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Subject: [PEN-L:30714] Re: Re: Re: Re: Singapore
> Did the British distinguish between Malaysia and Singapore at the time
> or was Singapore nothing more than the entrepot for the region.
>
> Char
Did the British distinguish between Malaysia and Singapore at the time
or was Singapore nothing more than the entrepot for the region.
Charles Jannuzi wrote:
>
> I somehow doubt that all the non-British 19th
> century immigrants that were attracted there
> brought mostly capital. They brought la
No disagreement here on the mercantile nature of the origins, however, the
capital like the labor never really stays in Singapore thoughout its
history, it goes to Malaya and elsewhere ( I of course recognize the
political connection between the two until the mid-20th C), leaving the
non-British p
