Episode 36: Winning’s Easy. Governing’s Harder.

The PAP won the 1959 general election, but now their leaders had to govern Singapore. They would find this to be much harder than anticipated. They churned out legislation with the twin goals of creating an ideal socialist state in Singapore and consolidating control, but in the process began to alienate their colleagues and the people of Singapore. In this episode, PJ Thum describes how they went about achieving their two aims (starting even before they entered government), the mistakes they made, and how their decisions continue to impact Singapore today. Please send questions, comments, and feedback to thehistoryofsingapore@gmail.com or visit thehistoryofsingapore.com. Support the show at patreon.com/pjthum.

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Episode 36: Winning’s Easy. Governing’s Harder. is an episode from The History of Singapore by The History of Singapore.

This episode is 00:35:42 long.

This episode was published on Jul 8, 2016.

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