Thursday, August 19, 2010

Difference between Internal Self-Government and Limited Self-Government

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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