The return of the British to Singapore on 5 September 1945, did not meant that the civilians return to their old good lifes, people were still not free from hardship. Thousands were jobless and are living in poverty. There was severe shortage of food, water, electricity and housing. People lived in slum ( Meaning: denoting one or more people or things already mentioned or assumed to be common knowledge) conditions. Due to overcrowded living conditions, diseases were common, poor sanitation and lack of health services. The attempted to solve the problems and putting Singapore back to its feet, these efforts were inadequate ( Means:  Lacking the quality ).

 How did Post-War Conditions affect the Response of the Local People to the British Rule?

There were many waves of strikes. Strikes took place very often in 1947, and was remember by people as " The Year of Strikes". There was more than 300 strikes by almost 70,000 workers. These strikes became worse with the involvement of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP), the Communists stirred up people's feeling against the British through the trade unions and blame the British for all the post-war problems. They encouraged the workers to join Communist-controlled trade unions to fight for better working conditions and higher pays.

While many locals were worrying about their livelihood, there were people who thought about the future of Singapore, their mindset towards the British ruling Singapore for over a hundred of years and had failed to protect it many times, they should therefore leave Singapore alone.

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Strike, refuse to continue working usually because they are demanding more pay or better working condition from their employers.
A trade union is an organised association of workers, the union aims is to improve the pay and working condition of its members.

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 Having to take care a family, while living in poverty, it normal to be greed and wanting to get a better pay and give your child a better life, every parents do care a lot for their child in their hearts this is what I feel...