The Citizenship Ordinance of 1957 bestowed Singapore citizenship to all born in Singapore or Malaya, and aliens with ten years' residence. It was introduced by the Labour Front government to secure the loyalty and future of the foreign-born, mainly Chinese immigrants. The English language ...
following the enactment of new citizenship laws in 1957 and self-government in 1959, Singapore’s eventual political split from Malaysia in 1965, the conversion of all Chinese-medium schools to English-medium ones by 1987, and the perpetual implementation of large-scale urban renewal and ...