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The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew

Book information

Publisher
Times Editions and Straits Times Press
Year
1998
ISBN
981 204 983 5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
35 MB (36757228 bytes)
Pages
688\688
Topic
History
Time added
2019-08-09 07:58:24

Description

Contents......Page 12 Preface......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 16 1. Suddenly, Independence......Page 19 2. Growing Up......Page 31 3. The Japanese Invaders......Page 50 4. After the Liberation......Page 90 5. My Cambridge Days......Page 105 6. Work, Wedding and Politics......Page 140 7. My First Clashes with the Government......Page 152 8. Widening the Oxley Road Circle......Page 162 9. The World of the Chinese-educated......Page 172 10. Enter the PAP......Page 183 11. Round One to the Communists......Page 200 12. Marshall Accentuates the Crisis......Page 211 13. A Fiasco in London......Page 229 14. Exit Marshall, Enter Lim Yew Hock......Page 246 15. Three-quarters Independent......Page 262 16. Flushing Out the Communists......Page 274 17. Rendezvous with the Plen......Page 284 18. Election 1959 - We Fight to Win......Page 296 19. Taking Charge......Page 312 20. Glimpses of Troubles Ahead......Page 334 21. Trounced in Hong Lim......Page 357 22. The Tunku's Merger Bombshell......Page 368 23. Eden Hall Tea Party......Page 379 24. Communists Exposed......Page 391 25. Moving Towards Merger......Page 408 26. Getting to Know the Tunku......Page 416 27. A Vote for Merger......Page 435 28. Europe Beckons Britain......Page 460 29. Pressure from Sukarno......Page 466 30. Bitter Run-up to Malaysia......Page 476 31. The Tide Turns......Page 490 32. Singapore Declares Independence......Page 501 33. Konfrontasi......Page 517 34. Winning Friends in Africa......Page 531 35. Venturing into the Malay Heartland......Page 546 36. Albar Stokes Up Malay Passions......Page 557 37. Singapore-KL Tensions Mount......Page 576 38. Constitutional Rearrangements?......Page 587 39. Seeking Support Down Under......Page 599 40. UMNO's “Crush Lee” Campaign......Page 606 41. The Quest for a Malaysian Malaysia......Page 622 42. The Tunku Wants Us Out......Page 634 43. “Talak, Talak, Talak” (I Divorce Thee)......Page 654 Chronology of Events......Page 670 Index......Page 674

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