| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 307 pages) |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Table of Contents; PART 1: The Civil Servant; PART 1: The Civil Servant; PART 2: The Nation Builder; PART 2: The Nation Builder; BIBLIOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Summary |
Born in Malacca in 1918, Dr Goh Keng Swee reached maturity at a time when European colonialism was breathing its last. By the time this keen-eyed Malayan became self-governing Singapore's first Minister of Finance in 1959, he had made a name for himself as the colony's foremost social scientist, having carried out groundbreaking surveys on urban poverty and housing. He immediately initiated pioneering projects that laid the ground for the island's economic success |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-288) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Goh, Keng Swee, 1918-2010.
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| SUBJECT |
Goh, Keng Swee, 1918-2010 fast |
| Subject |
Cabinet officers -- Singapore -- Biography
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Statesmen -- Singapore -- Biography
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Cabinet officers
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Politics and government
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Statesmen
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| SUBJECT |
Singapore -- Politics and government -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Singapore
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789814311328 |
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9814311324 |
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