Cock-up of the century by Kingrant and Scroobal(LKY ball carrier and idiot who took LKY's claims in his books as gospel truth): On 31st August 1963, LKY declared unilaterally Singapore's independence, and hence Singapore was independent for 16 days until it merged with Malaysia
The following idiots took LKY's speech (Singapore Government Press Statement MC.AU. 59/63(PM)) on 31 Aug 1963 as a declaration for an independent Singapore: Scroobal, Kingrant.