That year I, without anybody’s prompting, …I stood for secretary of the [student] union and I won it.
James became a member of the Executive Committee of Raffles College Union. Later that year Raffles College was upgraded to University of Malaya. On 22 November 1949, James is appointed as the first secretary-general of the University of Malaya Students Union. ~ The Straits Times.
University Student Union
” Then I became an activist. I was getting involved in the [Anti British League] ABL. Then I was also getting involved in the students’ union. And then we made an effort to take over almost all the societies except the Christian Students’ Movement I think. almost all. Raffles College was run by my friends.”
