tOday is 21st juLy...raCial haRmony daY...wHat is it aLl about...well below are sOme research that i haD doNe thiS morning..toOk the time to do it insteAd of the ususaL thing that i was supPose to do..
The 1964 Race Riots were a series of riots that took place in Singapore during two separate periods in July and September between Chinese and Malays groups. The first incident occurred on 21 July during a Malay procession that marked Prophet Muhammad's birthday. In total, the violence killed 36 people and injured another 556. About 3,000 people were arrested. The riots are also known as the Prophet Muhammad Birthday Riots, 1964 Racial Riots, and 1964 Sino-Malay Riots. At that time, Singapore was a state in the Federation of Malaysia.
July riots
On 21 July, 1964, about 25,000 Malays gathered at Padang, Singapore to celebrate the Prophet Muhammad's birthday. After the speeches, the procession went on to Geylang. Along the way, a group that was dispersed was asked to rejoin the procession by a policeman. Instead of obeying the orders, the group attacked the policeman. This incident led to a race riot after the group of Malays attacked Chinese passers-by and spectators. The riots were reported to have started at about 5:00 p.m. between Kallang and Geylang Serai. A curfew was declared at 9.30 p.m. to restore orders, but in the first day of riot, 4 people were killed and 178 injured.After the curfew was lifted at 6 a.m. the next morning, the conflict grew even more tense, and another curfew was imposed - only lifted for short periods for people to buy food. The curfew was completely lifted on 2 August, 11 days after the start of the riots. After the riots, goodwill committees were set up made up of community leaders from the various racial groups. The main job of these leaders was to help restore harmony and peace between the Malays and the Chinese by addressing the concerns of the residents. About 23 people lost their lives and 450 people were injured during the July riots. There was significant damage to property and vehicles. About 2,500 people were arrested, including 600 secret society members and 256 people arrested for possession of dangerous weapons. The rest were arrested for violating the curfew.
Causes
Different reasons have been cited for causing the riots. Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak blamed Indonesian and Communist provocateurs.On the other hand, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and several other foreign observers attributed the riots as the result of agitation by Syed Jaffar Albar and other elements of the ultra-nationalist faction in UMNO. According to the Australian Deputy High Commissoner, W.B. Pritchett:"...there can be no doubt that UMNO was solely responsible for the riots. Its members ran the communal campaign or allowed it to happen."
The riots occurred during the period when the PAP-UMNO relations were severely strained after the People's Action Party challenged the UMNO in Malaysia federal election in March 1964 with the campaign slogan of Malaysian Malaysia.In addition, the involvement of Chinese secret societies in the riots also increased the level of violence.
acTually i gOt a picture of the rioTs but i had no idea how cOme i could.t upload it...weLl..actually if i nOt wrOng i think that thEre a stoRy abOut a maLay girL but i cOuldn't fiNd anything about thaT no time to fiNd cause neEd to do my worK and also no ideA where to seaRch..bUt if anyone kNow if that is reLated to it do drOp me a meSsage anD leT me know mOre..thaNks in advance!
yeSterdaY was shOpping aNd i haPpen to waLk paSs a guyand he waS smiling aT me and i wAS like thinkIng i know him but i don't remember i met him anyWhere beFore..sO what haPpen was tHat i ignoRe him and waLk off and i notice that he was folLowiNg me and i feLt that he wAs abit out of minD..he kePt looKing at me and loOk elsewhere..so i fAster waLk off aNd gEt out oF that sHoppiNg maLl...
weNt to wAtch a ice hOckery match aFter diNner but didn't reaLly stay lOng...waS tirEd aNd end up go lOok for neW bedshEet for my bEd..it was timE fOr me to buy a new bedsheEt as it was a lOng time siNce i bought one..laTer shouLd be goIng shoPping and hUnt fOr sOme clothEs eVen my warDrode has nO space but i sick anD tirEd of the wearing the saMe clothes eVery weEk.......it friday...let's enjOy...
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