does anyone knows that when Singapore joined/merged with Malaysia,LKY was one of the founder/member of DAP - the present party that control Penang ?
after Singapre split from Malaysia,then PAP is founded.
Democratic Action Party
People Action Party
so merging with Penang and JB,should not be a problem as there are a lot of Chinese in these two states. And a lot of Singapore has relatives in these two states also especially those that married Malaysian,Malaysian who married an Singaporean and those who become Singapore PR and Citizen.