"Lee Kuan Yew did
what he felt was right
for Singapore."
-- Ambrose Khaw, former managing editor of The Straits Times
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Major events of
this period
The Straits Times, Aug 9, 1965
A dream shattered...now a parting of ways
"To me and to many members, it is the most painful and heartbreaking news I have had to break"
Click here for a full text of Tunku Abdul Rahman's statement to Parliament
"For me, it is a moment of anguish. All my life, my whole adult life, I have believed in merger and unity of the two territories..."
Click here for full report of Lee Kuan Yew's press conference following the separation
A letter from the Tunku to Dr. Toh Chin Chye explaining the need for the break
Moses' start page
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