1954 National Service Riots
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| 1954 National Service Riots | |
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| AKA: | Anti-National Service Riots |
| Participants: | Chinese Middle School students |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Date: | May 13, 1954 |
| Status: | 26 injured 45 students arrested |
| This article is part of the History of Singapore series |
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| Straits Settlements (1826–1867) |
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| Japanese Occupation (1942–1945) |
| Sook Ching massacre (1942–1945) |
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| First Legislative Council (1948–1951) |
| Maria Hertogh riots(1950) |
| Second Legislative Council (1951–1955) Anti-National Service Riots (1954) |
| Internal self-government (1955–1962) |
| Hock Lee bus riots (1955) |
| Chinese middle schools riots (1956) |
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| Merger referendum, 1962 |
| Operation Coldstore (1963) |
| Race Riots of 1964 |
| MacDonald House bombing (1965) |
| Republic of Singapore (1965–present) |
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1954 National Service Riots or Anti-National Service Riots is a riot in Singapore that occurred in 1954 due to the communist influence. The persons involved were only the Chinese students in Chinese Middle School age 20 and above. Most of the students are 20 years old and above as their education was disrupted during the war.
[edit] Reason for the riots
On 13 May 1954, students at a number of Chinese schools demonstrated against the British government's decision to make young men, age 18-20, do part-time military service. The students were unwilling to defend a foreign government which they wanted to drive out of Singapore. The demonstration led to rioting and the police had to put down on the riot.[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 1954 Anti National Service Protest (html). Retrieved on 2007-11-21.
- National Service Riots of 1954 article in Singapore National Library Infopedia
