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apr 23, 1956 - First Merdeka Talks

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Marshall led a mission in London for Singapore to achieve full internal self-government by 1957. He vowed to resign as Chief Minister if the talks did not go well, and eventually resigned as the British were not confident in the LF's government ability to maintain law and order and deal with communist threat after the Hock Lee Bus Riots. Lim Yew Hock took over

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apr 23, 1956
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~ 70 years ago