Event Details

January 01, 1960

Description

British withdrawal; Lee attached Singapore to Malaya to form Malaysia.

Participants (2)

Name Type Mentions
Lee Kuan Yew person 11 View Entity
British government person 0 View Entity

Source Documents (1)

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032199.jpg

Book Excerpt / Report Page (Evidence) • 2.57 MB
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This document appears to be a page (p. 29) from a book or geopolitical analysis included in a House Oversight Committee production. The text analyzes and praises the 'benign authoritarianism' of Asian leaders Park Chung Hee (South Korea) and Lee Kuan Yew (Singapore) for their roles in rapid economic development, contrasting their effectiveness with leaders in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia and Egypt). It details the historical transformation of Singapore from a struggling colony to a 'first-world technological dynamo.'

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Event Metadata

Type
Unknown
Location
Singapore/Malaysia
Significance Score
5/10
Participants
2
Source Documents
1
Extracted
2025-11-21 00:20

Additional Data

Source
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032199.jpg
Date String
1960s

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