Keng Swee urged that the separation be presented to the British as a fait accompli when parliament reassembled on August 9.

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"The labor movement recognizes the need to restore our cost competitiveness, " explains legislator Lim Swee Say, deputy secretary general of the National Trades Union Congress.

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Keng Swee impressed upon both of them the imperative need for secrecy.

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By then his father was becoming less involved in daily operations, although he would remain as chairman until his death last year (Swee Hong's wife now holds the title).

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When he returned to Singapore House with Keng Swee, Eddie said they had all got drunk while waiting, and when the documents were finally ready, he was the only one sober enough to want to read them before he signed.

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