This case study was prepared by Tim Lyons, Director of Manage China and
Assistant Proiessor of Marketing, International School of Management'
Paris, France.
A LITTLE SINGAPOREAN HISTORY
The history of Singapore goes back much further than most
people realize. Although many think of Singapore as a 'new
.orrnt.y' (it won independence from Malaysia in 1965)' nothing
could be iurther from the truth' It may be a newcomer to the
status of country but it has longplayed an important part in the
politics of South-East Asia.
It is first found in the annals of history in the second century
AD, when it formed part of the Javanese empire and went by the
name of Temasek (Sea Toovn)' It survived in this form until the
fourteenth century when it became part of the Sultanate of
Johor and chang"d its name" to Singapore (Lion city). Always an
important part*of whichever empire it belonged to' despite
spending a lot of its history as a large fishing village' the
significalnce of its strategic locadon was seldom lost on many
foreign countries. Invaded and re-invaded over the centuries' it
spent time as part of the Javanese empire' the Sultanate of Johor'
u'nJ,n. Portuguese and Dutch empires until the British finally
arrived in 1819. Originally signing a treaty with the sultan who
controlled Singapore, the British East India Company controlled
it until 1858 when the British government made it a
British Crown Colony.It stayed this way until the Japanese
invaded in 1942. Coming back to the colonial fold upon the
cessation of world War II-, Singapore remained a British colony
,until 1959. It formed part of Malaya in 1963 but went its own way
two years later. On 9 August 1965' Singapore officially became
This case study was prepared by Tim Lyons, Director of Manage China and
Assistant Proiessor of Marketing, International School of Management'
Paris, France.
A LITTLE SINGAPOREAN HISTORY
The history of Singapore goes back much further than most
people realize. Although many think of Singapore as a 'new
.orrnt.y' (it won independence from Malaysia in 1965)' nothing
could be iurther from the truth' It may be a newcomer to the
status of country but it has longplayed an important part in the
politics of South-East Asia.
It is first found in the annals of history in the second century
AD, when it formed part of the Javanese empire and went by the
name of Temasek (Sea Toovn)' It survived in this form until the
fourteenth century when it became part of the Sultanate of
Johor and chang"d its name" to Singapore (Lion city). Always an
important part*of whichever empire it belonged to' despite
spending a lot of its history as a large fishing village' the
significalnce of its strategic locadon was seldom lost on many
foreign countries. Invaded and re-invaded over the centuries' it
spent time as part of the Javanese empire' the Sultanate of Johor'
u'nJ,n. Portuguese and Dutch empires until the British finally
arrived in 1819. Originally signing a treaty with the sultan who
controlled Singapore, the British East India Company controlled
it until 1858 when the British government made it a
British Crown Colony.It stayed this way until the Japanese
invaded in 1942. Coming back to the colonial fold upon the
cessation of world War II-, Singapore remained a British colony
,until 1959. It formed part of Malaya in 1963 but went its own way
two years later. On 9 August 1965' Singapore officially became
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