The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew (97 page)

and the Tunku,
419–20

arrest under Operation Cold Store,
473

chairman of Chinese education committee,
216–18

detention under Operation Liberation,
249

first constitutional talks (London),
229–30
,
232–4
,
237–9

meeting with Azahari,
467

missing union funds,
251–3

on merger with Indonesia,
427
,
450

opposition to Malaysia,
367–8
,
378
,
429
,
461

release from prison (4 June 1959),
307–8
,
310–11

Lim Chong Eu, Dr (United Democratic Party),
602–3
,
617
,
620

Lim Hong Bee,
123–4
,
132
,
157

Lim Kean Chye,
138

Lim Kim San,
576
,
587
,
628–9

chairman, HDB,
343–5

Japanese torture,
79–82

Singapore finance minister,
21

Lim Swee Aun, Dr (MCA, Malaysian minister for commerce and industry),
598
,
601
,
620

Lim Yew Hock,
272–3
,
279
,
283–4
,
289
,
293–4
,
305
,
307
,
321
,
363
,
369
,
385–6
,
409
,
432
,
483–4
,
488
,
503
,
559

amendment to no-confidence motion (July 1962),
433

arrests and banishment of pro-communists,
244–6

chief minister,
238
,
240–1
,
267
,
269–71
,
332

constitutional talks (London),
256–61

general secretary, Singapore Clerical and Administrative Workers’ Union,
138
,
150

labour minister,
199

Operation Liberation,
249–51

proposes questions for merger referendum,
430–1

resigns (1959),
307

Tunku Abdul Rahman’s protégé,
307
,
413
,
417
,
462–3
,
465

Lingam, S.V.,
351
,
447

Linsell, John (director, Singapore Special Branch),
329
,
368

Lloyd, Jeffrey (Conservative Party, UK),
227

London Observer
,
489
,
605

Low You Ling,
71
,
91

Macapagal (president, Philippines),
492–3
,
550

MacArthur, General,
79

MacDonald, Malcolm,
133

Machinda Party,
605
,
617

Macmillan, Harold (prime minister, UK),
365
,
367
,
404
,
425
,
436–7
,
442–3
,
445
,
456–7
,
481
,
542
,
573

Madagascar (Malagasy),
533

Mahathir Mohamad, Dr,
643

speech in debate on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s address,
608
,
610–12

views on the Malays and Chinese,
441

Mahmood Fawzi (foreign minister, Egypt),
526

Mahmud bin Awang,
368
,
371

Malawi,
532–3

Malaya: Federated and Unfederated Malay States (FMS),
41

Malayan Chinese Association (MCA),
179
,
181
,
223
,
330
,
420
,
462–3
,
475
,
477
,
506
,
515–16
,
541–3
,
546–8
,
642

Malayan Communist Party (MCP),
57
,
78
,
87
,
121
,
123–4
,
130
,
138–41
,
159
,
167
,
178
,
192–3
,
195–6
,
214
,
216
,
221
,
232
,
243
,
253–4
,
262
,
282–3
,
285
,
291
,
321
,
332
,
338
,
352
,
474
,
505
,
512
,
514
;
see
also
Chin Peng, communist united front, the Plen

Liew Yit Fun,
175–6

operation of cells,
174–5

Malayan Democratic Union,
88–9
,
138
,
161

Malayan Forum, London,
121–2
,
231

Malayan Indian Congress (MIC),
223
,
516

Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA),
87–8
,
105–6

Malayan Union,
88
,
223

Malaysia Agreement,
440
,
442
,
460
,
463
,
483
,
493
,
496
,
500–1

Malaysia Day,
483
,
504–5

Malaysia Solidarity Consultative Committee,
400
,
415

Malaysia:

common market arrangements,
478
,
480–1

Confrontation with Indonesia,
16
,
23
,
404
,
480
,
484
,
492–4
,
505
,
514
,
522–4
,
548
,
567
,
572–4
,
589–90
,
592–4
,
610
,
633

federal controls on Singapore government,
464–5

Heads of Agreement (November 1961),
404
,
406

“Malaysian Malaysia”,
17
,
522
,
605
,
616
,
622
,
624
,
626
,
649

merger negotiations,
370
,
389
,
400
,
403–6
,
429
,
433
,
435–40
,
464
,
474–83
,
499–503

population statistics,
618
,
644

Singapore senators in federal parliament,
517

special position of the Malays,
415
,
553
,
598
,
607
,
610
,
612

Malaysian Solidarity Convention,
17
,
516
,
616–22
,
624
,
629–30
,
634
,
636
,
642
,
644–5
,
653
,
656

Mali,
528

Mao Zedong (Tse-tung),
128
,
191
,
356

Marshall, David,
164
,
177–8
,
196
,
198–9
,
208–9
,
211–13
,
219
,
223
,
240
,
256
,
286
,
305
,
321
,
368
,
371
,
402
,
408
,
430
,
436
,
444
,
447–8
,
507
,
559

alliance with pro-communists,
262–6
,
268–9
,
368
,
371

challenge to Lee Kuan Yew,
264

chief minister,
190–1

clash with Robert Black,
211

first constitutional talks (London),
225
,
228–9
,
234–9

Hock Lee riots,
200
,
202
,
204

resigns,
266

Workers’ Party,
268
,
271
,
432
,
448

Martin, Sir John (UK permanent undersecretary, Colonial Office),
415–16

Maudling, Reginald (UK secretary of state for the colonies),
425
,
455

May 13 incident (“5-1-3”),
166–9

McCue, Donald,
566

McLeod, D.W.,
38

MCP:
see
Malayan Communist Party

Meadows, Val,
335–7
,
352

Menzies, Sir Robert (prime minister, Australia),
456–7
,
550
,
595–7
,
599
,
647

Mojuntin, Peter (United Pasok Momogun Kadazan Organisation),
603

Moore, Philip (UK deputy commissioner, Singapore),
342
,
360
,
363–4
,
366
,
381–3
,
403
,
412
,
415
,
429–32
,
462–3
,
471–2
,
475
,
517–19
,
521
,
634–5

letter to Ian Wallace on Lee Kuan Yew (December 1962),
465–6

reports to London on Singapore’s 1963 general election,
506–10

Morrison, Herbert (Labour Party, UK),
226–7

Mountbatten, Lord Louis,
84
,
88
,
314–15
,
587
,
590

MPAJA:
see
Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army

Nair, C.V. Devan,
139
,
159–61
,
174
,
180–2
,
184
,
188–9
,
194
,
196
,
205
,
209
,
242
,
246
,
263
,
290–2
,
310
,
312
,
368
,
525
,
547

and Fong Swee Suan,
350

detention under Operation Liberation,
249

Nairobi,
534

Nanyang Siang Pau
,
17
,
149
,
173
,
392
,
446

Nanyang University,
218
,
331–5
,
346
,
366

Guild of Graduates,
431
,
444
,
446

undergraduates arrested,
512–13

Nash, Walter (prime minister, New Zealand),
454

Nasser (president, Egypt),
15
,
526

Nasution, General Haris (defence minister, Indonesia),
467

Nehru, Pandit,
421
,
427
,
454
,
456

New Zealand,
16
,
223
,
225

Nicoll, Sir John (UK governor, Singapore),
150
,
154–5
,
170
,
201

Nigeria,
532

Ningkan, Stephen Kalong (chief minister, Sarawak),
525
,
535
,
625

Nkrumah, Kwame (leader, Ghana),
531–2

North Borneo,
13
,
400
,
404–5
,
408
,
415–16
,
426
,
442
,
460
,
467
,
478–9
,
481
,
498–9
,
523
,
538
;
see also
Sabah

Nyerere, Julius (prime minister, Tanganyika, later Tanzania),
533
,
535

O’Donovan, Patrick,
138

Obote, Milton (prime minister, Uganda),
534

Oehlers, George,
199
,
407

Oei Tiong Ham,
27

Ong Chang Sam,
622

Ong Eng Guan,
180
,
225–7
,
300
,
305
,
316
,
322–4
,
335–7
,
344
,
348
,
402
,
408
,
430
,
432
,
447
,
450
,
470

his 16 resolutions,
351

mayor of City Council,
274–7
,
313
,
315
,
322

resigns,
622

Ong Kee Hui (Sarawak United People’s Party),
405
,
603
,
609
,
617

Ong Pang Boon,
241–2
,
262–3
,
267–8
,
271
,
299–300
,
326
,
348
,
385–6
,
388
,
401
,
510
,
522
,
540
,
578
,
583
,
629
,
640
,
644

Operation Cold Store,
472–3
,
475

Othman Wok,
556–7
,
562–3
,
613
,
640–1

Pakistan,
115
,
121

Parry, Professor Hughes,
100–1
,
103–4

Partai Rakyat (Brunei),
415

Partai Rakyat (Singapore),
470
,
505

Paya Lebar Bus Company,
199

Penang,
17
,
39
,
52
,
68–9
,
71
,
88
,
542
,
556
,
602–3
,
610

People’s Action Party (PAP),
160–1

adopts MCP techniques to mobilise population,
322
,
326–7

Anson by-election (1961),
367–72

attack on Alliance government’s anti-communist policies,
242–3

Beauty World rally,
246

break between non-communists and pro-communists,
373

breakaway group forms Barisan Sosialis,
385