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An Intellectual Biography of Goh Keng Swee
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Artikel-Nr:
9789814311311
Veröffentl:
2010
Einband:
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Erscheinungsdatum:
27.08.2010
Seiten:
332
Autor:
Kee Beng Ooi
Gewicht:
603 g
Format:
222x145x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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 s 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. When Singapore separated from Malaysia in 1965, Dr Goh took charge of building an army from scratch.