This is Singapore’s Dirty Secret
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2023
- Things you might not know about Singapore. Singapore was part of Malaysia when they got independence from Britain. Malaysia kicked Singapore out in 1965 because of race riot. After that, Singapore embrased Britain and the West because it had next to nothing. Singapore kept the statue of colonialist Stamford Raflles till today and has no plan of pulling it down.
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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
😂😂😂😂
😂
Me
Lol thats so accurate
If you dont like space, sg is perfect for you
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.
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😭😭😭
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?
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
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...
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 💀
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.
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
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
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 .
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
Singapore is rich country but is the sad news is the Singapore country has no water and oil 😂😂😂
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.
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…
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.
As Malaysians.... I want to say...the old name Singapore is "Temasek"
don't worry johor sultan are very friendly with singapore
As a Singaporean, I was very happy when I saw that you made a video on my country! ❤️🇸🇬
Hope you enjoyed it!
@@wovreportshorts 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
@@wovreportshortsbut 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.
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
singapore is the guy who prospers after breaking up with his toxic ex
Yes, as singaporean, I can confirm we have a “dirty secret”
Edit: We’re taught that in school 💀
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.
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 is that girl who keeps all the presents after a break up
Singapore wanted independence so the cause of this breakup is Singapore
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..
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
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
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
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?
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
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
Malaysia didn't actually kick Singapore, Singapore made the decision to leave in 1965 because it wanted to be on its own.
I am a Singaporean and I got to say, man, you really love to take our pride away😢
Good information when u say Singapore is kicked out from Malaysia.. most TH-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
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 😮💨
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"!
Thank god we got kicked out by malaysia. Look how forward Singapore is as compared to malaysia.
True
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"))
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.
Who from Malaysia 👌
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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.
POV: your a Malaysian who's sad that Singapore surpassed you in GDP, Healthcare, Education, Infrastructure and transportation 😢
skill issue
i'm not 💀
Me:
POV: your a Filipino who's sad that Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore surpassed you😢
Feel free to invade singapore lol
We added more statues because Raffles' statue was alone and lonely
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
@@Mal_ani YOOOOOO BROO
Now world number 1 GDP per capita contry is Singapore
Monaco Lechistein and Luxembourg, Ireland and Singapore is No 5 please do some research
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.
We were NOT kicked out.. We strived for our own Independence!!
Bro my country is like a dirty secret ant💀
Me in Singapore for 8 years bc I live there be like: HOW DID I KNOW THIS!?
But actually don’t h8 Singapore pls
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
Did you know that Singapore does not sing a pore?
Oh my gosh. That’s actually funny 😂😂😂
Sigmapore
😂😂
GigaPore
@@wovreportshorts , 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.
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
Malaysians like me claim to be singaporean when we travel
Didn't Singapore the one requested to get out?
Nope
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..
Fun fact: Singapore is really close to malaysia when they were brothers they don’t like each other
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
Its not dirty.. its history
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
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
A semi free country. Very wealthy and safe
Hello from Singapore 🇸🇬
🇬🇧🥰🇸🇬 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
As a Malaysian I already know- and how is this "dirty"
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
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
@@wovreportshorts 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 😂😂
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
I am a Singaporean and I can also confirm that the statue of Sir Stamford raffles is still there as he was one of our settlers n a legend ofc we got our independence from Britain a great thanks to them.I can also confirm this is true n was so happy they finally made a video on our beloved country...I also want to thank Malaysia for helping and supporting us,ofc our ancestors were also from Malaysia❤️💖
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)
Thanks for enlightening us
Part of singapore success was their emphasis in education and their willingness to process and laundry their neighboring tyrants and officials corrupt money.
Wrong Malaysia didn't kick Singapore, Singapore said that they want to have their own country
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!!!
Imagine kicking an island and become worser than that island
Oof
It's because Singapore's lands is small that's why Malaysia a bit need Singapore's help to improve poorest people that still lives in Malaysia
Singapore is essentially a one-party state with little democracy. It’s one of the very few examples of an authoritarian system that works. Malaysia can’t do what Singapore did because of several issues. We’re larger, more diverse in terms of ethnicities and political ideologies, more populations, separated into EM and WM, our system is a lot more complicated with 9 royalties, 14 entities which 2 of them hold a bugger autonomy than the rest, etc. It’s hard to pull off what Singapore did. Singapore can just send their critics to prison for, idk, sticking a paper inside MRT window? Malaysia can’t.
Btw, they really did that.
@@Crystal_Edits........ wow I was expecting a "that's because Singapore is small so that they can develop faster" kind of response. You surprised me.. but isn't the smaller country that require more help?
@@zzy341 it's because smaller country is rich because of less people and biggest country can be poorest country because of increased people
(Sorry, I'm still learning English if you didn't understand)
Singapore:
Was a colony and now is one of the richest countries in the world.
Malaysia didnt kick them out its them want to make theya own country
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
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.
Malaysian and singaporean be like : Ahh we know this fact
Malaysia didn’t kick SG out, Singapore always wanted to be out… they use Malaysia independence pass with British, because British doesn’t want SG to go alone
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 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!!!
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.
Yes that history cannot be forgotted when Malay Muslim was the target of singapore chinese in the riot.Shameful they claimed singapore were theirs but during japanese occupation Malaysian soldiers fighting to defence singapore while chinese run away to china.😢😢😢
Huh they immigrant..the malays was native..who open and founded temasek or singapura tun nila utama was malays not chinese..
Singapore will remain a fishing village if run by the wrong people.
What kind of twisted history did you learn from TH-cam.
When raffles arrived he recorded that there were only 30 Chinese living in Singapore. Wondered where the influx of Chinese came from? The Malays do not wish to work on mines and quarry, so the British targeted the Chinese from China. A treaty was forced and sign by China allowing Chinese to leave China. But Chinese were living in poverty for nearly a 100 years as the Chinese government isolated itself from the outside world but was forced opened by many western countries. The Chinese were suffering from war, opium and poverty, how do you think large amount of immigrants were able to travel to Singapore? They were sold to Singapore as slaves, oh no, the British had abolished slavery, so they are known as indentured servants, the coolies. And it lasted for 20 years, man, woman, young children, abducted and kidnapped. Do the local Malays knew of it, yes! Hence the term Cina Babi. Cause coolies trade had another name, sales of piglets, cause they were sold like piglets with their limps tied up. Malays chieftains hire these coolies to work for them too. How benevolent? Do we have to thank you for being part of the slave trade, and allowing our ancestors to be brought here without their will? Oh if you want proves, there are historical records and books in the NLB, but they were not taught to us in school, one for the integrity of those that do not wish for their crimes to be exposed, but sadly it was exposed during a court case between the British and the Dutch, they spilled the beans to what happened during their colonial period. Many are ignorant but those that knew kept quiet, no one wants to stir shit, but some people just wishes to stirred some shits. I wonder how will the situation be like when it was exposed that the Chinese people were actually the slaves. What was it again, oh yah, Malay privilege.
Ya tmj also got plenty land in spore what.. istana somemore near botanical garden. Huge land.
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!
May be malayasia want Singapore now as it become rich and developed
now singapore is better than malaysia in many aspects
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 😂😂😂
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?
SG and malaysia joined tgt as part of a merger. After the riots and disputes and other stuff, they decided that it would be more optimal to split up. So they did not get kicked.
Fact:the prime minister of singapore (i think) cryed becouse they got independence
yeah he was sad because he was so doubtful about the fact they have to stop depending on another country(malaysia) :(((
Idk if it's true but some ppl said that the prime minister of Malaysia actually cried over Singapore
seems to me like a 🇨🇳 propaganda ! ! !