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battle for merger
outcome of the battle for merger
Malaya - kronfrontasi from Indonesia, rejection from the Philippines
Brunei pulled out and only Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore joined Malaysia
Weakening the Barisan Sosialis - operation cold store was mounted and this further weakened opposition to the ruling party
PAP won Singaporeans chose option A - merger with Malaya
the roots for separation was sowed - beginning of the end
PAP's responses
radio broadcast by Mr Lee Kuan Yew
year long campaign
exhibitions on the cultural and trade links of Singapore with Malaya
why was there a battle? who challenge it?
why? citizenship issue (federal nationals and could only vote in Singapore)
who? a group within PAP felt that the terms
they were expelled from the PAP after challenging Prime Minister's Lee's leadership
Lim Chin Siong
Lee Siew Choh
Fong Swee Suan
Formed a new party Barisan Sosialis to challenge the merge
why? allocation of seats in the federal government 15 for Singapore (same as Sabah and Sarawak) even though we have a bigger population than them