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History of PEOPLE’S ACTION PARTY
People’s Action Party
Founded 21 November 1954
Founder Lee KuanYew Goh Keng Swee Toh Chin Chye S Rajaratnam Devan Nair Lim Chin Siong Lim Kim San
Origins of PAP The PAP’s origins can be traced to the Malayan Forum started by Dr Goh Keng Swee. The Forum comprised of a group of students who met in London. It united students from the Left and Right in the fight for independence of Malaya and Singapore.
Goh Keng Swee, who was at London School of Economics, was the first Chairman. He was succeeded by Toh Chin Chye, who was reading for doctorate in Physiology. Origins of PAP
Some of them, with the passion of Independence, took up the political cause and came back to Singapore in 1953. Later, Dr Goh, Kenny Byrne and Dr Toh formed the Council for Joint Action with Lee Kuan Yew as the legal advisor. That was how Lee Kuan Yew got involved in union politics.  Origins of PAP
During then, Lee Kuan Yew was also the legal advisor to SamadIsmail, Lim Chin Siong and Devan Nair. The newly returned graduates from Cambridge and London gathered fortnightly at the basement of Lee Kuan Yew’s rambling Straits-Style bungalow in Oxley Road. It was coined as “The Underground”, suitably apt considering the risk of being arrested under Internal Security regulations that forbade such political meetings.  Origins of PAP

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Pap

  • 1. History of PEOPLE’S ACTION PARTY
  • 4. Founder Lee KuanYew Goh Keng Swee Toh Chin Chye S Rajaratnam Devan Nair Lim Chin Siong Lim Kim San
  • 5. Origins of PAP The PAP’s origins can be traced to the Malayan Forum started by Dr Goh Keng Swee. The Forum comprised of a group of students who met in London. It united students from the Left and Right in the fight for independence of Malaya and Singapore.
  • 6. Goh Keng Swee, who was at London School of Economics, was the first Chairman. He was succeeded by Toh Chin Chye, who was reading for doctorate in Physiology. Origins of PAP
  • 7. Some of them, with the passion of Independence, took up the political cause and came back to Singapore in 1953. Later, Dr Goh, Kenny Byrne and Dr Toh formed the Council for Joint Action with Lee Kuan Yew as the legal advisor. That was how Lee Kuan Yew got involved in union politics. Origins of PAP
  • 8. During then, Lee Kuan Yew was also the legal advisor to SamadIsmail, Lim Chin Siong and Devan Nair. The newly returned graduates from Cambridge and London gathered fortnightly at the basement of Lee Kuan Yew’s rambling Straits-Style bungalow in Oxley Road. It was coined as “The Underground”, suitably apt considering the risk of being arrested under Internal Security regulations that forbade such political meetings. Origins of PAP