Category: PAP Formation
1956 : Promoting Malay Chauvinism
While Secretary of the Factory and Shop workers …. In 1958, while James was in detention in Changi, he took his theories a stage further, insisting that if racial conflict
18th March 1956 : Merdeka Rally at Kallang Airport
There was this rally at the old airport. There was tremendous enthusiasm for Marshall largely supported by the left wing. I was there with Tony Schooling. We were watching this
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1st January 1956 : New Year’s Message
For the first time at last in the history of Malaya, we see the Chinese, Malay and Indian communities uniting as one body and with one accord seeking freedom from
5th December 1955 : Lee Kuan Yew’s Position In The PAP
In a a handwritten note by J D Higham to the Governor of Singapore (FCO141/15298), he writes: “Lee Kuan Yew’s personal position is difficult. He himself doubts whether he can
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November 1955 : Rejection Of Marxism
On a number of occasions, James says that he changed his Marxist thinking in the aftermath of the Soviets crushing of Hungarian revolt. Letter to LKY Colonial Office: HT Bourdillon
1955 – 1956 : Drafting of the PAP Constitution
In 1955, “they [the PAP members] formed a new constitution committee in which I was made the secretary of the committee. During this time, my importance in the party and
2nd April 1955 : Singapore General Elections
Elections in Singapore were to provide the island with a degree of self government through a Council of Ministers that would be responsible to a predominantly elected Legislative Assembly. The