The PAP Story: The Pioneering Years provides an insider’s account of the early development of the People’s Action Party (PAP) in Singapore. Drawing on firsthand experience, Fong Sip Chee recounts the party’s struggles, political challenges, and key milestones during its formative years. The book highlights the leaders’ strategic decisions, grassroots mobilization, and the ideological fo…
Singapore's former Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew provides an account of his personal and political life and provides a blow-by-blow chronicle of his dealings with political groups and leaders, both Malaysian and international, on the road to independence. Includes b & w photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland.
"Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis?" "The story of that transformation is told here by Lee Kuan Yew. Rising from a legacy of divisive colonialism, the devastation of the Second World War, and general poverty and disorder following the withdr…
Heart of a Lion presents an inspiring collection of real-life stories highlighting courage, resilience, and compassion in the face of adversity. The book showcases how individuals and communities supported by Mercy Relief rise above disaster and hardship with remarkable strength. Through vivid accounts, it reveals the transformative impact of humanitarian aid on restoring hope and dignity. This…
This volume brings together nine essays that explore Singapore’s pre-colonial history through a rich combination of maps, historical texts, and archaeological artefacts. It argues that the island, known as Temasek, was already an important regional port and trading hub centuries before Stamford Raffles arrived in 1819. Through excavation findings such as ceramics, coins, and glassware the aut…
This richly illustrated coffee-table book chronicles Singapore’s dramatic transformation over nearly two centuries from a humble coastal village in 1819 to a thriving modern city-state by the year 2000. Written by Gretchen Liu, the narrative is anchored by more than 1,200 rare photographs, paintings, lithographs, and engravings, many drawn from archives in Singapore and abroad. The book is o…
This book examines simultaneous revolutionary struggles in urban Singapore and rural Malaya led by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) between 1945 and 1963. In Singapore, Clutterbuck focuses on students and trade unions as the base for communist mobilization, exploring their attempts to influence political power through strikes and organization. In Malaya, he analyzes the MCP’s guerrilla insur…
Stories of Early Singapore by H. F. Pearson presents a collection of engaging narratives about Singapore’s formative years, highlighting key events, prominent figures, and everyday life during the island’s early development. Through accessible storytelling, the book explores how Singapore transformed from a small trading outpost into a thriving colonial settlement. It offers readers a blend…
Men in White is the inside story of one of the world's most successful political parties the ruling People's Action Party of Singapore. With its victory in the 2006 polls, PAP has won 12 successive general elections since it assumed power in 1959. Narrated in three parts, Men in White chronicles the rise, fall, capture, split, and rise of a political party which has become synonymous with th…
The fall of Singapore in 1942 was the largest capitulation in British military history, and Winston Churchill's "worst disaster". Churchill's promised enquiry was never instituted, and only in 1993 were many crucial official documents released into the public domain. The author of this book investigates these dcouments, meets the existing participants, and tells the story of the fall of Singapo…