The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew

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Author(s): LEE Kuan Yew
Publisher: Times Editions and Straits Times Press
Year: 1998

Language: English
Pages: 688
City: Singapore

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