How similar are sources A and B? C and C

SIMILARITY

Both sources, A and B are similar in content in the political repression by the British government.

Source A states that “when I was first elected and appointed Chief Minister, I was told I had no office, no clerk, no thambi” and “I had to threaten to bring a desk here and set up here or in my flat before I could get an office!”

This suggests that the British government does not show David Marshall any respect, despite the fact that he is the Chief Minister of Singapore and ought to be given the rightful respect, by not even granting him an official office and that he needs to force them into giving him an office at all.

Similarly in source B, “Chinese students ignored the government's official closure of their schools”

This suggests that the Chinese students did not even care about the recognized fact that their school had been shut down by the government and treated their school as still being open, and the government did not repent and treated this case with indifference.

Hence, both sources A and B are similar in content in the political repression by the British government.

DIFFERENCE

Sources A and B are different in content in what the people in Singapore wanted to achieve.

Source A states that the people in Singapore opposed the government as they wanted independence while source B states that the people in Singapore wanted a change in the current setup that governs their present educational setup.

Source A states “Merdeka! People of Singapore!”

This suggests that the local people wanted Singapore and the Singaporeans to not be only satisfied with their present status as under the dominion rule of external powers, but aspire to the complete freedom of Singapore, as the ‘Merdeka’ is independence in Malay.

.In contrast, source B states “Out on the streets, Chinese students ignored the government's official closure of their schools, and in a repeat of the previous year locked themselves into their classrooms, where they established their own revolutionary curriculum.”

This suggests that the people wanted an adjustment to their ongoing English-based academic system, to one that was aware of the needs and rights of the local people, not one under the influence of foreign powers.

Therefore, Sources A and B are different in content in what the people in Singapore wanted to achieve.