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battle for merger
Outcome of the battle for merger
PAP won many Singaporeans chose option A - Merger with Malaysia
weakening of the barisan Barisan Sosiallis - Operation Cold store was mounted and this further weakened opposition to the rulling party
Malaysia - Konfrantasi from Indonesia rejection from Phillipines
Brunei pulled out and only sabah, Sarawak and Singapore joined malaysia
The roots for separation was sowed- beginning of end
why was there a battle? Who challenges it?
Who? a grp within the PAP members felt that the terms were unfavourable to the people in Singapore
Lim chin Song
Fong Swee Suan
Lee Siew Choh
They were expelled from the PAP after challenging Prime minister's Lee Leadership
Formed a new party "Barisan Sosiallis" to challenge the merger
Why? Citizenship issue (Federal national and could only vote in Singapore)
Why? Allocation of seats in the Federal government for 15 for Singapore (same as Sabah and Serawak) even though we have a bigger population than them
PAP's response
Year long Campaign
Radio broadcast by Mr Lee Kuan Yew
Exhibitions on the cultural and trade links of Singapore with Malaya