Was surfing the net and reading on Dr Goh Keng Swee, our first Minister of finance, Minister of defence. There was an anecdote related by his wife, that while he was in hospital, he chided her as wasteful for using a whole piece of tissue, he would cut them into half, used one half, kept the other. He was the brain behind our economic success.
Another leader I would like to bring up is Mr Ong Teng Cheong, he was NTUC general secretary, he vigorously improved the lives of workers through empowerment of the trade unions, sanctioned strikes for the shipping industry, when he saw they were being exploited.
He ran for the first elected presidency, and he assured the people of Singapore that his loyalty was first and foremost to them and Singapore. After taking office, he went on to fulfil his duties as keeper of our national reserves, he clashed with his ex cabinet ministers..When his term expired, the govt decided not to endorse his run for the second term. When he passed away in 1999 he was only accorded a state assist funeral despite his numerous contributions to Singapore
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