• Lee Kuan Yew: A Tribute, Mar/2015

Lee Kuan Yew: A Tribute, Mar/2015

Author(s) Straits Times Press
ISBN10 9814642126
ISBN13 9789814642125
Format Paperback
Pages 149
Year Publish 2015 March

Synopsis

Lee Kuan Yew: a tribute is a keepsake collection of stories on Singapore’s first prime minister, initially published in The Straits Times from 23 to 27 March 2015. It captures Lee Kuan Yew’s impact on Singaporeans and on the geopolitical stage, in tributes from his colleagues, family and friends, and essays by the newspaper’s most seasoned political journalists. 

Contents 
Founding Father: Union rabble rouser • Singapore’s first prime minister • Early years: Barisan walkout, social shake-out, British pull-out • First among equals • The LKY I rememberOthman Wok, Jean Marshall, Sidek Saniff, SR Nathan 

Party Man: On the campaign trail • Grooming younger leaders • This is a job that has to be finished and I’ll finish it • Mr Lee’s knuckleduster approach to opponents • The LKY I remember – S Dhanabalan, George Yeo, James Fu, Richard Hu, 
Abdullah Tarmugi 

Nation Builder: Early years: port, homes, industry • Did Mr Lee create a Singapore in his own image? • The LKY I rememberLiu Thai Ker, Heng Swee Keat, Peter Seah, Lim Siong Guan, Koh Hock Kiat, Cheong Yip Seng, Alan Chan 

Foreign Policy Architect: Global links • Small state must seek maximum number of friends • In Mr Lee’s later years, the world turned to him as seer and sage • The LKY I remember Tommy Koh, Henry Kissinger, S Jayakumar, Chan Heng Chee, Bilahari Kausikan 

Family Man: I would be a different man • When you needed him, he was there • Devoted husband and caring father • The LKY I remember Lee Wei Ling, Lee Hsien Yang, Monica Lee, Lee Suan Yew, Ng Kok Song