The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew, Volume 1Suddenly, independence -- Growing up -- Japanese invaders -- After the liberation -- My Cambridge days -- Work, wedding and politics -- My first clashes with the government -- World of the Chinese-educated -- Enter the PAP -- Marshall accentuates the crisis -- Fiasco in London -- Election 1959-we fight to win -- Trounced in Hong Lim -- Tunku's merger bombshell -- Eden Hall Tea Party -- Communists exposed -- Getting to know the Tunku -- Europe beckons Britain -- Pressure from Sukarno -- Bitter run-up to Malaysia -- Singapore declares independence -- Konfrontasi -- Winning friends in Africa -- Quest for a Malaysian Malaysia -- Tunku wants us out. |
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... Lee Siew Choh , its chairman , then called for fresh elections . Lim Chin Siong was silent for a week after the debate on the confidence motion . Then on 28 July , the Straits Times published a letter from him that carried the ...
... Lee Siew Choh , its chairman , then called for fresh elections . Lim Chin Siong was silent for a week after the debate on the confidence motion . Then on 28 July , the Straits Times published a letter from him that carried the ...
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Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew Kuan Yew Lee. who number 63 per cent . ... But Lee himself was full of confidence on the ... Siew Choh by 89 votes and Raja won by fewer than 200 . Kenny lost to the Barisan's S.T. Bani by 159 votes . David ...
Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew Kuan Yew Lee. who number 63 per cent . ... But Lee himself was full of confidence on the ... Siew Choh by 89 votes and Raja won by fewer than 200 . Kenny lost to the Barisan's S.T. Bani by 159 votes . David ...
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Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew Kuan Yew Lee. union adviser , 146–55 , 210-11 Victoria Street flat , 72 , 90 visits to ministries , 328-30 wedding in Singapore , 135-6 Lee Siew Choh , Dr , 377-8 , 390 , 399 , 401 , 406-8 , 419-20 , 430-1 , 433 ...
Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew Kuan Yew Lee. union adviser , 146–55 , 210-11 Victoria Street flat , 72 , 90 visits to ministries , 328-30 wedding in Singapore , 135-6 Lee Siew Choh , Dr , 377-8 , 390 , 399 , 401 , 406-8 , 419-20 , 430-1 , 433 ...
Contents
Preface | 8 |
Acknowledgements | 10 |
Suddenly Independence | 13 |
Copyright | |
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