Thousand of people from all sections of Singapore society braved the heat and long queues at parliment house to bid their last farewell to one of Singapore's founding fathers, Dr Goh Keng Swee, 91.
Dr Goh Keng Swee , a great thinker and visionary ,economic architect of Singapore. He worked tirelessly towards building some part of the nation that is the Singapore we know today.
A selfless , humble man who gave of himself to his family and nation .
He was given the toughest job in the government : Ministry of Finance. Dr Goh discovered that the government was almost broke and expected a budget deficit of $14million. He immediately introduced drastic measures to cut spending.
He helped create the Monetary Authority of Singapore where he laid out the policies that produce a stable Singapore dollar and preserved the purchasing power of Singaporeans.
To develop a defense capability and safeguard Singapore in a dangerous world . Dr Goh took on a heavy responsibility as our first defense minister and built up the Singapore Armed Forces(SAF) from scratch .
When he was given the job in the Ministry of Education, he introduced major re-forms, leaving his imprint on a fundamentally changed education system.
He promoted the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Singapre Zoological Garden , the Jurong Birdpark, Sentosa, the Chinese Garden and the Japanese Garden for the Singaporeans to have a feel for beauty and the arts.
His changed in education system allow us to complete our secondary education, masters both English and mother tongue. His decision on rapid industrialisation, attracting investments from multinational corporation to create jobs and exports helped the growth of Singapore economy. He helped to steer our nation through difficult times. I personally feels that without him , much of Singapore wouldn't exist and Singapore is forever indebted to Dr Goh Keng Swee.
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