The Singapore Story (Abridged Edition) is a shorter, more digestible version of the original edition of Volume 1 of The Singapore Story. This abridged version is especially tailored for Singaporeans who have to know their past to understand the present and to be better prepared for the future.
This book:
- traces Lee Kuan Yew's boyhood, his Japanese occupation experience, his four years in England as a student when his political views took shape, and his work preparing for the launch of the People's Action Party.
- describes how he and his colleagues worked in a united front with the communists, won the elections, became the government and finally broke with communists and fought against them
- details the troubles he and his colleagues faced fro communal intimidation and domination by the Malaysia and become independent on 9 August 1965
Paperback
23.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Grade 4/5