HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
In the 1950s, 38 Oxley Road was where various individuals came to seek Mr Lee’s help and legal advice, “often in relation to political action”.
These consultations addressed major events such as the British colonial administration’s arrest of journalist Abdul Samad Ismail in 1951, the 1952 Singapore Post and Telegraph Uniformed Staff Union strike, and the 1954 National Service riots.
Some of those who met Mr Lee, including trade unionists, later became his key collaborators and important figures in Singapore’s independence movement, the statement said.
