{"product_id":"9789814407533","title":"GOH KENG SWEE: A Public Career Remembered","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr 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 Defence 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Dr Goh's public career and achievements are well documented in press reports and archival  records as well as in  photographs and speeches, what is missing is an insight and exposition of Dr Goh as an individual in his various roles. \u003ci\u003eGoh Keng Swee: A Public Career Remembered\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to provide this missing dimension of Dr Goh as a person to work for. Thirty-eight persons who had the opportunity of closely observing or working with Dr Goh have contributed their reflections and recollections of Dr Goh as a person, colleague and “boss”, to this book. They have given candid and personal pen portraits of an unusual leader and minister, revealing a glimpse of  the working habits of Dr Goh not known to most people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from oral histories and recent interviews, these  reminiscences have been chronologically arranged, from those who  recalled what it was like to work alongside Dr Goh on the Malayan Forum in London in the early 1950s, through his various ministerial positions, to travelling with  Dr Goh after he “retired” from politics in 1984. What emerges from these anecdotes of Dr Goh is that he could be an extremely demanding “boss”, who could also be very supportive of his subordinates. They show him to be a person with a very inquisitive and creative mind capable of making great leaps of lateral thinking, able to connect disparate ideas and data to propose  new and innovative solutions to intractable policy problems. He was truly a Singaporean for all seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword (116 KB)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by \u003ci\u003ePresident S R Nathan\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemembering Dr Goh Keng Swee (1918–2010) \u003ci\u003e(by Kwa Chong Guan)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDr Goh Keng Swee: Public Service Timeline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSection 1: Goh Keng Swee as a Politician:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHon Sui Sen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOthman Wok\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePathmanaban Selvadurai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOthman Haron Eusofe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaurice Baker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHedwig Elizabeth Anuar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBernard Chen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSection 2: Goh Keng Swee as a Civil Servant: The Social Welfare Department Years:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge Edwin Bogaars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChia Cheong Fook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnn Elizabeth Wee\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSection 3: Goh Keng Swee as the Economic Architect of Singapore:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOthman Wok\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLim Kim San\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlbert Winsemius\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS Chandra Das\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHwang Peng Yuan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames Koh Cher Siang\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilip Yeo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Hu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNgiam Tong Dow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoseph Yuvaraj Pillay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeh Kok Peng\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eS Dhanabalan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOthman Haron Eusofe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSection 4: Goh Keng Swee as Defence Minister:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOthman Wok\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCheong Quee Wah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLim Siong Guan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhilip Yeo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinston Choo Wee Leong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKirpa Ram Vij\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRamachandran Menon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoh Lye Choon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Morrice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLai Chun Loong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLee Onn Pong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNgiam Tong Dow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChan Chik Weng\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChia Cheong Fook\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEddie Teo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSection 5: Goh Keng Swee as Education Minister:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEugene Wijeysingha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Balhetchet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAng Wai Hoong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLim Siong Guan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSection 6: Goh Keng Swee's Contributions to Cultural Development:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOthman Wok\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBernard Tan Tiong Gie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLee Onn Pong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSection 7: Goh Keng Swee in “Retirement”:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLai Chun Loong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Wong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWang Gungwu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadership:\u003c\/b\u003e Laypersons interested in Singapore's public service and in the memoirs of the Old Guards\/pioneers of Singapore.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Co-published With World Scientific","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137043284208,"sku":"9789814407533","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789814407533_p0.jpg?v=1763690761","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789814407533","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}