Group Meeting Minutes

1st meeting

Date:19/8/14

Time:3pm to 5pm

Venue: Nicole's house

Members present:
-Lin Ying Qi (5)
-Nicole Ng (7)
-Yen Pin Fang (13)
-Yen Pin Hsuan (14)

Members absent: NIL

Matters discussed:
-Completed stage 1 of the HI project and have understood the  historical inquiry question
-Blog of stage 1 created and discussion on similarities and  differences typed in
-Blog of stage 2 created but was incomplete

Plan of action:
-Decide on the topic to do
-Find sources for the topic

Date for work completion:26/8/14 

2nd meeting

Date:26/8/14

Time:8.15am to 9am

Venue:Com Lab 4

Members present:

-Lin Ying Qi (5)

-Nicole Ng (7)

-Yen Pin Fang (13)

-Yen Pin Hsuan (14)

Members absent:NIL

Matters discussed:

-Topic decided, which is riots in Singapore during 1950s
 and  early 1960s

-Whether sources find by each group member is acceptable
 and  whether it links to the topic

-Stage 2 of HI project completed

Plan of action:

-Each member try to infer from the sources and inference
 made  will be discussed in the next meeting

Date for work completion: 27/8/14

3rd meeting

Date:27/8/14

Time:9am to 10am

Venue:Com Lab 4

Members present:
-Lin Ying Qi (5)
-Nicole Ng (7)

-Yen Pin Fang (13)
-Yen Pin Hsuan (14)

Members absent:NIL

Matters discussed:
-Blog for Stage 3 created
-Started typing the essay



Plan of action:
-Finish the essay


Date for work completion: 5/9/14

Compare and contrast

Compare And Contrast

Similarity

Both sources A and B are similar in content about how the British were still having political regression. This can be seen in source A where David Marshall said "And oh they couldn't give me an office-it took a long time-government offices were extremely overloaded-and there was a lot of difficulty." this shows that even though the British allowed David Marshall, a local to become a political leader, they did not even give him and office to work in so that they render him unable to work and even less able to voice his opinion and this indicates that the British were still trying to hold back on giving the locals power. Similarly, source B states that "Singapore witnessed a staggering 260 labor stoppages, walk-offs, go-slows and sit-downs-if we exclude Sundays, that means more than one labor protest every working day." This also shows that the locals were unhappy with the way the British was running the country in the labor aspect nut the fact that the strikes continued to such an extent means the British may be ignoring the locals' protest and remained holding back power.

Difference

Both Sources are different in content about how the people's attitude towards the situation they were in.Source A suggests that the people would not try to change their lives, while Source B suggests that the people tried their best in making their lives better. Source A states that "I did not dream, I did not dare believe, that you would give us an opportunity to make that miracle possible." This shows that David Marshall did not have faith in the people in Singapore would help him to make their lives better. Source B states that "Singapore witnessed a staggering 260 labor stoppage, walk-offs, go-slows and sit-downs" and that there were "more than one labor protest every working day." This shows that the people in Singapore at least being not satisfied with the situation that they were in and wanted better lives. Therefore, both sources differ in the people's attitude towards the situation.