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1819
Raffles' expedition arrived in Singapore on 29 January 1819, Singapore became a British colony.
1953
1963
Singapore was required to abide by a number of conditions to join Malaysia. Citizens of the State of Singapore became Malaysians and were issued Malaysian passports.
1964
race riots were a series of riots that took place in Singapore between Chinese and Malay groups. In total, the violence killed 36 people and injured another 556. About 3,000 people were arrested.
1965
On that same day, 9 August 1965, just as the press conference ended, the Malaysian parliament passed the required resolution that would sever Singapore's ties to Malaysia as a state, and thus the Republic of Singapore was created.
1975
2003
4,000 people gathered at the Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park on Saturday afternoon to protest against the Population White Paper. The Policy that Singapore’s population could be between 5.8 to 6 million by 2020 and between 6.5 million to 6.9 million by 2030.
IMM IGRAN T WO RKERS In Singapore,the term immigrant workers is separated into foreign workers and foreign talents. Foreign workers refers to semi-skilled or unskilled workers who mainly work in the manufacturing,construction,and domestic ser vices sectors. Foreign talent refers to foreigners with professional qualifications or acceptable degrees working at the higher end of Singapore's economy.
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Immigrate to Singapore
/ Population Structure
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Total population in Singapore is 5.47 million, half of the people are new inhabitant. And migrant workers are the moste people in the immigrate population.
Singapore is a small country that lack of resoures, and due to their self population structure, it apear that Singapore is a aged society and low birth rate. The government would like to welcome new talented habitant to join their nation.
migrant workers
Far From the City / Public Dormitory
/ Private Dormitory
It's like a small town, with a mini-market, a food court, a medical clinic and a dentist.There's also a well-equipped gym and a cricket pitch. At night the men watch the latest Bollywood movies on a large outdoor screen. There's even a view of the sea.
They are spread throughout the city, in accommodation ranging from temporary set-ups on construction sites, to crowded rooms above shops.
But for the residents there is a trade-off. While they enjoy better facilities here, they give up some privacy. The workers, who sleep 12 to a room, are free to come and go as they please. But the dorm is about as far from the city centre as you can get. Dormitories are generally located no more than about 25 kilometres from the city centre.
dormitory a narrow, cramped room full of rudimentary bunk beds, with no mattresses, just wooden boards. Many employers are resisting accommodating their workers in such facilities, because other places are cheaper.
Movement in Singapore / To Work
/ Little India
Each day,migrant workers and their tools are carried by these pickup trucks to their construction sites and dormitories.
They usually works from Monday to Saturday,and Sunday is their only free time, Little India is the place the are likely to go. They gatherd and chats to others workers like them.
They don’t take the public transportaiton.
At night government offered bus to carried hundreds of workers to their dormitori
Site Mapping
/ Tiong Bahru The estate consists of about 30 apartment blocks with a total of over 900 units. The apartment blocks are made up of two to five-storey flats and the units are assorted three to five-room apartments.
/ Location Tiong Bahru is near Chinatown, the central of Singapore.
/ Area Middle south of singapore is the central. Business and residentials are all in this place.
1930
Tiong Bahru Tiong Bahru Estate is one of the oldest housing estates in Singapore. It was the first project undertaken by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), a government body administered by the British colonial authority, to provide for mass public housing in Singapore.
1945
After WWII After World War II, With the growing of population, Tiong Bahru estate became a living place for middle class. And most of the resident are chinese.
1980
HDB Popout 1970-1980 HDB have been costructed, abundant residents move out from Tiong Bahru to seek higher living quality. At the time the elder still live in this estate.
2000
Hipster Culture Around 2000 foreigners and young couples love the estate’s atmosphere, and start to move in. Gradually, independence shop, coffee gallery and book store popout. became a new living stlyle of Tiong Bahru neighborhood.