The Book ” From Third World to First” The Singapore Story: 1965-2000 Lee Kuan Yew (Chapter 4)

In this chapter LKY narrated how Singapore under his leadership had to survive without Malaysia who was  unwilling to have a common market with Singapore even Singapore was part of it as Malay.   Indonesia and had been unfriendly by its confrontation with Singapore escalated unemployment in Singapore. Therefore with no sign of willingness of bilateral trade with Malaysia, Singapore was perceived to be “walking on a razor’s edge” by her allies