The story about merger with Malaya in 1963 and Singapores ejection from Malaysia in 1965 is well-known. But the battle against the communist threat in the years before that may be less familiar, and it is this story that Singapores founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew says is worth retelling. To do so, a reprint of the book The Battle for Merger was launched on Thursday (Oct 9). It provides an account of the past struggle between the communists and non-communists over the future of Singapore. Originally published in 1962, it contains 12 radio talks given by Mr Lee in 1961 which sought to expose the communist threat and their intent on opposing merger at the time. In a message for the re-print, Mr Lee wrote that the book would have achieved something if the younger generation reads and understands what was at stake. He also called on the younger generation to speak to the remaining members of the pioneer generation who lived through those times before it is too late, to get a better appreciation of the past. Channelnewsasia Article / MediaCorp Video: channelnewsasia/news/singapore/reprinted-book/1406366.html Receive daily bite-size updates from our ministers, MPs and activists on bit.ly/PAP_Facebook_page
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 02:00:00 +0000
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