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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.
Feb 5, 1996 · Lim Chin Siong was a trade union leader and a founding member of the PAP, but he was expelled from the party and imprisoned for his leftist views. Learn about his early life, education, political career, and exile in this article by Wong, Hongyi.
Apr 21, 2019 · It's regrettable that Lim Chin Joo has to be introduced by way of his late elder brother Lim Chin Siong. The latter, who is seen by some as the man who could have been Singapore's Lee Kuan...
Jun 13, 2014 · A debate on the role and status of Lim Chin Siong, a PAP founding leader and a communist, in Singapore's independence struggle. The article reviews the conflicting views of historians and the official version of the events.
Aug 9, 2015 · The co-founder of the People’s Action Party (PAP) in 1954, the late Lim Chin Siong, has his struggle told in a book titled Comet in Our Sky: Lim Chin Siong in History.
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Jun 4, 2014 · How did Lim Chin Siong, a PAP founder and trade union leader, become a Communist suspect and a riot instigator? This article examines the historical context, the evidence and the controversies surrounding his speech at Beauty World in 1956.
Sep 25, 2017 · Lim Chin Siong was the undisputed political leader of the anticolonial and Malayan left-wing in Singapore until his detention without trial in 1963 ended his political career.
