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LEE KUAN YEW: a Tribute Straits Times Press A NEW BOOK FROM LEE KUAN YEW: a tribute Straits Times Press “To those familiar with his story, and the Singapore story – forever inextricably intertwined – this book is a precious keepsake, a collection of essays old and new, and tributes published during that brief span of acute national loss. “To those unfamiliar, this book will perhaps go some way to explaining the impact he had – his role in every facet of Singapore’s development, and the regard with which he was held around the world. “Lee Kuan Yew was an extraordinary leader, a giant of a man. He lived and breathed Singapore to the last. The success of our country and the future of our people were the singular lodestar of his actions, and generations to come will continue to reap the fruits of his efforts.” — Piyush Gupta, CEO, DBS Group Holdings and DBS Bank LEE KUAN YEW: a tribute is a keepsake collection of stories on Singapore’s first prime minister, initially published in The Straits Times ISBN: 978 981 4642 12 5 from 23 to 27 March 2015. Size: 210 X 250 mm, Paperback 148 pp, full colour It captures Lee Kuan Yew’s impact on Singaporeans and on the Price: S$25 (before GST) 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 remember – Othman 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: Straits Times Press Early years: port, homes, industry • Did Mr Lee create a Singapore in his own A MEMBER OF THE image? • The LKY I remember – Liu Thai Ker, Heng Swee Keat, Peter Seah, ENGLISH/MALAY/taMIL Lim Siong Guan, Koh Hock Kiat, Cheong Yip Seng, Alan Chan MEDIA GROUP Mezzanine Floor, Information Resource Centre Foreign Policy Architect: Level 3, Podium Block Global links • Small state must seek maximum number of friends • In Mr Lee’s Singapore Press Holdings later years, the world turned to him as seer and sage • The LKY I remember – 1000 Toa Payoh North Tommy Koh, Henry Kissinger, S Jayakumar, Chan Heng Chee, Bilahari Kausikan News Centre Singapore 318994 Family Man: Tel: (65) 6319 6319, Fax: (65) 6319 8258 I would be a different man • When you needed him, he was there • Devoted Email: [email protected] husband and caring father • The LKY I remember – Lee Wei Ling, Lee Hsien Online bookstore: www.stpressbooks.com.sg Yang, Monica Lee, Lee Suan Yew, Ng Kok Song.
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