when singapore sold the island.. they were in need of money,
and 2.9m pounds is alot last time.. bcause singapore was then
still a 3rd world contry and they need money to build up our
country
but damn.. it would be sweet to live there
that happened in 1957, Singapore as we knew it, didn't existed
then, we were pretty much still a colony, not a country ... even
malaysia didn't exist back then .... the ang moh colonial
masters say "gib to australia", so Mr Lim, aka Haji Omar gib lor
....
btw, the PAP was in the opposition then ...