Category: PAP Formation
4th June 1959 : “The Ends and Means of Socialism”
The statement titled “The Ends and Means of Socialism” was released on the 4th June 1959 and signed by Lim Chin Siong, Fong Swee Suan, Sidney Woodhull, Devan Nair and
4th June 1959 : PAP Partially Fulfils Election Promise With The Release
On the 2nd June, Lee Kuan Yew came personally to the Changi Detention Camp to deliver the news that the 6 detainees will be released the next day. James and
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30th May 1959 : PAP’s Landslide Victory in the Polls
In May 1959 PAP, with the support of the left-wing movement, won a landslide victory in the election. Lee Kuan Yew pledged that he would not take office until the
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11 October 1958 : Detention Order Extended For Another Year
The detention order for the six political detainees was extended in November 1958. Lim Chin Siong and the others asked to be transferred to St. John’s Island. Only James remained
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October 1956 to June 1959 : Life in Detention At Changi Camp
“When we went to jail, we were all in one group. And we had a library. All the books were in one room. So, the first night, Woodhull kept the
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15 July 1958 : Differences With Chin Siong
James quarrelled with Lim Chin Siong soon after he came to the detention camp. The row was over the revolution in Iraq. They heard over the radio that Nuri Pasha
23rd May 1958 : The Establishment Of The Internal Security Council And The “Subversives” Clause
The Delegation renewed their objection to the exclusion from the first Assembly of persons detained in Singapore for subversive activities and stated that they could not agree to the inclusion
5th April 1958 : Easter Weekend With Mavis
“For Easter, I was allowed out. I went to a holiday bungalow where my now wife, those days girlfriend brought her friends. James was taken there by Richard Corridon. I
7th December 1957 : A Charade By the Detainees Solicitor, Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew was retained as the detainees solicitor. Lee asked the Government at the Singapore Legislative Assembly meeting what right the Government had to prevent the detainees from seeing
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