Tag Archive: Konfrontasi

Local Malay Supports Barisan Nasional Blames His Ancestors for M’sia-SG Separation

Author: Rilek1Corner May 2, 2014 0 Comments

DO YOU AGREE WITH THE AUTHOR WHO BLAMED HIS MALAY ANCESTORS FOR MALAYSIAN-SINGAPORE SEPARATION? SHOULD WE BLAME OUR ANCESTORS? OR SHOULD WE BLAME BOTH SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA FOR THE SEPARATION? On Aug 7, 1965, both parties signed the separation agreement….
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1965, a moment of anguish, Barisan Nasional, emergency, Konfrontasi, Lee Kuan Yew, Malaysia, separation, Singapore, tunku abdul rahman

Bilahari Kausikan: Sensitivity is a two-way street

Author: Rilek1Corner February 13, 2014 0 Comments

INDONESIAN Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa has told the Singapore media that “no ill intent was meant, no malice, no unfriendly outlook”, when Indonesia named a new frigate KRI Usman Harun, after two Indonesian marines executed in 1968 for a 1965…
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Bilahari Kausikan, Confrontation, Federation of Malaysia, Ganjang Malaysia, Harun Said, Indonesia, Indonesia Raya, Indonesian marines, Konfrontasi, KRI Usman-Harun, Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Kuan Yew, MacDonald house, Marty Natalegawa, neighbourliness, Noordin Top, Orchard Road, Osman Mohamed Ali, sensitivity, September 1963, Singapore, Suharto, Sukarno, terrorist

The days when bombs went off in my kampung

Author: Rilek1Corner February 13, 2014 1 Comment

When a bomb went off one Sunday night in April 1964 at Jalan Rebong in Kampung Ubi, the impact was so large that I could feel it from my home in Geylang Serai a kilometre away. A 50-year-old Malay widow…
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bombings, Confrontation, Crush Malaysia, Federation of Malaysia, Ganjang Malaysia, Harun Said, Indonesia, Konfrontasi, MacDonald house, malay, March 1965, Osman Mohamed Ali, Salim Osman, September 1963, Singapore, Sukarno