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People of Singapore Flashcards

1
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Orang Seletar + etymology

A

«Straits people»
Indigenous sea nomads in the Straits

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2
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Orang Seletar and Malays

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Distinct ethnic groups

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3
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Homes of the Orang Seletar

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A boat protected by a thatched roof (triangular section)
Or occasionally some temporary pile-house

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4
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Etymology of Seletar

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Portuguese for strait used to name Orang Seletar

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5
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When did the Orang Seletar leave Singapore

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90s due to developments

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6
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Where do the Orang Seletar live now

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None in Singapore but some in Johor Bahru

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7
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Number of non-residents

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1,5M ~25%

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8
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Percentage of non-residents with EP

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11% [top top]

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9
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Singapore population

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6 millions (chopsticks)

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10
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Cost of a helper

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450 to 750 depending on experience

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11
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Days off of a helper

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Min 1 day/week
Many will also give 2 weeks every 2 years (home leave ticket is mandatory)

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12
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Majority of Arabs in Singapore are descended from: origin and last destination before

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Hadhramaut region in Yemen
They already were in Indonesia when Singapore was funded

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13
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The King’s Chinese

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The Straits Chinese that gave their support to the British (via British Chinese associations, etc.)

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14
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The first person in Malaya to be knighted

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Song Ong Siang

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15
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Song Ong Siang’s 3 accomplishments

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First person knighted in Malaysia

First Chinese lawyer in Singapore

Wrote «one hundred years’ history of the Chinese in Singapore»

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16
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The American that was canned

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Michael Fay

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17
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Michael Fay’s sentence

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6 strokes reduced to 4 after pression from Bill Clinton [sticks -> door]

18
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Michael Fay’s crime

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Theft and vandalizing 18 cars
Confessed and then retracted saying he was told confession would preclude caning

19
Q

Ratio of Chinese men, women and prostitutes in SIN end XIX

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60000 men
6000 women including 2000 prostitutes

20
Q

Armenians in Singapore tended to work in

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Hospitality
Jewelry
Law

21
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Arabs in Singapore tended to work in

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Retail and wholesale
Real estate
Muslim pilgrimage industry

22
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Main provinces of origin of Singapore’s Chinese

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Fujian
Guangdong (Canton province)

23
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Order of arrivals of Chinese in Singapore

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First, Straits Chinese from Malacca and Riau

Then South Chinese escaping poverty and instability

24
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First Indians in Singapore

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Gujaratis from Malacca and Penang
Gujaratis settled across the world to trade

25
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Parsis

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Zoroastrian merchants from India but originally from Iran
Enterprising and philanthropic

26
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Hokkien philanthropist who gave his name to an hospital

A

Tan Tock Seng

27
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Percentage of Singaporean population without a permanent status

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30%

28
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% of Singaporeans living in HDB

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80%

29
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Origin of the Teochews

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Eastern Guangdong

30
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Kiasu

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Hokkien for fear of missing out, leading to anxious selfish attitude

= taking extreme measures to achieve success

31
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Kiasi

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Hokkien for fear of death

= taking extreme measures to avoid risk

32
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Examples of kiasu (4)

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  • booking a table with tissue
  • standing in line for hours for a gift
  • volunteering at a school to get one’s child in
  • queueing just because there’s a queue
33
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What you say when you book a table with tissues

A

Chope

34
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Beginning of the end of Chinese dialects in Singapore

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The creation of the Republic of China created national consciousness and shift to Mandarin that extended to SIN

35
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Parsis: etymology

A

Persian in the Persian language

36
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Pickering

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First Protector of Chinese
First Bristish officer who could speak and write Chinese
Tried to reduce abuse to coolies, secret society conflicts and prostitution

37
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Important Malay sub-community

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The Baweanese from Bawean island

38
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Why is Geylang mainly Malay

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With the construction of Kallang Airport, Malays living there (close to Kampong Glam) had to be relocated

39
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Importance of
Kampong Glam for the Malay world

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  • Pilgrimage hub
  • Intellectual and printing hub
40
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Importance of Kampong Glam as a cultural hub

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Allowed alternative Malay ideas to develop without the censorship that could exist in the rest of the Malay world
Become a hub of printing and publishing

41
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Main Chinese ethnic groups in Singapore

A

Hokkien
Teochew
Cantonese
Hainanese
Hakka

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