the Singapore story : 1965-2000 Lee, Kuan Yew 1923-2015 creator text si Singapore Singapore Press Holdings 2000 Times edition monographic eng

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778 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Lee Kuan Yew presided over the transformation of Singapore from a fractious and squalid colonial backwater into one of the shining jewels of Asia. In less than half a century, through economic and social engineering, Singapore has melded a multi-ethnic, multi-racial population into a thriving, safe and productive society that boasts the world's busiest maritime port, nearly nonexistent unemployment, and a lower infant mortality rate than the United States. In this volume that chronicles the social and economic triumphs that made headlines around the world, Lee Kuan Yew reveals the strategies that made him one of the world's most powerful elder statesmen, and takes a look at the burgeoning economic and political might of China and its portents for the future. --From publisher's description pt. 1. Getting the basics right -- Going it along -- Building an army from scratch -- Britain pulls out -- Surviving without a hinterland -- Creating a financial center -- Winning over the unions -- A fair, not welfare, society -- The Communists self-destruct -- Straddling the middle ground -- Nurturing and attracting talent -- Many tongues, one language -- Keeping the government clean -- Greening Singapore -- Managing the media -- Conductor of an orchestra -- pt. 2. In search of space : regional and international -- Ups and downs with Malaysia -- Indonesia : from foe to friend -- Building ties with Thailand, the Philippines, and Brunei -- Vietnam, Myanmar, and Cambodia : coming to terms with the modern world -- Asean : unpromising start, promising future -- East Asia in crisis 1997-1999 -- Inside the commonwealth club -- New bonds with Britain -- Ties with Australia and New Zealand -- South Asia's legends and leaders -- Following Britain into Europe -- The Soviet Union : an empire implodes -- America : the anticommunist anchorman -- Strategic accord with the United States -- America's new agenda -- Japan : Asia's first miracle -- Lessons from Japan -- Korea : at the crossroads -- Hong Kong's transition -- Taiwan : the other China -- China : the dragon with a long tail -- Deng Xiaoping's China -- China beyond Beijing -- Tiananmen -- China : to be rich is glorious -- pt. 3. Winding up -- Passing the baton -- My family. memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew. Includes index. a-si--- Lee, Kuan Yew 1923-2015 Prime ministers Singapore Biography Primeros ministros Biografías Singapur Singapore History 1965-1990 Singapore History Singapur Historia Singapore History 1990- Singapore Economic conditions Singapur Condiciones económicas Singapore Social conditions Singapur Condiciones sociales 431 DS 610.73 L478f 2000 959.5705 9812049843 9789812049841 00056751 MEAUC 000710 20241028114819.0 82771 eng