This book serves as a guide that focuses on Singapore’s first Cabinet, the key ideas and personalities who helped shaped Singapore and put her on its way to what it is today. Broadly, it examines key transformations which took place in three critical areas – security, economy and society, over the 10 years. It also details the individual ministers who worked together to bring about these remarkable changes.
This book is a rich resource for readers and scholars interested in discovering and researching more about the period immediately after independence. Together with every chapter is an extensive list of speeches, news articles, oral history interviews, audiovisual materials and further reading. These rich resources can be accessed at the National Library and National Archives of Singapore. There is even a section explaining how to access the resources.
Jointly published by National Library and National Archives of Singapore, this book will be a treasured resource for all teachers.
Sim Keng Yam