His contributions are covered in the second volume of a biography by writer Irene Ng out in July.
Old Guard member S. Rajaratnam played a pivotal role in Singapore’s history, and his contributions are covered in the second volume of a biography by former journalist and ex-MP Irene Ng out in July.
It was July 21, 1964, barely a year after Singapore merged with Malaya and two Borneo states, Sabah and Sarawak, to form Malaysia in September 1963. Lee had broken the news to Raja as soon as he strode into Temasek House in Kuala Lumpur just past 8am. Raja had rushed up after being summoned by a phone call from Lee in KL at about 1am.
The exercise had begun in response to a request for help from education minister Ong Pang Boon. With Singapore’s independence, an important part of Ong’s brief was to inculcate national consciousness among the half million pupils who made up over a quarter of the country’s population.
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