[surfer]

We used to be part of the Malayan peninsula. Raffles neg with the ah gong to let UK colonise us.

Malaya and then Singapura were governed by the British before. With the withdrawal of the British forces , Singapura was left vulnerable. That was why we were United to Malaya for more protection. But LKY saw that we the Chinese minority in the grouping will be under the Bumis. So we split from them to be what we are today. My opinion.