In the runup to National Day, Martyn See has been posting Straits Times articles from 40 years past about merger and the run-up to independence. Not the sort of stuff you'll hear about in Propaganda National Education classes, nosiree:

5 days before Separation... Part Xl of the retrospective on Singapore's road to independence

"STRAITS TIMES, Aug 4 1965

Examining the PAP concept of Malaysian Malaysia, Inche Senu said: "The PAP itself a shining example of what its Malaysian Malaysia stands for.

"One can judge for oneself the troubles and tensions in Singapore ever since the PAP captured the State administration.

"First there was a tirade against all opposition parties and leaders coupled, of course, with the mailed fist shown to professionals, social workers, trade unionists and others.

"The PAP used every tactic and strategy familiar to Communism to create an air of anxiety and despair among the people - then baited them into submission with promises of patronage and protection to those conforming."