The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew (96 page)

Labour Front,
177
,
189–90
,
196
,
212
,
228
,
232
,
238
,
257
,
267
,
271–3
,
286
,
293–4
,
321

Labour Party and government, UK,
117
,
124–5
,
128–31
,
226
,
231
,
234
,
454–5
,
572–5
,
577

Labour Party, Singapore,
140
,
150
,
177
,
294

Lam Tian,
183–4
,
414

Lansdowne, Lord (UK minister of state to Duncan Sandys),
462
,
464–5

Laski, Harold,
104–5

Laycock & Ong,
134
,
146
,
152
,
159
,
162
,
171
,
188
,
194
,
316

Laycock, John,
134–5
,
137
,
140–1
,
146
,
157
,
184
,
190
,
194

Le Cain, John (Singapore police commissioner),
18
,
557
,
645

Lee Bok Boon,
26
,
30

Lee Chin Koon,
25–6
,
34
,
38
,
46
,
62
,
91
,
95
,
133

Lee Gek Seng,
180

Lee Hoon Leong (“Kung”),
27–9
,
31
,
62

Lee Hsien Loong,
118
,
145
,
177
,
194
,
205
,
221–2
,
241
,
427

Lee Hsien Yang,
222

Lee Khoon Choy,
375
,
408
,
578
,
604
,
622
,
624

Lee Kim Yew, Dennis,
28
,
65
,
70
,
91–2
,
95
,
122
,
132–3
,
157
,
188
,
194
,
251
,
310
,
328

Lee Kong Chian,
217

Lee Kuan Yew:

21st birthday,
68

addresses National Press Club in Canberra,
594–5

African mission,
525–39

and Alan Lennox-Boyd,
258
,
306
,
455

and Chinese-educated students,
166
,
171–4
,
177

and colour prejudice,
113–14

and David Marshall,
198–9
,
213
,
215

and Harold Wilson,
572–1
,
651
,
657–9

and Nasser,
422–4
,
427

and Nehru,
421
,
427

and the Plen,
280–3
,
286
,
288–9
,
357–61

and the Tunku,
410–13
,
416–17
,
443–5
,
459
,
464
,
477
,
479
,
503
,
517–18
,
525
,
537
,
621–2

and Tito,
424
,
427

and William Goode,
304–5
,
339–42

assassination threat,
368–9

Australian tour,
594–9

black market trading during Japanese occupation,
66
,
72

British support,
463–6
,
481
,
483
,
500–3
,
572–4
,
657–61

broadcast on Prophet Mohammed’s Birthday riots (1964),
557–8

broadcasts on communism,
394–9

Cambridge University,
103
,
107–19
,
426–7

Cambridge University Labour Club member,
130
,
149

car accident,
137

career choice,
38

chairman, PAP’s Publicity and Propaganda Coordinating Committee,
540

checks grassroots reactions to break with communists in the PAP (1961),
385–6

childhood, early education,
25
,
29
,
32–5

Chinese New Year and Hari Raya message (31 January 1965),
584

civil service pay cuts,
319–20

constitutional talks (London),
229–39
,
256–61
,
283–4

criticises federal budget,
519

decides to hold elections for 15 seats in federal parliament,
463–5

declares Singapore’s independence,
498–9
,
501
,
503

election (1955),
182–90

election (1959),
302–4

employment during Japanese occupation,
63–4
,
66–69
,
71–2

encounter with Japanese sentry,
54

family homes: Chai Chee,
32
; Kampong Java Road,
25
,
53
; Norfolk Road,
47–9
,
54–5
,
64
,
69
; Oxley Road,
19
,
90–1
,
97
,
133
,
135
,
139
,
157
,
162
,
174
,
177
,
187–8
,
503
; Telok Kurau,
28
,
29
,
48
,
58

fateful speech in Malaysian parliament,
610–15

first murder case (Dutch girl riots, 1950),
143–4

forebears,
25–31
,
34–5

“hiving-off” negotiations,
17
,
629–38

housekeeping in London,
102–3

introduction to socialism,
105

keep Singapore clean campaign,
322–4

Kempeitai
surveillance,
70

Labour Party (UK) conference and Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference (1962),
454–7

Labour Party (UK) dinner (September 1964),
574

languages spoken,
20
,
35
,
41
,
183
,
300
,
354–6
,
411
,
487
,
497
,
611

law exams,
108
,
115
,
117
,
125

leader of the opposition,
199
,
212

learning Chinese,
34–5
,
61
,
152
,
183
,
186–7
,
220–2
,
354–6

learning Japanese,
61–2

Lee & Lee,
194
,
328

lessons from Japanese occupation,
74–8

letter to Menzies on Singapore’s separation,
646

letters to Maudling and the Tunku on Malaysian citizenship issue,
432

libel action against Syed Ja’afar Albar and
Utusan Melayu
,
606–7
,
662

London School of Economics (LSE),
100–1
,
104–6

Malaysian Solidarity Convention rally,
617–20

mass rally on Japan’s blood debt to Singapore,
496–7

Medical Auxiliary Services volunteer,
44–5
,
47

meets pro-communist detainees (1958–59),
290–2

meets Singapore Malay leaders to counter UMNO’s campaign (July 1964),
556

memorandum to the Tunku on constitutional rearrangements for Singapore (January 1965),
584

merger negotiations,
370
,
389
,
400
,
436–40
,
464
,
474–83
,
499–503

Middle Temple,
93
,
119
,
121
,
162

Moscow,
457–8

New Zealand tour,
593–4
,
597

objective of merger with Malaya,
331
,
397

offers to resign as prime minister,
371–2

on air-conditioning,
316

on American intervention in Vietnam,
594

on Antony Head’s wisdom,
520

on “Asiatic” and “Chink”,
231

on Britain’s wisdom in the face of revolution,
594

on British strategy in negotiations,
590

on Colombo,
230

on forming bands in schools and People’s Associations,
570–1

on “Harry”,
28
,
142

on jury system,
144

on Karachi,
230

on Lim Chin Siong,
232–2

on Lim Yew Hock and David Marshall’s methods of dealing with the communists and Chinese students,
250–1
,
304

on outmanoeuvring the communists,
349

on posters of 1963 election campaign,
505

on ragging,
40

on Tan Siew Sin,
549
,
618

on territorial integrity and neutrality,
458–9

on the Chinese-educated and the English-educated,
318–21

on the dedication of pro-communist volunteers,
255

on the differences between Singapore and Malayan ministers,
656–7

on the importance of building safeguards into the Malaysia constitution,
501

on the inadequacy of UMNO’s policies,
611–14

on the PAP as an alternative party to the Socialist Front or MCA in Malaysia,
518–19

on the position of Indians in Malaya,
549–50

on the Malaysia referendum verdict,
452

on UMNO strategy in race riots,
620

Ong Eng Guan’s allegations,
352–3

possibility of arrest,
623
,
660–2

post-Japanese occupation employment,
91

pre-merger constituency tours,
484–92

press conference on Singapore’s separation,
15–16
,
649–50

prosecuting criminial breach of trust case,
156

radio forum with Marshall (1962),
447–8

Raffles College,
20
,
38–45
,
92
,
94
,
97
,
101
,
121

Raffles Institution,
36–9

recces Cameron Highlands and Penang,
68–9
,
71

recruits Chinese-educated cadres,
279–80

representations to UN Decolonisation Committee,
434–6

response to Goode on Hock Lee riots,
208

responses to
Utusan Melayu
reports inciting Malays,
552–4
,
556
,
585

Rome (1958),
285–6

sails on the
Britannic
,
99–100
;

Willem Ruys
,
131–3

scholarships,
37
,
38
,
39–41

secret marriage,
115

Socialist International celebrations (1964),
570–1

Special Branch meetings,
329
,
518

Tanjong Pagar by-election (1957),
264–7

Tintagel, Cornwall,
119
,
121
,
124

tips on presentation before TV cameras,
492

tours constituencies after 1964 race riots,
561

tours PAP branches (1961),
386

trilingualism policy,
216
,
218–19

two accounts of a meeting with Razak (29 June 1965),
624–7

union adviser,
146–55
,
210–11

Victoria Street flat,
72
,
90

visits to ministries,
328–30

wedding in Singapore,
135–6

Lee Siew Choh, Dr,
377–8
,
390
,
399
,
401
,
406–8
,
419–20
,
430–1
,
433
,
451–2
,
470
,
472
,
513
,
623

1963 election,
506–7

representations to UN Decolonisation Committee,
434–6

Lee Teck Him,
376

Lee Thiam Yew, Freddy,
28
,
70
,
95
,
133

Lee Wei Ling,
19
,
194
,
205
,
222

Lennox-Boyd, Alan (UK secretary of state for the colonies),
212–13
,
224
,
250
,
263
,
275
,
306

constitutional talks (London),
234–9
,
256–60
,
283–4

reports from Robert Black,
201
,
206
,
209
,
210–11
,
228
; and William Goode,
312–13

Lewis, Dr T. Ellis (Cambridge),
118

Liberal Socialists (Progressives and Democrats),
229
,
238
,
240
,
257
,
266–7
,
272
,
275
,
293
,
295
,
302

Liberia,
528–30

Liew Yit Fun,
175–6

Lim Chin Joo,
253
,
262
,
264
,
266–7
,
268
,
270–1
,
288
,
474

Lim Chin Siong,
177–9
,
181
,
184
,
186
,
188–9
,
193
,
195–6
,
199–206
,
209
,
221
,
227
,
241–7
,
254–5
,
258–9
,
263
,
274
,
279
,
288–92
,
306–7
,
310–12
,
315
,
349–51
,
354–5
,
368
,
370–1
,
373–5
,
378–86
,
389–90
,
393–5
,
399
,
402–3
,
444
,
446–50
,
452
,
469–71
,
505
,
507
,
512