Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yuni 1948, 'yan kwaminisanci sun yi tawaye da makamai
a Malaya ya barke, kuma Birtaniyyawa sun sanya tsauraran matakai don sarrafa kungiyoyin hagu a Singapore da Malaya; Dokar Tsaro ta Cikin Gida mai cike da cece-kuce, wacce ta ba da izinin tsare marasa iyaka ba tare da shari'a ba ga mutanen da ake zargi da "barazana ga tsaro", an zartar da ita a Singapore a wannan lokacin. Tunda kungiyoyin hagu sune manyan masu sukar tsarin mulkin mallaka, ci gaba kan mulkin kai ya tsaya na shekaru da yawa. Gwamnatin mulkin mallaka ta kuma yi kokarin hana hulɗa tsakanin Sinawan Singapore da Jamhuriyar Jama'ar Sin, wanda Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Sin ta ayyana a watan Oktoba na shekarar 1949. Tan Kah Kee, wani dan kasuwa na Singapore kuma mai ba da agaji, ya yi tafiya zuwa China a 1949 kuma an hana shi sake shiga Singapore lokacin da ya shirya komawa a 1950.