New book sheds light on Singapore’s secret negotiations for independence

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s separation from Malaysia in August 1965 was the result of a “bloodless coup” orchestrated by then Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee and then Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, over just 25 days. A new book, The Albatross File: Inside Separation, shows how an off‑the‑cuff remark by Dr Goh on July 15,