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In 1958, while James was in detention in Changi, he took his theories a stage further, insisting that if racial conflict is not to develop, a start must be made to re-orientate Secondary Education in Singapore, with Malay as the national language and English or Chinese as a second language; in the University of Malaya, English would continue. He managed to convive Lim Chin Siong of the dangers of “Chinese Chauvinism”.
At this time, Lee Kuan Yew also stressed the need for the PAP to gain the trust of the Malays. He stated that not until the party had the support of the Malays in Singapore and the Federation and there was a real desire for merger between the two territories, would Singapore achieve independence.