It still hurts
ON Aug 10, 1965, one day after Singapore separated from Malaysia, then Sabah chief minister Tun Fuad Stephens wrote to its prime minister, the late Lee Kuan Yew, whose English name was Harry. Here's an excerpt from that very personal missive.
'My dear Harry,
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