Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew’s engraved Montblanc fountain pen sells for $461,500 at auction

The silver Montblanc Meisterstuck No. 146 fountain pen carries the custom inscription “SM Lee Kuan Yew”.

Forum: NDP presentation on Singapore’s history should have mentioned Lee Kuan Yew and Joseph Schooling

Lee Kuan Yew’s ‘SM’ engraved Montblanc pen heads to auction with a $50,000 high estimate

The silver Montblanc Meisterstuck No. 146 fountain pen carries the inscription “SM Lee Kuan Yew”.

If the Speak Mandarin Campaign succeeded, why are we still afraid of Teochew?

The film Dear You has inadvertently reopened a debate on one of Singapore’s oldest cultural trade-offs: what we gained from the Speak Mandarin Campaign, and what it cost us.

Albatross File exhibition draws crowds on opening day

The free exhibition is based on a collection of previously classified Cabinet papers and documents kept by then Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee from 1964.

Asian Insider Podcast

Inside the secret Albatross file on Singapore’s separation from Malaysia

Our guest, Janadas Devan (pictured left) reveals pioneer leaders’ differing views on Singapore’s Aug 9, 1965 split from Malaysia.

Separation shows Singapore was and still is a miracle

The Albatross File gives a vivid sense of what happened – a dramatic, blow-by-blow record of how Singapore came to separate from Malaysia.

25 days to a ‘bloodless coup’: The most complete account yet of S’pore’s independence in The Albatross File

The Albatross File: Inside Separation, edited by Susan Sim and published by Straits Times Press and National Archives of Singapore, sheds new light on how Singapore became independent.

New book sheds light on Singapore’s secret negotiations for independence

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo viewing an exhibit at the launch of the Albatross File book and exhibition at the National Library in Victoria Street on Dec 7.

Singapore’s independence was not inevitable; key leaders on both sides pushed for Separation: SM Lee

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged Singaporeans to experience the book and exhibition, and see how Singapore came to be a sovereign, democratic and independent nation.

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