...independent, believed that union was necessary for economic survival. The conclusion it drew from the war was that 'no one - neither the Japanese nor the British - had the right to push and kick us around. We are determined that we could govern ourselves and bring up our children in a country where we can be...

...generation of young men who went through the Second World Warand thejapanese Occupation and emerged determined that no one — neither the Japanese nor...British — had the right to push and kick us around. 24 On another occasion, during the unveiling of a memorial to civilian victims of the occupation, Lee...

...of most postwar nationalists when he said: My colleagues and I are of that generation of young men who went through the Second World War and the Japanese Occupation and emerged determined that no one—neither the Japanese nor the British—had the right to push and kick...