tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60631264210115197242024-02-19T21:54:46.915-08:00History Project Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938947136340709225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063126421011519724.post-39232453629915388462014-08-28T07:16:00.001-07:002014-08-28T08:10:19.477-07:00Essay <span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Post-war Singapore represents a interesting period in the history of the nation.There is a great change, of finding an identity, of becoming a nation, of taking charge of our own future. We have to consider the significance.</span><span style="line-height: 20.00040054321289px;">The Maria Hertogh riots started due to many reasons and factors.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Firstly the media have to be responsible for what they report because what they say may cause great commotion, like the Maria hertogh riots, if media are insensitive towards certain issues like religious problems. The reporters reported a photograph of Maria hertogh kneeling in front of a Virgin Mary and this article is one of the main reason why the riots escalated so quickly. This shows that what the media report can cause desire consequences when not reported sensitively. Especially when the media has such a big influence on the society now, the more media should be careful of what they say and report. Therefore we should keep this incident in our mind so as not to commit the same mistake again.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Mariah Hertogh riots that took place in the 1950s was due to the insensitivity of races towards the Malays, mainly Muslim. The Muslims felt that the Europeans did not show respect for the locals and their religious ways. For example, although it was normal for many Muslim girls to marry at the young age of 13 or 14, the Dutch felt that is was wrong. This resulted in the riots causing 18people to be killed and 173 others injured. In order for this to not happen again, not only the government but the people of Singapore should respect people of other races and religions. Now, we are living in a society of racial harmony but we should not take this for granted and remember the Mariah Hertogh Riots as it serves as a lesson to us to be respectful to others and not offend people of other races and religions in order to have a society of racial harmony.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In 1949, Maria’s mother, Adeline Hertogh
came to take her daughter back. However Che Aminah did not want to give her up
so the case was brought to the Singapore high court. Maria was returned to her
parents in 1950 to her natural parents under court rule. When Maria was 13, she
was married to a Malay teacher, as it was normal for Muslim girls to marry at a
young age of 13 or 14. The judge did not recognize the marriage as she was
under age according to Dutch law. This upset the Muslim community as the Muslim
law was not respected. A Muslim leader wrote to The Straits Times, pointing out
that although Islamic law permits the marriage of girls starting after puberty
(which Maria had reached a year earlier), there were Muslim countries such as
Egypt that legislated for a minimum marriage age of 16. He added, however, that
it would not be in the interest of "the friendly understanding... between
Christians and Muslims" to object to the marriage since it had already
taken place. By not being sensitive to the feelings of the Muslim community
when they did not recognize the marriage, it sparked the riot. </span>During the battle for custody in November
1950, the court put Maria in the care of a Catholic convent in Thomson road
before the verdict came out. According to an official of the Netherlands
Consulate-General, such arrangement was because of "greater
convenience" while the stay of execution pending appeal was in effect.
This shows that the Government was very insensitive towards the Muslims as they
did not take into consideration of the feelings of the Muslims by putting Maria
in a convent when she was raised as a Muslim girl. This has proved to be a
wrong move as it lit the spark the subsequent riots. They should have thought
carefully of the consequences before making the decision. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Therefore, all the above are reasons why the Maria Hertogh Riot should be remembered. We should not do the same mistake again. We have to learn, those who are responsible for this riot and what leads to this riot. </span></div>
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Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938947136340709225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063126421011519724.post-25392032538639358122014-08-21T06:40:00.002-07:002014-08-28T08:08:49.272-07:00Sources<br />
<img src="http://www.thesmartlocal.com/images/easyblog_images/465/Newspaper.jpg" height="489" width="640" /><br />
<img alt="b2ap3_thumbnail_maria-2.jpg" src="http://www.thesmartlocal.com/images/easyblog_images/465/b2ap3_thumbnail_maria-2.jpg" /><br />
<img src="http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/Staff/doreen/dtan/Doreen%20tan/Rukaidah/aminahmaria.jpg" /><br />
<img src="http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/Staff/doreen/dtan/Doreen%20tan/Rukaidah/mariareverendmother.jpg" /><br />
"Don't call me Maria," Nadra chidded when i chat with her. "I've done with the Hertogh Family and my real Muslim name is Nadra."<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.00040054321289px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Initially, custody of Maria was given to Aminah. Within four days of the ruling, on 1 August 1950, Maria was married off to Mansoor Adabi, a 22-year-old teacher at Bukit Panjang Government School heading a second-year Normal Class. The marriage of the juvenile 13-year old-Maria was raised in court, at Adeline's appeal for custody over Maria. On 2 December 1950, custody over Maria was gained by Adeline who whisked her to Amsterdam, Netherlands. On 11 December 1950, riots were sparked off over the custodial ruling, resulting in the death of at least 18 people.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.00040054321289px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.00040054321289px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For three days, mobs of Malay and Indian Muslim rioters attacked any European and Eurasian in sight. They set up barricades along major roads, set cars and houses on fire and took control of districts in the vicinity of Sultan Mosque, North Bridge Road and Jalan Besar. Rioting was stopped only after two troops of the Internal Security Battalion were called in, supported by several Malays within the troops. Even so, scattered attacks continued over two days. A 24-hour curfew had to be imposed for two weeks before British and Malay troops and the Constabulary regained control of the situation.</span></span><br />
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The fight for Maria was not just between the two families in court. It was going on outside, between Asians<br />
and Europeans. On 11 December, just before the court made its final decision and Maria was taken to Holland, a riot erupted.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thesmartlocal.com/read/5-riots-that-rocked-singapore">http://www.thesmartlocal.com/read/5-riots-that-rocked-singapore</a> 3rd photo. Five dead, 100 hurt in riot. Pictorial and textual source. taken outside court on December 12, 1950<br />
<a href="http://www.thesmartlocal.com/read/5-riots-that-rocked-singapore">http://www.thesmartlocal.com/read/5-riots-that-rocked-singapore</a> 2nd photo. No title. Pictorial source. Taken outside court<br />
<a href="http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/Staff/doreen/dtan/Doreen%20tan/Rukaidah/">http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/Staff/doreen/dtan/Doreen%20tan/Rukaidah/</a> 3rd photo. No title. Pictorial source<br />
<a href="http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/Staff/doreen/dtan/Doreen%20tan/Rukaidah/">http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/Staff/doreen/dtan/Doreen%20tan/Rukaidah/</a> 4th photo. No title. Pictorial source. Taken in at Girl's Home<br />
<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/missfateha/maria-hertogh-newspaper-articles">http://www.slideshare.net/missfateha/maria-hertogh-newspaper-articles</a> Newspaper Article on Maria Hertogh<br />
<a href="http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_508_2004-12-23.html">http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_508_2004-12-23.html </a> Written by Bonny Tan. Maria Hertogh (aka Nadra)<br />
<a href="http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_83_2005-02-02.html">http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_83_2005-02-02.html </a> Written by Lay Yuen Tan. Maria Hertogh Riots<br />
<a href="file:///C:/Users/Alicia/Downloads/A%20Tragedy%20of%20Errors%20(Maria%20Hertogh%20Special).pdf">file:///C:/Users/Alicia/Downloads/A%20Tragedy%20of%20Errors%20(Maria%20Hertogh%20Special).pdf</a> Written by Justin Huang. A tragedy of errors<br />
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Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938947136340709225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063126421011519724.post-10753066869244269612014-08-18T23:52:00.000-07:002014-08-28T07:57:17.071-07:00Group Meeting Minutes<h2>
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Wes' House</span><br />
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Alicia, Wen Yi, Ze Xuan, Wes</span><br />
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Compare and contrast</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Alicia
and Ze Xuan identified the common criteria for the similarity.</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ze
Xuan found both of the evidence. (quote from source)</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Alicia
elaborate on the evidence.</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wen Yi
and Wes identified the common criteria for the differences.</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wen Yi
found the evidence and did the elaborate for source B.</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Wes
found the evidence and did the elaborate for source A.</span><br />
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Next meeting in school.</span><br />
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School</span><br />
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Wen Yi, Ze Xuan, Wes</span><br />
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Alicia (Scribe) did the minutes and the rest help to remember the dates.</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">All
took turn to research on the Maria Hertogh sources.</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">7) Not
sure when is next meeting</span><br />
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12:30</span><br />
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Computer Lab</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">4) Alicia,
Wen Yi, Ze Xuan, Wes</span><br />
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Alicia do the minutes and did the introduction and conclusion of the essay.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #ffdddd; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Alicia search on Maria Hertogh sources.</span><br />
<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #44000d; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ze
Xuan, Wes and Wen Yi did on main idea from the essay each.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938947136340709225noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6063126421011519724.post-1314120226153806592014-08-17T00:25:00.000-07:002014-08-25T19:03:15.975-07:00Compare and Contrast SIMILARITY<br />
Both sources, A and B are similar in content about political repression of the British Governor.<br />
Source A says that, "I think you know, when I was first elected and appointed chief minister, I was told I had no office, no clerk, no thambi."<br />
This suggests that someone had persecute towards David Marshall and thus did not provide him with anything when he was selected by the people.<br />
Similarly, Source B states that, "Chinese students ignored the government's official closure of their schools, and in a repeat of the previous year locked themselves into their classrooms, where they established their own revolutionary curriculum.<br />
This suggests that even the students did not bother about the what the governments says and do things in their own way, not caring about the rules made by the governments.<br />
Thus, Sources A and B are similar in content in showing about the political repression of Singapore in 1956<br />
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DIFFERENCE<br />
Sources A and B are different in content in about what the different people in Singapore hope to achieve.<br />
Source A states that the people of Singapore wants to have independence.<br />
Source B states that the Chinese students of Singapore wants to have their own education.<br />
From source A, it states, "merdeka!"<br />
This suggests that the people in Singapore wanted to achieve independence.<br />
From source B, "Chinese students ignored the government's official closure of their schools, and in repeat of the previous year locked themselves into their classrooms, where they established their own revolutionary curriculum."<br />
This tells me that the Chinese students of Singapore had a riot due to them wanting to have their own educational system.<br />
Thus, source A and source B are different in showing what the different people in Singapore<span style="color: magenta;"> </span>hope to achieve in 1956.<br />
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<span style="color: magenta;"><br /></span>Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08938947136340709225noreply@blogger.com0