostly just used as a trading port. The British were complacent and incompetent though as shown when they let Singapore fall to the Japanese. And they pretty much got chased out because of that
Irrespective of the empire, Raffles was a progressive and visionary man for his time, in a number of important regards. He was a botanist who studied the sustainable farming techniques of the Javanese and Bugis and founded the S’pore Botanical Gardens and London Zoo. He was a Malay scholar with a great appreciation for the cultures and languages of SE Asia. And most importantly, he was a radical liberal reformer: his arguments against slavery helped to end to the local Malay and Chinese slave trades (those who were trafficked into S’pore by local slave traders automatically became free men and women under British colonial law), and he was even denied burial at his local church by a pastor who was upset by his anti-slavery campaigning. His Regulations for Singapore (1823) established a list of basic rights for *all* citizens (something unique for the time, in an otherwise feudal society), as well as evidence-based justice for the first time in the region. The cool deliberations and fair advocacy of a courtroom replaced the revenge-based ‘justice’ that had often led to the wrong person being killed, or entire families being wiped out in retaliation. There is also no doubt that he founded modern Singapore; the earlier medieval ‘Singapura’ lasted less than a century in the 1300s, before disappearing again. However, Raffles (being a Malay scholar) had the respect for the region’s history to re-use the name for his new global trading post. His statue consequently deserves to stand tall where it does, honouring one of the greatest and most forward-thinking men of his age.
Raffles' Regulations for Singapore resulted in a strikingly enlightened founding constitutional document for the new proto-nation, parts of which still sound progressive to the modern ear. These sentiments drew from ideals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with parallels in both the English Bill of Rights (1689) and its later American namesake (1789). There are appeals to natural justice, a belief in equality amongst men, and clauses that are written with an assumption of free expression and assembly: ‘Let all men [in Singapore] be considered equal in the eye of the law’; ‘Let no man be banished without a trial by his peers and due course of law’; ‘Let no man be deprived of his liberty without a cause, and no man detained beyond forty-eight hours without right to a hearing and trial according to due course of law’; ‘Let the public have a voice through the magistracy, by which their sentiments may at all times be freely expressed’. Prior to this, the region was governed by tribal chieftains and sultans with absolute control over their people's lives and property. If you were poor, female, or a minority, you had no rights whatsoever and could have everything taken from you on a whim. In Raffles' Singapore, a local gained legal rights to his own property and his own business, and could walk wherever he chose, without interference from government.
To everyone saying "Ohh, look whos poor now." We are not poor but Singapore looks richer because it is a very small island and it's very packed. Malaysia is a larger country with a lot more land. It is very expensive to fill up all of the land.
Britain's colonial rule of Singapore is an inherent part of Singapore's history. It's nothing to be ashamed of. We inherited many good things from the British which we continue to cherish. And very strangely, after passing those good things to us, the British has decided that their own portion was not worth keeping and simply thrown them away.
There is a LOT of WOKE NONSENSE going on in western countries. Countries that used to be powerful and impressive empires have somehow been guilt tripped into taking the blame for all the world's problems and accepting that despite the fact they pretty much built the entire modern world and receive nothing but harassment for it. Imperial conquests had been going on everywhere for thousands of years by everyone looking to take a shot at it, but because Europe became particularly good at doing so, they are seen as the "villains" instead of people congratulating them on achieving such feats. We live in a clown world.
@@nicklpantis He means that Britain is being made to feel guilty about their colonial influence instead of feeling proud of it which is REALLY f*cking weird when you think about it. You look back on people like Alexander the Great and go "wow, that guy was awesome, the Greeks are so cool!" Now though, the British have essentially been brainwashed to look back on their own empire in disgust, despite the fact that having the largest empire in human history should be a source of national pride. ANY nation would k*ll for that kind of prestigious history. Britain got made to feel guilty by jealous ethnic minorities in their borders and outcries of their former colonies, colonies whom 100% would have done the same thing if they had the power and rather than look on the British as being an integral part of their history and accepting the cultural influences that permeated their society, b*tch about them, probably for political gain and possibly to extort reparations or something which many nations have fallen for. This new age "WOKE" movement has ruined society and we haven't even begun to feel the repercussions yet.
@@nicklpantisWhen the British decided to leave Singapore in 1963, they were keenly willing to leave us in the dirt and did not try much to at least have some form of transitional process in place. It's why we ended up having to look elsewhere for national defence and had the Israeli forces train our military from 1967 to 1972.
As a Malaysian, never heard about Malaysia kicking out Singapore. Its Singapore who wanted to be independent as a nation, mainly due to racial tensions. They dont want to be apart of the Jus Soli.
@@fadzilhashim.0910 Like how so? Compare it to economic overall score, singapore are 28% better then malaysia. Are you talking about your ego? 🦧 Bruh without sarawak and sabah, west malaysia got nothing.
Actually, if you read about the Albatross file, they actually said that, it's not Singapore got kicked out, but instead the one of the founder of the PAP and the founding father of modern Singapore, Goh Keng Swee, actually proposed that Singapore should be pulled out from Malaysia in order to solve the issues between both countries, and make sure the announcement is quick, and solidifies the choice between both countries itself And this year, they planned to release the full text of the Albatross file, so hope more people could understand more about the old wound that's about to be shown Edit; also, the "Albatross" refers to Malaysia btw
LoL, no. Singapore got kicked out because PAP and Lee did something that pissed off the Malaysian government especially the Tunku. It is by winning state elections in Malaysia and having a Chinese man sitting inside parliament doesn't sit well for Malay powered govt. The riot is just an excuse to kick and punish Singapore and soon PM Lee for defied Malay govt. PAP and UMNO ain't best friends. The Malaysia govt was expecting Singapore begging them to take Singapore back into the union by disbanding PAP and removing PM Lee from power. Well, here we are now. Remember the Tunku didn't tell all govt officials and kept silent until the day of announcement of separation of the two nations. The albatross file is nothing just a suggestion which takes a lot of legal actions and even decades just to do it. Meanwhile the Tunku just silently ove r ride the rule of law and kick Singapore out without warning.
There's always been a rumour floating around that LKY never intended Singapore to stay in anyway. Malaysia was merely a tool to get Britain to grant independence. Tunku was reluctant and had to be persuaded. LKY used the two years to crush local opposition (communists and socialists). When Singapore left, Sabah and Sarawak was left stranded inside. Lord Cobbold had a secret finding that he kept off his official report, but he told the Macmillian. The people in Sabah and Sarawak was only in favour of uniting with Malaya AND Singapore. Without Singapore, the prevailing opinion was "no".
@@danielch6662 Is there a source of Sabah and Sarawak only wanting to unite if theres Singapore? I’m really sure this is false, Singapore had no effect on whether or not Borneo wants to unite with Malaysia.
@@danielch6662 lol source? the reason why sabah sarawak joined malaysia is bcos they want to independant and to be protected under malaysia govern...why the fuck borneo people care about singapore lol
Not really. Stanford Raffles was objectively a force for good in Singapore, which is an EXCEPTION in colonialism. We don’t have the same dirty or painful past to reconcile as do the colonial countries or other ex-colonial subjects. That’s a gross simplification. Stating this as a Singaporean.
@@ZacharyAlexanderGoh I remember when state-linked landlord CapitaLand built more Raffles Cities shopping malls in mainland China (after having built one in SG in 1986), & some mainland netizens were like: "Yucks why name the mall after an opium trader?"
@@ZacharyAlexanderGoh Cut the cr@p. Colonialism built the modern world. Without it, most countries around the world would still have a very high rural population with no access to basic services. STOP b*tching about colonialism, you sound like a child. Every country on Earth has engaged in imperial expansion at some point in history, the only difference is that Europe got incredibly good at it and could establish global empires instead of just regional ones like everyone else. A classic case of weaklings blaming all their problems on the strong.
There's also the statue of Sang Nila Utama, the founder of the old Singapore Kingdom of Hindu-Buddhist Malay descent. So SG doesn't only glorify the British Stamford Raffles but also all of its historical figures.
My aunt and uncle live in Singapore, and I've been there a remarkable 10 times! I love Singapore! It's one of my favourite cities/countries in the entire world! In fact, I love it so much, I'm even thinking about moving there for a while!
@@tokitoyotokitoyo not true, the first generation of Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia are hard labourers from China, of course there will be Malaysians migrating to Singapore for better life.
@@contrarian2496 I am from Poland, the whole world knows how your chai-knees is like but crying out and flaunting about "equality" . The whole world knows how you yellows artificially imports Chai-knees to stay on top of political power.
@@imgonnaputsomedirtinureyedabs ye both. Cuz Malaysia’s policy was Malaysians above everyone else and Singapore didn’t want that since it was mainly Chinese. Then both sides wanted to stop the racial riots from carrying on due to distrust between the Malays and the chinese
Singapore has a different colonial past from other colonized countries in that Raffles went to a place that was essentially jungle and swamp with a few inhabitants. Most Singaporeans who live in Singapore today are there as a result of British colonialism. They came only after the British established it as a place to be; so really, the attitude towards colonialism is going to be different from other places that were taken over by force (and which the majority of inhabitants are descendants of those who were colonized). So in Singapore, Raffles is celebrated as the one who gathered future Singaporeans together to live on that island. Hence, there is no need to tear that statue down.
Go back and re-learn history, fool. If Singapore was the one who wanted to leave, why even would Lee Kuan Yew be as devastated as he was about the split? And his devastation was captured on video for all to see, by the way. Don't get me wrong. By all means, Singapore would probably have wanted independence EVENTUALLY anyway, but certainly not in 1965 when we had nothing. Don't whitewash history just to make Malaysia look like the better person here.
Indonesia: "We want to be independent and we will fight you for it" Dutch: "Nooooooo I will not let you" Singapore: "Can we please stay with you forever" Malaysia: "No"
Malaysia kick singapore because of fighting happen on singapore and the fighting continue in johor so when prime minister see this he has no way but to kick singapore for a huge fight so i think its better singapore left because they will be poor because of fight happen and how singapore rich?? Well after they get kick out they work together and try to be the riches country end of the story
My point is firstly, Malaysia kicked out Singapore because of LKY mindset/actions (Not against Singapore people otherwise why would Tunku accept Singapore residents into the Federation as one country) which while may be good in theory, it's too drastic at that time especially after less than 2 years in the federation. Secondly, Malaysian Chinese are very much part of Malaysia with all the benefits/privileges as legal citizen, nothing to do with Singapore at all, or in the same as fate as SG.
This is straight up BS. Malaysia never kicked Singapore out. Singapore requested to leave Malaysia due to the race riot and they both agreed. So Singapore never got kicked out, they just left
IMO, this is not a dirty secret as it is a fact that Raffles came to Singapore upon the direction of the East India Company. Colonialism is part of the history of any country that was governed by the British in those times and became part of our culture. Erasure of history is criminal.
Singapore was kicked out for not wanting to be racist. Malaysia gets to continue to be racist and judge people from their ancestry. We all get who we want to be.
It's not as ez as you think. We and them all dreamt for heaven-like state where people dun rlly care bout ancestry of people from other continents or either they were brought by the colonialists to work their butt off for their masters. But the problem is, that time all Southeast Asia, the natives were massacring/force assimilating/persecuting the chinese all over ASEAN countries. Tunku is smart to remove SG out of the Federation. Even after the removal, still got 13 May 1969 racial riots in Malaysia which costed Chinese lives more but still it's considered as 'dust' compared to what the natives in surrounding nations did against their chinese
@@AmmarNasarudin Yes, actually we kicked them out bcuz our demographic was unstable due to the high chinese population + our malay people which dont like immigrants from outside that became a citizen of malaysia (that time) + malays were poor while the immgrants = indian chinese are much wealthier that malays :) (
@@the_puffshroom_has_asked it’s illegal to sell and chew gum in here. If you wanna bring gum in you have to smuggle it in if you want to chew gum you gotta do it in private or when police are not around.
@@the_puffshroom_has_askedno point chewing when you can’t make sure everyone throw it into the bins, properly wrapped up after consumption. And you can’t ensure foreigners learn to do that when they visit Singapore. When I was a kid, back then anyone can chew gum in Singapore. Often you will see gum sticking on top of trash bins, pathways, walls… etc. some turned black after all the dirt and dust collected on it. I’ve also experienced gum sticking to the bottom of my shoes, and once on my pants. The experiences are horrible, the cleaning thereafter, and you have to contend with other people saliva and stuff. Good riddance actually. Now singapore is nice and clean and we don’t have to worry about these nonsense
The word is NOT - 'MALAYSIA KICK'. THE right word is- better they make they own path n way for securty. Of coz of difrent way of thinking in local race perspective. Britsh must take a full responsblelty of this result bcoz they bring migran from other race from other country to Malaya at time of colonial. When they cannot manage colonial land after war, they let the migran to share what local right. U think the local agreed?
Agreed only and if only local population get more privilege than other races. So that's why non Malays or Bumiputera shouldn't get angry as that's what their forefathers agreed to
Actually they held onto British Colonial image because it can be used as an image in promoting business and trade especially with the West - a foothold of West in Asia, so to speak. But they may soon discard that image as more and more businesses in Singapore are being influenced by mainland China.
On the contrary, we still hold on to our history and the legacy of daddy I mean sir Stamford raffles, could we perhaps start teaching about the Chinese role in Singapore’s history? Most certainly. Our small little island has appeared in the map of Chad Chinese admiral Zheng He under the island’s former name of Temasek However the former information is taught in primary schools and lower secondary whilst I’ve only heard of the latter fact in secondary school as a passing remark from our history teacher
Read somewhere that SG was worried about sounding too nationalistic & scaring off Western foreign investors if it'd pulled down Raffles' statues or renamed roads & other places that were named by colonial powers e.g. Ft Canning (orig. known as _Bt Larangan_ ("Forbidden Hill"))
Here's their dirty secret : They buy a bunch of soil to expand their own soil / land from indonesia and malaysia through legal / illegal means. Through this they can expand their country based on ZEE. Smart and mindblowing.
No actl they did. Thats why mr lee cried on august 9. We were forced into independence bc our island was a chinese majority at that point in time, and wanted racial equality, which was different from msia's vision. We were kicked out and not expected to survive. That's why I am more proud bc of what we've achieved today, bc our grandparents went through a lot of struggles that allowed us to get to this point today. Tldr; Singapore did not leave willingly, we were forced into independence aft being kicked out bc our ideals were different from msia's.
Most Singaporean didnt know that because both Malaysian and Singaporean were led to believed that, but DPM Goh in his book revealed that Singapore leaders was negotiating to leave Malaysia because part of the agreement to build Malaysia is for Singapore to lend money to the then federal government to develop Sabah, while the economic centers will be moved from KL to Singapore but none of these materialized. Tun Fuad Stephen actually wrote to LKY to express his disappointment for Singapore decision to pull out of Malaysia. Another point, Singapore was rich and developed as the administration city by Britain. But when Malaya gain independence Singapore decided to be part of it since it was the suggestion of Reid (reid commission).
No, they kicked us out. Their parliament voted to kick us out. Even if you meant it as a joke, Malaysians are literally taught this in their curriculum (that we basically elected to leave). We did not want it.
@@INCOMING1 I don’t know how someone can genuinely believe this unless they’re Malaysian. Malaysia’s parliament literally kicked us out through a vote.
@@INCOMING1 because youre goverment dont want to admit they f'ed up. Thats why they are saying singapore leave rather than kicked out of malay confederation.
You can't tear down colonialism in that country if the country is built by colonialism, unlike other countries where colonialism is just plainly redecorating land while singapore is just one Giant rock that be a perfect canvas to build...well first put a hotel
The act of kicking the Singapore out showed how weak/lazy the Malaysian politicians were. Other countries would instantly mobilize their army and crack down everyone inciting the riot. They would never let even an inch of their land slipped away
Ikr, Malay leaders were so lazy to crackdown against immigrants brought by the colonisers unlike Thai revolution🇹🇭, Bamar-Buddhists Myanmar 🇲🇲 against subjects of British Burma(Tamils,Chinese, Rohingya), Filipino natives against chinese in cities of the Philippine islands, Sino-Vietnamese war.
@@harrywoodroof9575 @HarryWoodroof those politicians were only there for power and wealth for their own personal gain, and never serve national interest. I dont condone unnecessary military action, but giving away a strategic piece of land (economically and historically) to a bunch of immigrants is beyond unthinkable. pure ret@rd
@@muhammadnizamuddin2084which was the best thing that ever happened to the country. It would’ve still been a 3rd world developing country like Malaysia if it hadn’t. So keep crying
Singapore's union with the Federation of Malaya was already a troubled one at the start; political disagreements, failure of economy which caused tensions in the years leading up to the racial riots, triggering Singapore's exit from Malaya
Singapore reign by PAP....similar with DAP in Malaysia..PAP..ask Tunku Abdul Rahman to out from Malaysia..So Tunku Abdul Rahman released Singapore to avoid more riot..and nowadays. singapore rules by the Chinese...proxy of USA..and Israel..
That guy did open a settlement there but he was never founder of Singapore.There are Temenggung kingdom before that and before that also have another kingdom
Founder of Westernised modern singapore, yes, but not the 1st founder. It was there during the Srivijayan empire. It was there during the tamil kingdom invasion and it was there during Temengong's ruling..
Singapore wasn't kicked out because of race riots. Malaysia did not want to embrace racial equality in government as they were too narrowly focused on a Malay majority called bumiputera policy.
Nothing wrong with having a statue of Raffles. Nearby there are also statues of people of other greatness too. Nothing wrong acknowledging their contributions.
@@pizzadog7575Farquhar wanted to legalised gambling and opium trade, which at the point in time, Singapore is growing rapidly, but with many gangs and triads, and Raffles was determined to stamp them out. He then relieved Farquhar of his duties.
@@pizzadog7575 well, back then I’m pretty sure everyone was second class unless you were a white man. Then again, thanks to Lee Kwan Yew, there’s a progressive and prosperous nation where everyone lived harmoniously. Ah, we would love to have a statue of LKY, alongside Raffles. One founded the modern Singapore, the other really mould Singapore to what she is today.
Lol millions of Malaysians are working/studying in Singapore & millions more have converted to PR/Singaporeans. Most of the people who go over for petrol are your own kampong kakis bruh
Singapore initially wanted to merge with Malaysia but after merging, they realised that there was no benefit of merging and Malaysia too hated it due to having riots on racism. This caused them to regain independence again
Singapore was originally called Singapura, singa in Malay means lion. Its originally Malay Land. And blood was shed by malay to protect this peninsular (even singapore) Until chinese ruin all.. Make them all nation equal. And no Sultan anymore.
If you have to said so, Malay also ruin Malaysia, before Islam even came to Malaysia, it is org asli that was living on this land, and now you can only see less org asli kat Malaysia barat, org asli should be as many as Malaysia timur, Malay called themselves bumi putera, but the other races of people that also born and live in this country were not, only double standard
@@jaxkk1119 orang asli semenanjung dan orang Melayu asalnya satu keturunan. Perbezaannya, orang asli tinggal di hutan dan pedalaman sedangkan orang Melayu tinggal di tepi sungai/laut. Perbezaan lain adalah nenek moyang orang asli zaman dulu tidak mengenali Islam mahupun agama lain sebabnya mereka tinggal jauh dari orang lain, sedangkan orang Melayu mengenali Hindu Buddha dan kemudian Islam. Lagipun istilah Melayu zaman dahulu tidak merujuk kepada bangsa atau bahasa tetapi kawasan dan kerajaan mengikut catatan orang2 barat, India dan China
No thanks. Your love for invasion and then giving lands to others who don't own them around the world including singapore is farking annoying and meddlesome. Now it's creating a whole shit of problems
Part of singapore success was their emphasis in education and their willingness to process and laundry their neighboring tyrants and officials corrupt money.
They also say Founding Father of Modern Singapore is Lee Kuan Yew. They say Raffles and British turned it into a port. But Lee Kuan Yew developed it from a sleeping village to a megacity.
Actually it's both that want to separate. Even The main reason why Sabah and Sarawak joined Tanah Melayu is because to maintain the population as Chinese will suppress Malays population if only Singapore join. Even after Singapore left, Malays population only 60 percent. Imagine if they stayed until now
@@redfrank773 you know nothing about politic and demography in Malaysia. Give supporting fact about the topic if you want to argue or you look just like an idiot
@@wovreport , not funny at all. SINGAPORE is originally from SINGA(lion) PURA(city)- SINGAPURA.The name changed to Singapore as these colonial British cannot pronounce the Malay word properly.
Good information when u say Singapore is kicked out from Malaysia.. most UA-cam or others media social sites say Singapore is leaving malaysia but in reality Singapore is kicked out
im singaporean. such a wrong info to say "Malaysia kicked Singapore out". its Lee Kuan Yew who wants to take charge over Singapore as an independant country.
There you go again a nobody who behave truly as malay supremacist overclaiming the developed country that been reject from their impoverished racist federation as part of their long lost royal legacy.
I dont think the statue is a dirty secret... I'd say its something unique and should be preserve for historical purposes. In my country, they washing all those historical British English names which is such a pity.
Bro read your history book it literally said that malaysia kick singapore out because of huge fight happen on singapore well the fight continue in johor melaka and all so prime minister has no way but to just kick singapore for malaysian civilian and singaporien good
@@Syareeks According to Google, on 9 August 1965 Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent and sovereign state. This separation was the result of deep political and economic differences between the ruling parties of the two countries which created communal tensions that resulted in racial riots in July and September 1964 "on 9 August 1965 Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent and sovereign state"!
The country has a race preference policy and it costs the country now. The incompetent gets the priviledge and the country lost the opportunity to be built and led by those who could be a better candidate.
@@paulmartin8299 yes i would say that this serves them right, the capable ones from other races( chinese, indian) fled to singapore and other advanced countries all because of these unfair policies
Agree! Thanks God Malaysia has done that! FYI the richest Singaporean used to sneak in to Malaysia to fill up their tank with Malaysia cheaper fuels! 😂😂😂
i can think of a few more: - king albert park (area + MRT station) - king george's avenue - princess of wales road - HDB flats named after queen elizabeth ii (forgot the exact name)
Stupid Malay still salty because of Singapore's success. Go look for how tengu Abdul Rahman and his lapdogs vote in the parliament to kick Singapore out
Whatever you were taught is straight up wrong especially if you’re Malaysian since the textbooks are written that way. Please fact check yourself because it is very well documented in many sources that Singapore was in fact kicked out. It was voted on by the Malaysian government.
Its might been hard live at small country cause when i was driving at highway there always an singaporean plate number speeding , i understand somehow u need to release the stress and tension by speeding hard
@@jannan2441 Small island nation of Singapore 🇸🇬 will didn't have enough water, food, medicines, electricity, petrol, diesel, natural gas etc etc etc for theirself, without Malaysia 🇲🇾 mercy 😏 .
you’re wrong about this. Malaysia literally voted to kick Singapore out. You can fact check this with news that was actually out at the time and not just what you’re taught or made to believe. This is a well documented fact.
Singapore is probably the only country that became a country without them wanting independence
Absolutely 💯
They did want independence, but only from the British. They joined Malaysia to gain independence from the British because the British said Singapore could not survive on its own without them.
Lol 😅🇸🇬💪
Because they aim for bigger goal..
@@kaikiat His point still stand. Singapore did not want independence from Malaysia.
Singapore is that guy who starts going gym after a break up
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Lol thats so accurate
If you dont like space, sg is perfect for you
Singapore’s actual dirty secret:
- A Tax Haven island for rich people & international shell companies to place their assets, to avoid paying taxes in their original country.
Fr 💀
I mean, kind of.
I think of Wirecard in my head, right of the bat.
Now this is more like it. What the Video is trying to say is nonsensical
Spot on 😂😂. The BVI of the east.
How is this so “dirty” of a secret
Ikr it's just history
@Nick Ryan plus, he's only the founding father of the country.
yes what's so dirty😮
Have you played amongus?
Without using such idiotic headline, this video won't have those clicks. That's why. View are everything. Moral got no value.
As a Singaporean, I can confirm the statue of Sir Stanford Raffles is still up there white and not-so-shiny, and that in history textbooks they all honour Raffles as one of the founding fathers of Singapore for he brought colonial rule to Singapore. There's also an MRT station called "Raffles Place"
Singapore was not founded by raffles, It was founded by Sang Nila Utama, it was already a major trading hub in the region, causing fight between the Malays and Siamese. British “discovered” the island by interfering in Johor Palace internal affairs, giving the current royal family the power while dethroning the previous dynasty.
@@Amiramirfaris97 Yes, but it was Raffles who made Singapore a trading port and much richer
@@Ocro555 They established singapore as their crown colony, of course singapore will have all of the advantages. But claiming Singapore was a fishing village is incorrect, it was booming trading hub among seafarers
@@Amiramirfaris97 I did not say Singapore is a fishing village? And anyways yes it was a fishing village until the Bri'ish came
and..William Farquhar?
Rule of thumb: if somebody says a country has a dirty secret, and uses an oversimplified explanation of "colonialist statue", they have no idea wtf they're talking about
I think there's a difference between a statue erected when the country was still under colonial rule vs a statue erected after the country had gained independence
Their own country is messed up..need to stop foreign interference...
As a singaporean singapore was very dirty in the past but we never gave up
Yeah Americans thinking their history applies everywhere, nothing new
Fun fact: Singapore is the only country where over 3/4 of its citizens could not speak nor understand their National Language.
SG got 4 national languages......wtf are you talking about?
@@myownlilbubble yes it is
@@myownlilbubble 4 official, 1 national
wtf...??? really..??? woww..!!! 4 official languanges.. but the national languange is Malay..
Well. At least PM Lee is fluent in Malay
I am not Singaporean, but I do study Singaporean history (not a lot) and I am dumbfounded by how is this Singapore dirty secret. Regardless of what dirty acts that Stanford Raffles did to fool the Sultan into giving him Singapore, it is an undisputable fact that Raffles is the one that modernize Singapore and yes, he is part of the Singapore history regardless of him being a colonizer or not.
To remove Raffles statue is insulting the history of Singapore itself. Not everyone is like the West who only keen to remove the "bad part" of their history by removing the statues and cherrypicking the good things about their country's history.
History is not only about learning the contributions of the country and its figures, but also the atrocities and bad actions that they committed. Removing the statues would do nothing to remove that "stain" from the history book. By the quote of George Santayana, "those who forgets the past are condemned to repeat it again."
Can't agree with you more. They think it's fashionable to tear down statues. This is only due to the West and their cancel culture.
Raffles nor the British did not modernize Singapore into becoming the colossus it was today, that honor can only go to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew
@@pomponion6977 as quoted, "Thomas Stamford Raffles (Sir) (b. 6 July 1781, off Port Morant, Jamaica-d. 5 July 1826, Middlesex, England)1 is known as the founder of modern Singapore." I acknowledge that LKY makes Singapore into what it is today, but you cannot deny the fact that Raffles did founded modern Singapore. As a Singaporean, you should read more about the history of Singapore.
yeah, this is what I don't get
people don't really like to accept the British being a part of their history cus they conquered them
but at the same time, revere the kings and conquerors who invaded their own lands just because "they were natives to this land or looked like them"
A good example is Indian history
we here, always praise the Mughals and Marathas for their contribution to the subcontinent, meanwhile ignoring the misdeeds and insane levels of atrocities. While, the British are regarded here as "evil colonisers" just cus they were from another continent.
Bitches, accept it
Britain and ever other nation that invaded and conquered you, was a part of your history, regardless if you like it or not
It’s a bit different here in parts of the west tho: for instance in the American south many confederate statutes were purposely created to embellish the south’s past as a great fight for freedom. When in reality the statues were meant to show that the white race was still dominate. But of course a chinck wouldn’t understand that
as a Malaysian I'm proud of singapore
fr bro, sad with our previous leaders
They really make themselves better than us 😂😂
@@neeha9449 our 1st prime minister already fought well for our independence.. we should be grateful about it
As a Singaporean your food nicer
Proud mende lgbt? Islam liberal .
What is so 'dirty' about this 'secret'? SMH. Hats off to this tiny island nation for all its great achievements, striving for the best for its citizens against all odds.
Probably to get us to click on the shorts
If you pandered to the leftist americans yeah its "dirty"
It is not dirty at all... We are proud of it 😊
Probably the mind is dirty and limited vocabulary of words.
The only dirty thing here in SG is cost of living😭😭😭
Singapore is that guy who really kept calm n carried on. ❤
huh? he panicked.
@@ghostilla you panicked when your parents sent you to a orphanage
They steal petrol
@@ghostilla well we did panic for a while but we're pretty fine right now
@@a.c.7573 ah ha ! now you admit.
As a person living in Singapore, I can confirm this is true. But Sir Stamford Raffels is considered as a founding father instead of a colonist
Nah to most of us singaporeans we consider him as a downright colonist
@@aryanaderman-tg6ek you are a singaporean ?
Yup
@@aryanaderman-tg6ek nice to meet another singaporean
@@aryanaderman-tg6ekWell, I can sit in China or India and still claim to be Singaporean because no one on youtube can verify this, scammer!
I don't like the tone of saying oh Singapore actually kept their colonialist statues as if we're too backwards to know any better or we're too submissive to Britain to dare to think about it. The fact of the matter is, a lot of us are actually grateful for the foundations laid by the British; our institutions like government, police, rule of law, civil service, etc are all inherited from the British, and the fact that I'm using English right now is also a positive legacy of the British. We don't have any natural resources, so we weren't really exploited really badly like the other colonies. We were mostly just used as a trading port. The British were complacent and incompetent though as shown when they let Singapore fall to the Japanese. And they pretty much got chased out because of that
@FGoogle and youtube wtf kind? Malaysia and Singapore inherit their racism behaviour lol segregation everywhere 😂
@FGoogle and youtube the brits feed you well till you become a loyal running dog
@FGoogle and youtube colonise malaysia eh? LMfAO...
@@FGoogleandyoutubeI smelled so much sarcasm on this comment lol
@@FGoogleandyoutube😂 omg i rly thought u were fr. in malaysia if someone sympathise with colonisers we say they are still being colonised. mentally
Irrespective of the empire, Raffles was a progressive and visionary man for his time, in a number of important regards. He was a botanist who studied the sustainable farming techniques of the Javanese and Bugis and founded the S’pore Botanical Gardens and London Zoo. He was a Malay scholar with a great appreciation for the cultures and languages of SE Asia. And most importantly, he was a radical liberal reformer: his arguments against slavery helped to end to the local Malay and Chinese slave trades (those who were trafficked into S’pore by local slave traders automatically became free men and women under British colonial law), and he was even denied burial at his local church by a pastor who was upset by his anti-slavery campaigning. His Regulations for Singapore (1823) established a list of basic rights for *all* citizens (something unique for the time, in an otherwise feudal society), as well as evidence-based justice for the first time in the region. The cool deliberations and fair advocacy of a courtroom replaced the revenge-based ‘justice’ that had often led to the wrong person being killed, or entire families being wiped out in retaliation. There is also no doubt that he founded modern Singapore; the earlier medieval ‘Singapura’ lasted less than a century in the 1300s, before disappearing again. However, Raffles (being a Malay scholar) had the respect for the region’s history to re-use the name for his new global trading post. His statue consequently deserves to stand tall where it does, honouring one of the greatest and most forward-thinking men of his age.
Raffles' Regulations for Singapore resulted in a strikingly enlightened founding constitutional document for the new proto-nation, parts of which still sound progressive to the modern ear. These sentiments drew from ideals of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with parallels in both the English Bill of Rights (1689) and its later American namesake (1789). There are appeals to natural justice, a belief in equality amongst men, and clauses that are written with an assumption of free expression and assembly:
‘Let all men [in Singapore] be considered equal in the eye of the law’; ‘Let no man be banished without a trial by his peers and due course of law’; ‘Let no man be deprived of his liberty without a cause, and no man detained beyond forty-eight hours without right to a hearing and trial according to due course of law’; ‘Let the public have a voice through the magistracy, by which their sentiments may at all times be freely expressed’.
Prior to this, the region was governed by tribal chieftains and sultans with absolute control over their people's lives and property. If you were poor, female, or a minority, you had no rights whatsoever and could have everything taken from you on a whim. In Raffles' Singapore, a local gained legal rights to his own property and his own business, and could walk wherever he chose, without interference from government.
To everyone saying "Ohh, look whos poor now." We are not poor but Singapore looks richer because it is a very small island and it's very packed. Malaysia is a larger country with a lot more land. It is very expensive to fill up all of the land.
Fr
Fr. It doesn't really feel like a poor country when you live in places like KL.
Britain's colonial rule of Singapore is an inherent part of Singapore's history. It's nothing to be ashamed of. We inherited many good things from the British which we continue to cherish. And very strangely, after passing those good things to us, the British has decided that their own portion was not worth keeping and simply thrown them away.
There is a LOT of WOKE NONSENSE going on in western countries. Countries that used to be powerful and impressive empires have somehow been guilt tripped into taking the blame for all the world's problems and accepting that despite the fact they pretty much built the entire modern world and receive nothing but harassment for it. Imperial conquests had been going on everywhere for thousands of years by everyone looking to take a shot at it, but because Europe became particularly good at doing so, they are seen as the "villains" instead of people congratulating them on achieving such feats. We live in a clown world.
Could you explain what you mean by the British throwing away their portion, please?
@@nicklpantis He means that Britain is being made to feel guilty about their colonial influence instead of feeling proud of it which is REALLY f*cking weird when you think about it. You look back on people like Alexander the Great and go "wow, that guy was awesome, the Greeks are so cool!" Now though, the British have essentially been brainwashed to look back on their own empire in disgust, despite the fact that having the largest empire in human history should be a source of national pride. ANY nation would k*ll for that kind of prestigious history.
Britain got made to feel guilty by jealous ethnic minorities in their borders and outcries of their former colonies, colonies whom 100% would have done the same thing if they had the power and rather than look on the British as being an integral part of their history and accepting the cultural influences that permeated their society, b*tch about them, probably for political gain and possibly to extort reparations or something which many nations have fallen for. This new age "WOKE" movement has ruined society and we haven't even begun to feel the repercussions yet.
@@nicklpantisWhen the British decided to leave Singapore in 1963, they were keenly willing to leave us in the dirt and did not try much to at least have some form of transitional process in place. It's why we ended up having to look elsewhere for national defence and had the Israeli forces train our military from 1967 to 1972.
Wrong Malaysia didn't kick Singapore, Singapore said that they want to have their own country
As a Malaysian, never heard about Malaysia kicking out Singapore. Its Singapore who wanted to be independent as a nation, mainly due to racial tensions. They dont want to be apart of the Jus Soli.
Fr 😮💨
to be honest it's better this way. if singapore still with malaysia, singapore probably had nothing like they have everything right now.
Exactly
Malaysia 🇲🇾 didn't need Singapore 🇸🇬 to survive, but Singapore 🇸🇬 need Malaysia 🇲🇾 to survive 😎 .
@@fadzilhashim.0910 Like how so? Compare it to economic overall score, singapore are 28% better then malaysia. Are you talking about your ego? 🦧
Bruh without sarawak and sabah, west malaysia got nothing.
@@Solaris.Ubut we do need them...yknow for water...kind of a..some would say..essential resource that our body requires to...not die.
As a Malaysian, I wholeheartedly agree.
Funfact: that crazy rich house in crazy rich Asian movie was actually shot at Carcosa Seri Negara KL.
we been knew
@@DerpyVenom I'd had know is the house nice 😁👍
They got no space to film anything in Singapore of course they'll use malaysia💀
@@boredasf-zy8bj makes no difference. Nobody could tell.
Rich man house in Singapore where got open for them to do filming de? Of course go somewhere where even a mansion is very cheap to rent la…
don't worry johor sultan are very friendly with singapore
Actually, if you read about the Albatross file, they actually said that, it's not Singapore got kicked out, but instead the one of the founder of the PAP and the founding father of modern Singapore, Goh Keng Swee, actually proposed that Singapore should be pulled out from Malaysia in order to solve the issues between both countries, and make sure the announcement is quick, and solidifies the choice between both countries itself
And this year, they planned to release the full text of the Albatross file, so hope more people could understand more about the old wound that's about to be shown
Edit; also, the "Albatross" refers to Malaysia btw
LoL, no. Singapore got kicked out because PAP and Lee did something that pissed off the Malaysian government especially the Tunku.
It is by winning state elections in Malaysia and having a Chinese man sitting inside parliament doesn't sit well for Malay powered govt.
The riot is just an excuse to kick and punish Singapore and soon PM Lee for defied Malay govt. PAP and UMNO ain't best friends.
The Malaysia govt was expecting Singapore begging them to take Singapore back into the union by disbanding PAP and removing PM Lee from power.
Well, here we are now.
Remember the Tunku didn't tell all govt officials and kept silent until the day of announcement of separation of the two nations.
The albatross file is nothing just a suggestion which takes a lot of legal actions and even decades just to do it.
Meanwhile the Tunku just silently ove r ride the rule of law and kick Singapore out without warning.
Yep that true we learned that from sec 5
There's always been a rumour floating around that LKY never intended Singapore to stay in anyway. Malaysia was merely a tool to get Britain to grant independence. Tunku was reluctant and had to be persuaded.
LKY used the two years to crush local opposition (communists and socialists). When Singapore left, Sabah and Sarawak was left stranded inside. Lord Cobbold had a secret finding that he kept off his official report, but he told the Macmillian. The people in Sabah and Sarawak was only in favour of uniting with Malaya AND Singapore. Without Singapore, the prevailing opinion was "no".
@@danielch6662 Is there a source of Sabah and Sarawak only wanting to unite if theres Singapore? I’m really sure this is false, Singapore had no effect on whether or not Borneo wants to unite with Malaysia.
@@danielch6662 lol source? the reason why sabah sarawak joined malaysia is bcos they want to independant and to be protected under malaysia govern...why the fuck borneo people care about singapore lol
This goes to many countries who think their development depends on a statue and always like pulling statues down 😂
That’s true though
Not really. Stanford Raffles was objectively a force for good in Singapore, which is an EXCEPTION in colonialism. We don’t have the same dirty or painful past to reconcile as do the colonial countries or other ex-colonial subjects. That’s a gross simplification.
Stating this as a Singaporean.
@@ZacharyAlexanderGoh I remember when state-linked landlord CapitaLand built more Raffles Cities shopping malls in mainland China (after having built one in SG in 1986), & some mainland netizens were like: "Yucks why name the mall after an opium trader?"
@@ZacharyAlexanderGoh Cut the cr@p. Colonialism built the modern world. Without it, most countries around the world would still have a very high rural population with no access to basic services. STOP b*tching about colonialism, you sound like a child. Every country on Earth has engaged in imperial expansion at some point in history, the only difference is that Europe got incredibly good at it and could establish global empires instead of just regional ones like everyone else. A classic case of weaklings blaming all their problems on the strong.
There's also the statue of Sang Nila Utama, the founder of the old Singapore Kingdom of Hindu-Buddhist Malay descent. So SG doesn't only glorify the British Stamford Raffles but also all of its historical figures.
Malaysia didn't kick Singapore out, Singapore just want to be independent country
I learn history so I know
@@Ana45761 you do know!
My aunt and uncle live in Singapore, and I've been there a remarkable 10 times! I love Singapore! It's one of my favourite cities/countries in the entire world! In fact, I love it so much, I'm even thinking about moving there for a while!
Yes, do it! One day I will call it my home as well
don't. You cant even chew gum there
@@chillcult1613 you can chew gum lmao you can’t buy it that’s all maybe research first
@@retricallltann6243 so i can chew gum. But there's no gum to buy
*Bruh*
@@chillcult1613 no shit you think singaporeans buy him from Singapore we buy it from Malaysia and other countries
Its just part of history and heritage. Putting politics aside, Malaysians and Singaporeans live amicably ❤❤❤
as a singaporean i can confidently say most of us love malaysia
@FGoogle and youtube bro what is with you and other countries at this point ur trolling 😒
@@yangyang-rb5zp most singaporean chinese are former Malaysians. They import in Malaysian chinese to cover for their low fertility rates
@@tokitoyotokitoyo not true, the first generation of Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia are hard labourers from China, of course there will be Malaysians migrating to Singapore for better life.
@@contrarian2496 I am from Poland, the whole world knows how your chai-knees is like but crying out and flaunting about "equality" . The whole world knows how you yellows artificially imports Chai-knees to stay on top of political power.
singapore is the guy who prospers after breaking up with his toxic ex
Not race riots but race policy and politics
Wasn’t it both?
@@imgonnaputsomedirtinureyedabs ye both. Cuz Malaysia’s policy was Malaysians above everyone else and Singapore didn’t want that since it was mainly Chinese. Then both sides wanted to stop the racial riots from carrying on due to distrust between the Malays and the chinese
Riots malay and Chinese. It happens until today.
no it was both
One side scared of losing majority of vote due to the rise of the another one, later he kicked the whole island out in the name of "racial harmony"
Singapore has a different colonial past from other colonized countries in that Raffles went to a place that was essentially jungle and swamp with a few inhabitants. Most Singaporeans who live in Singapore today are there as a result of British colonialism. They came only after the British established it as a place to be; so really, the attitude towards colonialism is going to be different from other places that were taken over by force (and which the majority of inhabitants are descendants of those who were colonized). So in Singapore, Raffles is celebrated as the one who gathered future Singaporeans together to live on that island. Hence, there is no need to tear that statue down.
Good comment
Actually Singapore was the one who left Malaysia as Lee Kuan Yew wanted independence and to build the country.
Wrong. Turku Abdul Rahman removed Singaporean after Lee Kuan Yew made a great speech in Malaysia about meritocracy that threatened Malays’ rights.
Fact: Kick out from Malaysia. Because those immigrants were brought by the British are the problem.
@@erictan1522Lee Kuan Yew wanted to be Malaysia Prime Minister after Malaysia Independence..
@@erictan1522 so loud yet so wrong
Go back and re-learn history, fool. If Singapore was the one who wanted to leave, why even would Lee Kuan Yew be as devastated as he was about the split? And his devastation was captured on video for all to see, by the way. Don't get me wrong. By all means, Singapore would probably have wanted independence EVENTUALLY anyway, but certainly not in 1965 when we had nothing. Don't whitewash history just to make Malaysia look like the better person here.
As a Singaporean, I was very happy when I saw that you made a video on my country! ❤️🇸🇬
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@wovreport this short definitely made me proud of my country 🙂
@@Yee.5ang Singapore is inspiration of many third world countries. I hope my country also develops like a Singapore
@@wovreportbut how is it a dirty secret. Also everyone knows about it it’s part of the history textbook
@FGoogle and youtube Please don't assume and speak freely for all Singaporeans. This is purely your own personal opinion.
Yes, as singaporean, I can confirm we have a “dirty secret”
Edit: We’re taught that in school 💀
The thing is, its not even a "dirty" secret it's just a colonialist statue. Removing that does nothing good.
Indonesia: "We want to be independent and we will fight you for it"
Dutch: "Nooooooo I will not let you"
Singapore: "Can we please stay with you forever"
Malaysia: "No"
Agak alay sih bahasanya
We're gonna take over your elections
You chinese fuck.
*kicks out*
Well shit....uhhh...what do we do now?
wrong..they are not kick out.
And now look Indonesia, its better than before? Kolonialisme tidak selamanya buruk, mungkin kalau sekrng msih di bawha belanda akan lebih baik
Malaysia don't regret. perhaps we miss the temasik era
Ada jugak org masih panggil Temasik
Apa tu?
@@thelostdeadkid temasik tu singapore la
@@dontreadmepicture ouh thank
@@dontreadmepicture Temasik is just informal Javanese name to call the Republic of Singapore
If Malaysia and Singapore got back together their gdp would be 800 billion and 21,000 gdp per capita
Singapore is hell rich 🤑
@@arpanpal4253 because it's an island. I only know 2 broke AF island nations and that's Sri Lanka and sealant.
Better hope it would not happen because najib will suck all singapore money and will say that the saudi king give it to him.
@@arpanpal4253 still pay can't afford to pay more than 50cent for 1,000 gallon of clean water from Johor
@@iloveevil86 I literally said “if” can’t you read?
The best thing Malaysia ever did was kick us out. Singapore wouldn't have thrived to this level if that didn't happen so thank you Malaysia.
Your welcome
-a Malaysian
Your welcome too
You can say that to tuanku abdul rahman
Um actually... on 9 August 1965 Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent and sovereign state
@@malaniherez YOOOOOO BROO
Singapore : always with you for my entire life papa
Malaysia : just get out
Malaysia kick singapore because of fighting happen on singapore and the fighting continue in johor so when prime minister see this he has no way but to kick singapore for a huge fight so i think its better singapore left because they will be poor because of fight happen and how singapore rich?? Well after they get kick out they work together and try to be the riches country end of the story
D Malay leaders n rulers r failed to understand d "wayang" from British n d sepet kiasu.
Sepet always sepet..never see goodness..always want to complaint..
Godzilla had a stoke after reading that sentence
Yes I know Malay failed
@@hafizsirajkumar7927 you mean you failed to see the world?..
My point is firstly, Malaysia kicked out Singapore because of LKY mindset/actions (Not against Singapore people otherwise why would Tunku accept Singapore residents into the Federation as one country) which while may be good in theory, it's too drastic at that time especially after less than 2 years in the federation. Secondly, Malaysian Chinese are very much part of Malaysia with all the benefits/privileges as legal citizen, nothing to do with Singapore at all, or in the same as fate as SG.
This is straight up BS. Malaysia never kicked Singapore out. Singapore requested to leave Malaysia due to the race riot and they both agreed. So Singapore never got kicked out, they just left
Yes true
Lee Kuan Yew didn't want Singapore to leave Malaysia though
IMO, this is not a dirty secret as it is a fact that Raffles came to Singapore upon the direction of the East India Company. Colonialism is part of the history of any country that was governed by the British in those times and became part of our culture.
Erasure of history is criminal.
Singapore was kicked out for not wanting to be racist. Malaysia gets to continue to be racist and judge people from their ancestry. We all get who we want to be.
It's not as ez as you think. We and them all dreamt for heaven-like state where people dun rlly care bout ancestry of people from other continents or either they were brought by the colonialists to work their butt off for their masters. But the problem is, that time all Southeast Asia, the natives were massacring/force assimilating/persecuting the chinese all over ASEAN countries. Tunku is smart to remove SG out of the Federation. Even after the removal, still got 13 May 1969 racial riots in Malaysia which costed Chinese lives more but still it's considered as 'dust' compared to what the natives in surrounding nations did against their chinese
Sama dgn Indonesia, tetapi mengapa ras Melayu sangat rasis ke chinese
"continue to be racist" while chinese is thriving and living peacefully in malaysia. u sound crazy to me
I am a Singaporean and I got to say, man, you really love to take our pride away😢
excuse me,Malaysia didn't kick Singapore out Singapore wanted independence so they left malaysia
That's what I was saying
Why do people keep saying Malaysia kicked Singapore out? They wanted independence, and we gave them independence.
@@AmmarNasarudin Yes, actually we kicked them out bcuz our demographic was unstable due to the high chinese population + our malay people which dont like immigrants from outside that became a citizen of malaysia (that time) + malays were poor while the immgrants = indian chinese are much wealthier that malays :) (
Singapore WAS kicked out.
They got kicked out due to race riot between the malays and the chinese.
As Malaysians.... I want to say...the old name Singapore is "Temasek"
Thank god we got kicked out by malaysia. Look how forward Singapore is as compared to malaysia.
True
I’m a Singaporean and finally someone makes a video of my country ❤
So you can't chew gum?
@@the_puffshroom_has_asked it’s illegal to sell and chew gum in here. If you wanna bring gum in you have to smuggle it in if you want to chew gum you gotta do it in private or when police are not around.
@@the_puffshroom_has_asked yep, I've never tried a single gum in my life before
@@the_puffshroom_has_askedno point chewing when you can’t make sure everyone throw it into the bins, properly wrapped up after consumption. And you can’t ensure foreigners learn to do that when they visit Singapore. When I was a kid, back then anyone can chew gum in Singapore. Often you will see gum sticking on top of trash bins, pathways, walls… etc. some turned black after all the dirt and dust collected on it. I’ve also experienced gum sticking to the bottom of my shoes, and once on my pants. The experiences are horrible, the cleaning thereafter, and you have to contend with other people saliva and stuff.
Good riddance actually. Now singapore is nice and clean and we don’t have to worry about these nonsense
@@Ocro555 haha I’m actually chewing gum now. Would miss that if u was living in Singapore 🇸🇬 lol
The word is NOT - 'MALAYSIA KICK'.
THE right word is- better they make they own path n way for securty. Of coz of difrent way of thinking in local race perspective.
Britsh must take a full responsblelty of this result bcoz they bring migran from other race from other country to Malaya at time of colonial. When they cannot manage colonial land after war, they let the migran to share what local right. U think the local agreed?
Agreed only and if only local population get more privilege than other races. So that's why non Malays or Bumiputera shouldn't get angry as that's what their forefathers agreed to
Actually they held onto British Colonial image because it can be used as an image in promoting business and trade especially with the West - a foothold of West in Asia, so to speak.
But they may soon discard that image as more and more businesses in Singapore are being influenced by mainland China.
On the contrary, we still hold on to our history and the legacy of daddy I mean sir Stamford raffles, could we perhaps start teaching about the Chinese role in Singapore’s history? Most certainly.
Our small little island has appeared in the map of Chad Chinese admiral Zheng He under the island’s former name of Temasek
However the former information is taught in primary schools and lower secondary whilst I’ve only heard of the latter fact in secondary school as a passing remark from our history teacher
Read somewhere that SG was worried about sounding too nationalistic & scaring off Western foreign investors if it'd pulled down Raffles' statues or renamed roads & other places that were named by colonial powers e.g. Ft Canning (orig. known as _Bt Larangan_ ("Forbidden Hill"))
We added more statues because Raffles' statue was alone and lonely
Here's their dirty secret :
They buy a bunch of soil to expand their own soil / land from indonesia and malaysia through legal / illegal means. Through this they can expand their country based on ZEE. Smart and mindblowing.
uhm , malaysia didnt kick us out. WE seperated from them :/ get your facts right
Malaysia kick singapore bcos of their delusional malay supremacy and its fact
hahaha kick out .......hahaha liked a ball...
No actl they did. Thats why mr lee cried on august 9. We were forced into independence bc our island was a chinese majority at that point in time, and wanted racial equality, which was different from msia's vision. We were kicked out and not expected to survive. That's why I am more proud bc of what we've achieved today, bc our grandparents went through a lot of struggles that allowed us to get to this point today. Tldr; Singapore did not leave willingly, we were forced into independence aft being kicked out bc our ideals were different from msia's.
Most Singaporean didnt know that because both Malaysian and Singaporean were led to believed that, but DPM Goh in his book revealed that Singapore leaders was negotiating to leave Malaysia because part of the agreement to build Malaysia is for Singapore to lend money to the then federal government to develop Sabah, while the economic centers will be moved from KL to Singapore but none of these materialized. Tun Fuad Stephen actually wrote to LKY to express his disappointment for Singapore decision to pull out of Malaysia. Another point, Singapore was rich and developed as the administration city by Britain. But when Malaya gain independence Singapore decided to be part of it since it was the suggestion of Reid (reid commission).
No, they kicked us out. Their parliament voted to kick us out. Even if you meant it as a joke, Malaysians are literally taught this in their curriculum (that we basically elected to leave). We did not want it.
A semi free country. Very wealthy and safe
Singapore is rich country but is the sad news is the Singapore country has no water and oil 😂😂😂
Its not dirty.. its history
as a Singaporean, every kid has to learn about this
It wrong Singporean Leave not kicked
@@INCOMING1 I don’t know how someone can genuinely believe this unless they’re Malaysian. Malaysia’s parliament literally kicked us out through a vote.
@@ZacharyAlexanderGoh i ama malaysian And i don't know 🗿
@@INCOMING1 because youre goverment dont want to admit they f'ed up. Thats why they are saying singapore leave rather than kicked out of malay confederation.
@@ZacharyAlexanderGoh youre being lied to in your textbook
You can't tear down colonialism in that country if the country is built by colonialism, unlike other countries where colonialism is just plainly redecorating land while singapore is just one Giant rock that be a perfect canvas to build...well first put a hotel
The act of kicking the Singapore out showed how weak/lazy the Malaysian politicians were. Other countries would instantly mobilize their army and crack down everyone inciting the riot. They would never let even an inch of their land slipped away
Ikr, Malay leaders were so lazy to crackdown against immigrants brought by the colonisers unlike Thai revolution🇹🇭, Bamar-Buddhists Myanmar 🇲🇲 against subjects of British Burma(Tamils,Chinese, Rohingya), Filipino natives against chinese in cities of the Philippine islands, Sino-Vietnamese war.
@@harrywoodroof9575 @HarryWoodroof those politicians were only there for power and wealth for their own personal gain, and never serve national interest. I dont condone unnecessary military action, but giving away a strategic piece of land (economically and historically) to a bunch of immigrants is beyond unthinkable. pure ret@rd
eventually the land fell to the hand of china men from far away..😅
Tetapi orang keturunan China memang membawa kemajuan dr segi perdagangan dan pendidikan, kenapa harus iri?
@@muhammadnizamuddin2084which was the best thing that ever happened to the country. It would’ve still been a 3rd world developing country like Malaysia if it hadn’t. So keep crying
Singapore:
Was a colony and now is one of the richest countries in the world.
Singapore's union with the Federation of Malaya was already a troubled one at the start; political disagreements, failure of economy which caused tensions in the years leading up to the racial riots, triggering Singapore's exit from Malaya
Singapore reign by PAP....similar with DAP in Malaysia..PAP..ask Tunku Abdul Rahman to out from Malaysia..So Tunku Abdul Rahman released Singapore to avoid more riot..and nowadays. singapore rules by the Chinese...proxy of USA..and Israel..
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Well yes and no. Both PAP and DAP was from the same origin but currently PAP is centre right party while DAP is centre left party
PAP is more like BN than DAP their twin party
It is not a dirty secret. That guy was founder of Singapore or something like that
founder? someone so white out of nowhere not even Asian founded the land in the middle of archipelago. Divine white..
That guy did open a settlement there but he was never founder of Singapore.There are Temenggung kingdom before that and before that also have another kingdom
Founder of Westernised modern singapore, yes, but not the 1st founder. It was there during the Srivijayan empire. It was there during the tamil kingdom invasion and it was there during Temengong's ruling..
Singapore wasn't kicked out because of race riots. Malaysia did not want to embrace racial equality in government as they were too narrowly focused on a Malay majority called bumiputera policy.
Nothing wrong with having a statue of Raffles. Nearby there are also statues of people of other greatness too. Nothing wrong acknowledging their contributions.
Agreed! 🌷🌿🌏💜🕊🇸🇬
Should be Farquhar, not Raffles all he did was find the island then left it
@@pizzadog7575Farquhar wanted to legalised gambling and opium trade, which at the point in time, Singapore is growing rapidly, but with many gangs and triads, and Raffles was determined to stamp them out. He then relieved Farquhar of his duties.
@@vennsim71 then the second citizen came to singapore and did exact same thing farquhar did 💀
@@pizzadog7575 well, back then I’m pretty sure everyone was second class unless you were a white man. Then again, thanks to Lee Kwan Yew, there’s a progressive and prosperous nation where everyone lived harmoniously.
Ah, we would love to have a statue of LKY, alongside Raffles. One founded the modern Singapore, the other really mould Singapore to what she is today.
As a Malaysian. I admit that we loves Singapore SGD as Singaporean loves our RON95 gasoline😂.
Lol millions of Malaysians are working/studying in Singapore & millions more have converted to PR/Singaporeans. Most of the people who go over for petrol are your own kampong kakis bruh
Bfttu😊@@Timholle
Singapore initially wanted to merge with Malaysia but after merging, they realised that there was no benefit of merging and Malaysia too hated it due to having riots on racism. This caused them to regain independence again
Singapore was originally called Singapura, singa in Malay means lion.
Its originally Malay Land. And blood was shed by malay to protect this peninsular (even singapore)
Until chinese ruin all.. Make them all nation equal. And no Sultan anymore.
It's called Temasik before Islam came
and its sad that nowadays the Malays in Singapore are slowly dissolving.
@@Eastern_Dragonthere is no proof at all showing muslim are dissolving, matter of fact, the population of Malay increase compared to the old day
If you have to said so, Malay also ruin Malaysia, before Islam even came to Malaysia, it is org asli that was living on this land, and now you can only see less org asli kat Malaysia barat, org asli should be as many as Malaysia timur, Malay called themselves bumi putera, but the other races of people that also born and live in this country were not, only double standard
@@jaxkk1119 orang asli semenanjung dan orang Melayu asalnya satu keturunan. Perbezaannya, orang asli tinggal di hutan dan pedalaman sedangkan orang Melayu tinggal di tepi sungai/laut. Perbezaan lain adalah nenek moyang orang asli zaman dulu tidak mengenali Islam mahupun agama lain sebabnya mereka tinggal jauh dari orang lain, sedangkan orang Melayu mengenali Hindu Buddha dan kemudian Islam. Lagipun istilah Melayu zaman dahulu tidak merujuk kepada bangsa atau bahasa tetapi kawasan dan kerajaan mengikut catatan orang2 barat, India dan China
🇬🇧🥰🇸🇬 love Singapore from United Kingdom
No thanks. Your love for invasion and then giving lands to others who don't own them around the world including singapore is farking annoying and meddlesome. Now it's creating a whole shit of problems
Fun fact: Singapore is really close to malaysia when they were brothers they don’t like each other
As a Malaysian, Singapore is way better than us. Significantly higher HDI and GDP. I just wish I was born in Singapore
then go there dont come back😂😂😂 we dont need you fr 😂😂😂
Part of singapore success was their emphasis in education and their willingness to process and laundry their neighboring tyrants and officials corrupt money.
They also say Founding Father of Modern Singapore is Lee Kuan Yew. They say Raffles and British turned it into a port. But Lee Kuan Yew developed it from a sleeping village to a megacity.
Well in Malaysian history books year 6,they told us thatttt it's Singapore who wants to leave Malaysia...not our fault
Really?? How can they do that... Actually i still remember this topic (Pembentukan Malaysia) in history books during my secondary school
Actually it's both that want to separate. Even The main reason why Sabah and Sarawak joined Tanah Melayu is because to maintain the population as Chinese will suppress Malays population if only Singapore join. Even after Singapore left, Malays population only 60 percent. Imagine if they stayed until now
@@fakhrianuar9264 stop lying malay
@@redfrank773 you know nothing about politic and demography in Malaysia. Give supporting fact about the topic if you want to argue or you look just like an idiot
@@redfrank773 and did you actually accusing me of lying in Ramadan?
Did you know that Singapore does not sing a pore?
Oh my gosh. That’s actually funny 😂😂😂
Sigmapore
😂😂
GigaPore
@@wovreport , not funny at all.
SINGAPORE is originally from SINGA(lion) PURA(city)- SINGAPURA.The name changed to Singapore as these colonial British cannot pronounce the Malay word properly.
Malaysia did not kick out Singapore 😅 Singapore wanted to have their own independence
Malaysia didn't actually kick Singapore, Singapore made the decision to leave in 1965 because it wanted to be on its own.
True,that's are definitely true...
Good information when u say Singapore is kicked out from Malaysia.. most UA-cam or others media social sites say Singapore is leaving malaysia but in reality Singapore is kicked out
Singapore was not “kicked out”, this was a thing that PAP leaders wanted to resolve the issue that time.
Dan yg diusir malah jd berlian
Singapore is that girl who keeps all the presents after a break up
Singapore wanted independence so the cause of this breakup is Singapore
And also the only country that struggle to speak it own national languages.
😂😂😂
epic fail lah hahah
Skill issue
Y tho?
@@shankylezapanta1464 They have no national language like "Singaporean". Their official languages are English Malay Chinese and Tamil
Hello from Singapore 🇸🇬
im singaporean. such a wrong info to say "Malaysia kicked Singapore out". its Lee Kuan Yew who wants to take charge over Singapore as an independant country.
Singapore old name was Temasik. Before British colonize. Its one of the most powerful Malay kingdom long ago.
Not sure about powerful but important trade hub other than Malacca
There you go again a nobody who behave truly as malay supremacist overclaiming the developed country that been reject from their impoverished racist federation as part of their long lost royal legacy.
@@fakhrianuar9264 you so smart aren't you?
British colonists didn’t change Singapore’s name?
I dont think the statue is a dirty secret... I'd say its something unique and should be preserve for historical purposes. In my country, they washing all those historical British English names which is such a pity.
It’s called self determination and moving the f on
And Now Singapore is one of the greatest nations in the World and no other country is compared to this Jewel!!!
Malaysia did not kick Singapore out. Singapore chose to separate from Malaysia.
Bro read your history book it literally said that malaysia kick singapore out because of huge fight happen on singapore well the fight continue in johor melaka and all so prime minister has no way but to just kick singapore for malaysian civilian and singaporien good
@@Syareeks
According to Google,
on 9 August 1965 Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent and sovereign state. This separation was the result of deep political and economic differences between the ruling parties of the two countries which created communal tensions that resulted in racial riots in July and September 1964
"on 9 August 1965 Singapore separated from Malaysia to become an independent and sovereign state"!
Boring place, people are robotic and unfriendly. I can’t stand staying for more than 3 days there. Jakarta and KL are much better, more dynamics.
In Singapore right? Wow
@@wovreport Wow, how many days in Singapore 😅? Working in Sinkapor 🤭?
Yeah that's true. People who are low class shouldnt visit there.
@@vinl3358 Thanks! You just proved my point. Low class? Eww….how pathetic you are to bother classing people 😂
Thats the average east asian behaviour bro, they are more robot than human 😂😂
I don’t understand what’s so ‘dirty’ about it. We were tryna make a country from nothing.
Actualy Malaysia did not Kicked Singapore out Singapore acutualy wanted to have their own independent day they did join Malaysia just for a bit
True
better lose one island than lose whole country bcuz of them
The country has a race preference policy and it costs the country now. The incompetent gets the priviledge and the country lost the opportunity to be built and led by those who could be a better candidate.
@@paulmartin8299 yes i would say that this serves them right, the capable ones from other races( chinese, indian) fled to singapore and other advanced countries all because of these unfair policies
And now SGD 1 = MYR 3.3
Agree! Thanks God Malaysia has done that! FYI the richest Singaporean used to sneak in to Malaysia to fill up their tank with Malaysia cheaper fuels! 😂😂😂
@@thebeliever3270 ikr!!!
The one and only the biggest diaspora mainland immigrants that ruled a country
There is a queen town and queen Victoria 👸 theater too 🎉 in Singapore 🇸🇬 ♥️
i can think of a few more:
- king albert park (area + MRT station)
- king george's avenue
- princess of wales road
- HDB flats named after queen elizabeth ii (forgot the exact name)
Singapore didn't kick out. They want to separate them self. You don't now the history. So be careful of the statement.
Stupid Malay still salty because of Singapore's success. Go look for how tengu Abdul Rahman and his lapdogs vote in the parliament to kick Singapore out
Whatever you were taught is straight up wrong especially if you’re Malaysian since the textbooks are written that way. Please fact check yourself because it is very well documented in many sources that Singapore was in fact kicked out. It was voted on by the Malaysian government.
Malaysians like me claim to be singaporean when we travel
Its might been hard live at small country cause when i was driving at highway there always an singaporean plate number speeding , i understand somehow u need to release the stress and tension by speeding hard
they just came out of the concrete jungle. live in concrete trees .. what a fate
I live in Singapore and good thing we had racial harmony day I wish my country to have a nice land and enjoyable country I ❤️ Singapore!
Nah Malaysia DIDNT kick Singapore out, they signed an agreement to part ways
Singapore has two statues of sir Stamford Raffles and is greatly remembered for founding Singapore in 1819
Malaysia 🇲🇾 didn't need Singapore 🇸🇬 to survive, but Singapore 🇸🇬 need Malaysia 🇲🇾 to survive 😎 .
Thank God we have late Mr Lee
@@jannan2441
Small island nation of Singapore 🇸🇬 will didn't have enough water, food, medicines, electricity, petrol, diesel, natural gas etc etc etc for theirself, without Malaysia 🇲🇾 mercy 😏 .
WTH
Uno reverse card
Imagine Kicking out a island and be worse than that island
My Singaporean friends think it’s a good thing Singapore is no longer apart of Malaysia. They consider Malaysia on the lower end.
We were NOT kicked out.. We strived for our own Independence!!
Wrong Fact. Malaysia do not kick out Singapore from Malaysia. Singapore want to quit from Malaysia.
you’re wrong about this. Malaysia literally voted to kick Singapore out. You can fact check this with news that was actually out at the time and not just what you’re taught or made to believe. This is a well documented fact.
We split from Malaysia,technically not quit