From Third World to First
singapore and the asian economic boom
$31.08
- Paperback
768 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2011
Summary
Singapore’s Transformation: From Third World to First
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world’s number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world’s fourth–highest per capita real income?
The story of that transformation is told here by Singapore’s charismatic, controversial …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780060957513 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0060957514 |
| Author: | Lee Kuan Yew |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Harper Business |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 768 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2011 |
| Weight: | 771g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 39mm |
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About The Author
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew was born in Singapore on September 16, 1923, a third-generation descendant of immigrants from China’s Guangdong Province. He read law at Cambridge University, England. In 1954 he formed the People’s Action Party, which won the first Singapore general election five years later. Lee became the country’s first prime minister in 1959, at the age of thirty-five. In November 1990 he resigned the office to assume the post of senior minister in the Singapore cabinet.
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