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Racial Harmony Day
Posted on: Sunday, June 29, 2008
Posted at: 2:45 AM
"Racial Harmony Day" is to remind all of us about the 1964 Race Riots which took place on 21 July 1964.I am glad that this is all over and now we are living peacefully in a multi-racial country,Singapore.
1964 Racial Riots Pictures
Posted on: Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Posted at: 10:20 PM
September Riots
Posted on: Monday, June 23, 2008
Posted at: 11:31 PM
A second race riot occurred just a month after the first on 3 September. This time, a Malay
trishaw-rider was found murdered at Geylang Serai and his attackers were believed to be a group of Chinese. The race riot ensued in the neighbourhoods of
Geylang,
Joo Chiat and
Siglap, and another curfew was imposed. In this incident, 13 people lost their lives and 106 people were injured. Under the presence of troops and the imposing of curfews, these tensions eventually eased after a few days. 480 people were arrested.
Both Malaysia and Singapore have attributed the September riots to Indonesian provocateurs. It was the
Konfrontasi period and 30 Indonesian paratroopers had landed in
Labis, Johor on 2 September.
(Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Race_Riots#September_riots)
1964 Race Riots
Posted on: Saturday, June 21, 2008
Posted at: 9:42 PM
The 1964 Race Riots were a series of riots that took place in Singapore during two separate periods in July and September between Chinese and Malay groups. The first incident occurred on 21 July during a Malay procession that marked Muhammad's birthday. In total, the violence killed 36 people and injured another 556. About 3,000 people were arrested. The riots are also known as the Prophet Muhammad Birthday Riots, 1964 Racial Riots, and 1964 Sino-Malay Riots. At that time, Singapore was a state in the Federation of Malaysia.(Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Race_Riots)
