042 Study Guide - Lee Kuan Yew

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The hostility between singapore "s ethnic chinese and malays erupted into violent clashes. In this video, let "s dive deep into the magical story of. Singapore is 18 times more densely populated than india. The origin of the name singapore is from the sanskrit word singh pura. Singapore is very diverse in terms of ethnicity too. The largest majority is of chinese ethnic people at 74. The second largest group is the people who do not believe in religion , the atheists. The 1940s was the period of world war ii. Over the next 350 years, the japanese ruled over singapore. There was large-scale poverty, high unemployment and high unemployment. Singaporeans about the british were quite favourable and positive as compared to india. The malaysian government was not thrilled to have singapore be a part of their country.