Goh Keng Swee : a public career remembered / edited by Barry Desker & Chong Guan Kwa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Desker, Barry.

Kwa, Chong Guan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statesmen--Singapore--Biography.

Statesmen.

Cabinet officers--Singapore--Biography.

Cabinet officers.

Singapore--Politics and government--20th century.

Singapore.

Goh, Keng Swee, 1918-2010.

Goh, Keng Swee.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore's first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore's first industrial estate now known as Jurong Town. He was also the first and longest serving Defense Minister after Singapore became independent in 1965, responsible for building up the Singapore Armed Forces from scratch. Later he became Minister for Education in 1981 and revamped the education system to what it is today. Dr Goh was also concurrently Deputy Prime Minister from 1973 to 1984 during which time he set up the Monetary Authority of Singapore. While Dr Goh's public career

Contents:

CONTENTS; Foreword by President SR Nathan; Acknowledgements; Remembering Dr Goh Keng Swee (1918-2010) by Kwa Chong Guan; REMEMBERING DR GOH'S PUBLIC CAREER; REMEMBERING DR GOH VIA THE PUBLIC RECORD; DR GOH REMEMBERED IN HIS PUBLIC SPEECHES; HOW DR GOH WISHED TO BE REMEMBERED; REMEMBERING DR GOH IN PHOTOGRAPHS; PERSONAL REMEMBRANCE OF AND REFLECTIONS ON DR GOH; CONCLUSION; Dr Goh Keng Swee: Public Service Timeline; Awards and Medals for Dr Goh Keng Swee; Section 1: Goh Keng Swee as a Politician; Hon Sui Sen; Othman Wok; Pathmanaban Selvadurai; Othman Haron Eusofe; Maurice Baker

Hedwig Elizabeth Anuar Bernard Chen; Section 2: Goh Keng Swee as a Civil Servant: The Social Welfare Department Years; George Edwin Bogaars; Chia Cheong Fook; Ann Elizabeth Wee; Section 3: Goh Keng Swee as the Economic Architect of Singapore; Othman Wok; Lim Kim San; Albert Winsemius; S Chandra Das; Hwang Peng Yuan; James Koh Cher Siang; Philip Yeo; Richard Hu; Ngiam Tong Dow; Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay; Teh Kok Peng; S Dhanabalan; Othman Haron Eusofe; Section 4: Goh Keng Swee as Defence Minister; Othman Wok; Cheong Quee Wah; Lim Siong Guan; Philip Yeo; Winston Choo Wee Leong; Kirpa Ram Vij

Ramachandran Menon Goh Lye Choon; John Morrice; Lai Chun Loong; Lee Onn Pong; Ngiam Tong Dow; Chan Chik Weng; Chia Cheong Fook; Eddie Teo; Section 5: Goh Keng Swee as Education Minister; Eugene Wijeysingha; Robert Balhetchet; Ang Wai Hoong; Lim Siong Guan; Section 6: Goh Keng Swee's Contributions to Cultural Development; Othman Wok; Bernard Tan Tiong Gie; Lee Onn Pong; Section 7: Goh Keng Swee in "Retirement"; Lai Chun Loong; John Wong; Wang Gungwu; Annexes; Eulogy by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong; Condolence Letter by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to Mrs Goh Keng Swee

Eulogy by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew About the Editors; Photo Credits

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-43335-4

9786613433350

981-4291-39-0

OCLC:

858228490