"The Tunku's idea is quite fair and good for the people of Singapore"
--Mr Chua Seng Kiat, General Secretary of the Workers' Party

"We hope Singapore can be an independent state with the Federation's assistance"--Mr. Tan Peng Kee, acting Secretary-General of the Liberal Socialist party

"The plan is very far-fetched and it would appear that the delayed merger between Singapore and the Federation is ample proof of a realistic improbability"
--Mrs. Felice Leon-Soh, president of the Singapore Congress

First published in The Straits Times, May 30, 1961

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