Witness: Witness Archive 2015
Singapore Independence
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:08:58
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Synopsis
On 9 August 1965 Singapore announced it had left the Federation of Malaysia and become an independent sovereign state. Explaining the separation at a news conference, the prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, was overcome with emotion. (Photo: Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Credit: Associated Press Archive)
