Up close with Lee Kuan Yew : insights from colleagues and friends.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuok, Robert, contributor.

Marshall Cavendish Editions, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lee, Kuan Yew, 1923-2015.

Lee, Kuan Yew, 1923-2015--Anecdotes.

Prime ministers--Singapore--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Up Close with Lee Kuan Yew gathers some of the vivid memories of 37 people who have workedor interacted closely with Lee Kuan Yew in some way or other, from when he wasat Raffles College in 1941 right up to his demise in 2015. Among these are his 13 PrincipalPrivate Secretaries and Special Assistants, and Mdm Yeong Yoon Ying, his PressSecretary of over 20 years. The others include former President S.R. Nathan,Puan Noor Aishah who is the widow of President Yusof Ishak, former ChiefJustice Yong Pung How, and friends such as Robert Kuok from his Raffles Collegedays. This book captures an unvarnished look at what it was like to interact with the serious andno nonsense Mr Lee, both at work and outside of work.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 22, 2016).

ISBN:

981-4721-52-2