15th July 1961 : PAP Lost The Anson By-Election
James had gone to Bangkok when the Anson by-election was going on. “When I came back, my brother Dominic, Ghaus, Chin Siong and Fong were waiting for me in my
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16th June 1961 : Raising the Spectre of “Chinese Chauvinism” and A Communist State
Faced with the possibility of losing power and a PAP electoral defat at the next election, Lee Kuan Yew insisted that “in the coming months it was necessary that the
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June 1961 : Lunch With Lord and Lady Selkirk
The day after my meeting with Chin Siong, James got hold of Charles Ladd of Jardine Wharf and asked him to fix a meeting with Lord Selkirk. On Sunday morning
2nd June 1961 : Chin Siong Statement of Conditional Support
On June 2 Lim Chin Siong issued a statement supporting the PAP in the Anson by-election on condition that the PAP agreed to demand the abolition of the Internal Security
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May 1961 : Passed Over For Economic Development Board
“Goh Keng Swee and I had become less and less friendly. One day Keng Swee said to me, ‘I am going to appoint Mayer to the job I was planning
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May 1961 : The Strained Relationship with Goh Keng Swee
The Industrial Promotions Board was soon to be replaced by the Economic Development Board and James was touted to be the Chairman-designate (Straits Times 12 july 1959). But by this
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May 1961 : Rift Over The Remaining Detainees
All I regret with PAP is PAP probably did not give it [Singapore] political freedom – individualfreedom. It had given it quite a lot of economic advancement. But it [politicalfreedom]
April 1961 : PAP Lost The Hong Lim By-Election
“When the Hong Lim by-elections took place, I did not participate because it was an entirely Chinese constituency, and my impact would be minimal. I remember at the Fullerton Square
Early 1961 : Establishment of the Economic Development Board
“I understood that the EDB was going to be set up and I was going to head it. Two major things took place: We brought out a man called E.
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