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May 25, 2010 · Video below: Goh Ken-Yi (37), grandson of the late Dr Goh Keng Swee gave a personal glimpse into the life of his doting grandfather. The part (around 5.27 min) that hits me was: He (Dr Goh) said:"Ken-Yi, all these doesn't matter.
When he was two years old, his family moved from Malacca to Singapore where his maternal grandparents owned several properties. The Gohs later relocated to the Pasir Panjang rubber estate when his father found work there, and became manager in 1933.
May 24, 2010 · To the nation, Dr Goh Keng Swee was former deputy prime minister and a great thinker and visionary, a man of action, economic architect of Singapore. To Goh Ken-Yi, 37, he was a doting Ah...
The passing of Dr Goh Keng Swee (1918–2010), who laid the foundation stones of Singapore’s economy and defence forces, has left the nation without one of its most well-respected citizens.
May 14, 2010 · Early life. Born into a middle-income Peranakan family in Malacca, Goh came to Singapore when he was two years old. He received his early education at Anglo-Chinese School (1927–36) and went on to Raffles College (1936–39).2.
Dr Goh Keng Swee is often referred to as the architect of modern Singapore. He played a key role in the founding of the People’s Action Party, and has held the post of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance, Defence, Education, as well as the being the chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and other government-led companies.
One book-length work specifically on Dr Goh’s ideas is Austin’s Goh Keng Swee and Southeast Asian Governance. More comprehensive is the recent book by Ooi Kee Beng, commissioned by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, In Lieu of Ideology (2010).
