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
Read more…4th June 1959 : PAP Partially Fulfils Election Promise With The Release
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
Read more…30th May 1959 : PAP’s Landslide Victory in the Polls
James’ book “Ownership and Control in the Malayan Economy” written while he was a political detainee was been accepted for publication by Donald Moore Ltd. In the book he is
Read more…2nd April 1959 : Ownership and Control in the Malayan Economy
To obtain full self-government in the London talk attended by Lim Yew Hock and Lee Kuan Yew, Lim Yew Hock agreed to the establishment of an Internal Security Council (“ISC”)
Read more…March 1957 : The Establishment Of The Internal Security Council
Police raided the SFSWU HQ at Middle Road and arrested the leaders under the Preservation of Public security Ordinance. On 8th November 1956, a detention order was issued by the
Read more…27th October 1956 02:00 am : Detention – The Sacrifice For Independence
Lim Yew Hock authorised the arrests of 300 activists and 10 organisations were banned including the Chinese Middle School Union. In October 1956 James was arrested together with Lim Chin
Read more…11th October 1956 : Sit-In in Chinese High And Chung Cheng
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
“I saw the Factory and Shop Workers Union grow like an amoeba, or a child who is starting from one single cell. By multiplication of cells it became the little
Read more…June 1955 : Appointed Secretary of Singapore Factory and Shop Workers Union (“SFSWU”)
Lim Chin Siong was elected Secretary General of the Singapore Factory and Shop Workers Union (SFSWU) and James appointed secretary of the SFSWU in June 1955. James worked as a
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
