The change between Limited Self-Government and Internal Self-Government was an important step towards independence foe Singapore. Here are the structures of each constituition:
Limited Self-Government:
Executive Council
-Head of state-British Governor
-3 British ministers
-Chief minister
-6 local ministers
Legislative Council
-25 elected members
-7 nominated members
Areas of responsibility:
Trade and industry, Health, Education and Education
Internal Self-Government
Executive Council
-Head of state-Yang di-Pertuan Negara
-No British minister
-Prime minister
-All ministers were locals
Legislative Council
-51 elected members
-No nominated members
Areas of responsibility:
Trade and Industry, Health, education, Housing, Law and Labour, Finance
Shared area of responsibility: Internal security
The change of no more British officers and the Head of State was a major change as there were no longer any British officers in the government, removing British influence. Moreover, there were more areas of responsibilities, such as Law and Finance. In the Legislative, more members were elected. (51, as compared to 25 in 1955)
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