Both sources A and B, are similar in telling me that the government of Singapore during 1955 was quite chaotic. This can be seen from source A, where "I think you know, when I was first elected and appointed Chief Minister, I was told I had no office, no clerk, no thambi. And oh they couldn't give me any office - it took a long time - government offices were extremely overloaded - and there was a lot of difficulty." This shows that even political leaders' assistants were on strike and that the nation was very unruly at that time. Similarly, source B states that "From early April until the end of December 1955, Singapore witnessed a staggering 260 labour stoppages, walk-offs, go-slows and sit-downs - if we exclude Sundays, that means more than one labour protest every working day." This shows that there was no control over the strikes that were going on daily for 9 months in total. Thus, it can be seen that the government of Singapore during 1955 was quite chaotic.
Both sources A and B, are different in content in that of when the chaotic period of government started. In source A, it states that '' Last year, this time, in the month of March: a time of agony '' ' This shows that the chaotic period in source A started in March. On the other hand, source B states that '' From early April until the end of December 1955, Singapore witnessed a staggering 260 labor stoppages, walk-offs, go slows and sit-downs. ''
This shows that the chaotic period in source B started in early April and chaotic period of government were different in both sources.
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