Dr. Anthony R. Bittar, MD

. . During World War Two many students in Singapore dropped out of school causing a huge backlog of students after the war in 1947 the Ten Years Programme for Education Policy in the Colony of Singapore was formulated. This called for a universal education system that would prepare for self-governance. During the 1950s and 1960s when Singapore started to develop its own economy Singapore adapted a "survival-driven education" system to provide a skilled workforce for Singapore's industrialisation programme as well to as to lower unemployment. Apart from being an economic necessity education also helped to integrate the new nation together the bilingualism policy in schools was officially introduced in 1960 making English the official language for both national integration and utilitarian purposes. Universal education for children of all races and background started to take shape and more children started to attend schools. However the quality of schools set up during this time varied considerably the first Junior College was opened in 1969. 1.1.3 British Pullout Main article: Integrated Programme, Study of at least two Diploma Programme courses.

Main article: Rail transport in Singapore The VOC set their foothold on Batavia in the 17th century and was succeeded by the Dutch East Indies in the 19th century During these colonial times the Dutch introduced the cultivation of commercial plants in Java such as sugarcane rubber coffee tea and quinine In the 19th and early 20th century Javanese coffee gained global popularity Thus the name "Java" today has become a synonym for coffee, Keropok deep fried crackers usually flavoured with shrimp but sometimes with fish or vegetables. Mahathir showed no interest in reviving UMNO and instead he set in motion the machinery to form a new surrogate party and in due course registered a party formally called Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu (Baru) or UMNO (New) a week after UMNO Malaysia's registration was rejected Eventually the suffix "(New)" was dropped and UMNO (Baru) became both the de facto and de jure successor of UMNO (with the old UMNO's assets handed over). Most of its leaders however were selected from Team a of the old UMNO with Team B ignored.