p. 175: reference to Albert Winsemius and “Goh’s Folly”

p. 176: statistic: more than 50 applications for pioneer industry permits were turned down
p. 176: quotation: “Singapore is considered not as a constituent state of Malaysia….”
p. 176: statistic: an extra $147 million towards the cost of fighting Confrontation; 39.8 per cent of the yield from new taxes

p. 177: reference to Syed Ja’afar Albar’s 1964 speech at Pasir Panjang
p. 177: reference to Othman Wok’s 1997 Straits Times interview and quotation
p. 177: quotation: “Dato Nik Daud….” [Telegram to US State Department, from Douglas McCue, US charge d’affaires in Kuala Lumpur]

pp. 178-179: quotation: “As you know the Malays are having a rough time….” [Syed Ja’afar Albar letter to Dennis Bloodworth]

p. 180: quotation: “A Malaysian Malaysia means that the nation and the state….” [Declaration by the Malaysian Solidarity Convention]
p. 180: reference to talks between Goh Keng Swee and Tun Razak

p. 181: reference and quotation of LKY’s speech in the Dewan Ra’ayat

p. 182: reference to LKY’s memoirs; and Eddie Barker’s recollection of the response to LKY’s speech: “He spoke for about half an hour….”
p. 182: reference and quotation of Tunku: “The straw that broke the camel’s back….” [Tunku, Looking Back, 1977]

p. 183: statistic: foreign investment increasing to 3,380 in 1975
p. 183: statistic: growth rates between 20 and 22 per cent
p. 183: reference to the withdrawal of the British military

p. 184: reference to LKY’s 2006 comments
p. 184: quotation by LKY: “Do not worry about Singapore…..”