Lim Chin Siong 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, which has governed the count
Lim in the 1950s
Lee Kuan Yew had made a secret alliance with the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), yet the CPM could not secure the voter base needed to win in the 1961 Hong Lim by-election.
The Barisan Sosialis was founded by Lim Chin Siong and he became its secretary-general in Aug 1961.
An example of the referendum ballot paper used during the election. All three choices for the referendum were for merger, but in different forms. The Barisan's option was distorted and called Option B.
Lim Yew Hock was a Singaporean and Malaysian politician and diplomat who served as Chief Minister of Singapore from 1956 to 1959. He was the Member of Parliament for Cairnhill between 1959 and 1963, a
Lim Chin Siong
…of the last year, and rejected it. Knowing Marshall's gambit, the British had already begun to look to other leaders in the delegation, particularly Lim Yew Hock and Lee Kuan Yew, whom they thought they could work with better. After three weeks, the talks failed and Marshall resigned, handing over the office of…
Lim (left) speaking at the opening of a new school, 1954
Lim won in the Legislative Assembly election of 1955, representing Havelock constituency, and was appointed Minister for Labour and Welfare. The photograph shows the former Legislative Assembly House of Singapore
The Chinese middle schools riots in October 1956 broke out at The Chinese High School
For the first time in 1958, Nanyang University was funded by the Government