Proposed[edit]
Option and Symbols Description of Status
Option A Singapore
Singapore would retain autonomy in educational and labour issues.
Singapore would also get to keep its language policies with English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil as official languages.
Singapore would have a reduced representation in the Parliament of Malaysia, being allocated fifteen seats in the Dewan Rakyat in the first post-merger Parliament.
All Singapore citizens would automatically become citizens of Malaysia.[2]
Option B Penang
Singapore would enter on terms no less favourable than the former Strait Settlements of Penang (and Malacca). This would put Singapore on an equal footing as the other Malayan states as set out in the Federation of Malaya Agreement 1948,[7] with no more autonomy than the other Malayan states.
English and Malay would be the official languages.[2]
Only those born in Singapore or descended from the Singapore-born would automatically become citizens of Malaysia.
There would also be proportional representation in Parliament from Singapore.
Option C North Borneo
Sarawak
Singapore would enter on terms no less favourable than the Borneo territories, North Borneo and Sarawak.[2]
Only those born in Singapore or descended from the Singapore-born would automatically become citizens of Malaysia.
Results:
Choice Votes %
Option A 397,626 95.82
Option B 9,422 2.27
Option C 7,911 1.91
Total valid votes 414,959 100
Valid votes 414,959 73.89
Blank votes 143,077 25.48
Invalid/unclear votes 2,523 0.45
Total votes cast 561,559 100
Registered voters/turnout 619,867 90.59
Source: Direct Democracy,
State of Singapore, Government Gazette Extraordinary, No. 60, IV Dated 3 September 1962
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Would this be the case if it was held today or sometime in the future?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singaporean_integration_referendum,_1962
Option and Symbols Description of Status
Option A Singapore
Singapore would retain autonomy in educational and labour issues.
Singapore would also get to keep its language policies with English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil as official languages.
Singapore would have a reduced representation in the Parliament of Malaysia, being allocated fifteen seats in the Dewan Rakyat in the first post-merger Parliament.
All Singapore citizens would automatically become citizens of Malaysia.[2]
Option B Penang
Singapore would enter on terms no less favourable than the former Strait Settlements of Penang (and Malacca). This would put Singapore on an equal footing as the other Malayan states as set out in the Federation of Malaya Agreement 1948,[7] with no more autonomy than the other Malayan states.
English and Malay would be the official languages.[2]
Only those born in Singapore or descended from the Singapore-born would automatically become citizens of Malaysia.
There would also be proportional representation in Parliament from Singapore.
Option C North Borneo
Sarawak
Singapore would enter on terms no less favourable than the Borneo territories, North Borneo and Sarawak.[2]
Only those born in Singapore or descended from the Singapore-born would automatically become citizens of Malaysia.
Results:
Choice Votes %
Option A 397,626 95.82
Option B 9,422 2.27
Option C 7,911 1.91
Total valid votes 414,959 100
Valid votes 414,959 73.89
Blank votes 143,077 25.48
Invalid/unclear votes 2,523 0.45
Total votes cast 561,559 100
Registered voters/turnout 619,867 90.59
Source: Direct Democracy,
State of Singapore, Government Gazette Extraordinary, No. 60, IV Dated 3 September 1962
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Would this be the case if it was held today or sometime in the future?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singaporean_integration_referendum,_1962
