[cheekopekman]

now is 2023. is talk about history of SG , political power struggle last time.

My parents is fair enough tell me what happen during their time , talk about Lim Chin Siong beside LKY. As my parents is not bias on anyone be it LKY or Lim Chin Siong when want to learn the Real history of SG. Guess the current gen will not even know who is Lim Chin Siong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lim_Chin_Siong

" Lim's achievements include co-founding the PAP, galvanising the trade unions against colonialism, and predicting correctly that the marriage of Malaya and Singapore as a single country would be short-lived.  " But LKY talk like is he claim hmm

according from Mainstream media CNA , " From our archives: Singapore is "like the durian"; try and squeeze it, you get hurt, said founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. In a speech delivered not long after Singapore separated from Malaysia in 1965, Mr Lee said that while the country is small in size, it's not easy to put the screws on its people. "


Yet, these achievements have generally been overshadowed by the allegations that:

He was a communist, and that Singapore could have become communist; and
He was the mastermind behind numerous subversive activities against the government. "


" Lim was elected into the Legislative Assembly as the Assembly Member for Bukit Timah in 1955. Lim was the youngest Assemblyman ever to be elected in Singapore's history, at the age of 22. Lim seemed to be an extremely promising politician, even in the eyes of Lee Kuan Yew. Chief Minister David Marshall recalled that Lee had introduced Lim to him, and said that Lim would be the "future Prime Minister of Singapore".

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lim.
Lim Chin Siong
林清祥

Lim in the 1950s
Secretary-General of the Barisan Sosialis
In office
3 October 1961 – 21 July 1969
Chairman
Lee Siew Choh
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Assembly Member
for Bukit Timah Constituency
In office
22 April 1955 – 31 March 1959
Preceded by
Hollupatherage James Caldera Kulasingha
Succeeded by
Ya'acob Mohamed
Personal details
Born
28 February 1933
Singapore, Straits Settlements
Died
5 February 1996 (aged 62)
Singapore
Resting place
Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium
Political party
Barisan Sosialis (1961–1969)
Other political
affiliations
People's Action Party (1954–1961)
Spouse
Wong Chui Wan
 
(m. 1970)
Children
2
Parents

• Lim Teng Geok (1911-1975) (father)
  
• Ang Kee Neo (1912-1995) (mother)
  

Occupation

• Politician
  
• trade unionist
  

Lim Chin Siong
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
林清祥
Simplified Chinese
林清祥
Hanyu Pinyin
Lín Qīngxiáng
Jyutping
Lam4 Cing1 Coeng4
Hokkien POJ
Lîm Chheng-siông
Lim Chin Siong (Chinese: 林清祥; pinyin: Lín Qīngxiáng; Jyutping: Lam4 Cing1 Coeng4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Chheng-siông; 28 February 1933 – 5 February 1996)[1] was a Singaporean politician and union leader active in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the founders of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), which has governed the country continuously since independence. Lim also used his popularity to galvanise many trade unions in support of the PAP. 
Lim was the youngest Assemblyman in Singapore to be elected. However, Lim's political career was cut short by two detentions without trial after being labelled a communist. The first time was between 1956 and 1959 when he was arrested and detained by the Labour Front government. The second time was between 1963 and 1969 when he was arrested during Operation Coldstore and detained by the PAP government. After attempting suicide in prison, he was released in 1969 on the condition that he forever renounced politics.