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From constructing a resort in the mountains of Lijiang in China\nto rebuilding his properties in Phuket after the 2004 tsunami, he opens on the\nhighs and lows over the course of his extraordinary 30-year entrepreneurial\njourney.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn so doing, Kwon Ping delivers powerful insights in how to\ndeal with technological disruptions, build a positive company culture, and\nhandle succession in Asian family businesses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA must-read for all aspiring entrepreneurs, business\nstudents, resort and spa lovers, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Banyan\u003c\/i\u003e teases and\nteaches important business lessons while delivering an emotional punch through\nmasterful storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAaron Low \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning journalist and\nauthor. 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He is also a founding\npartner of content and communications agency The Nutgraf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44832713965775,"sku":"9789811291593","price":39.24,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_3d064d20-9cdf-4728-a45a-1ace6a9a0755.webp?v=1770693439"},{"product_id":"lim-siong-guan-the-best-is-yet-to-be","title":"Lim Siong Guan: The Best Is Yet To Be","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLim Siong Guan — The Best Is Yet to Be\u003c\/b\u003e offers\npowerful insights into Siong Guan’s past, his reflections on the present, and\nhis perspectives on the future — especially on how to survive and thrive in a\nworld shaped by “unknown unknowns.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYet this is not simply a book about Siong Guan. It is about\nwhat he believes readers will find useful as they contemplate their own futures\nand strive to become the best they can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThrough personal reflections, interviews with those who know\nhim well, sharings from colleagues, and media features, readers gain a glimpse\ninto Siong Guan’s humble beginnings and his distinguished public service career\nspanning five decades (1969–2019). Throughout, one consistent focus emerges:\nhis deep commitment to Singapore’s future and the people he serves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe book explores how Siong Guan excelled in school and in\nhis career with a curious, searching mind and a heart grounded in empathy and\nservice. Never driven by fame or fortune, he pursued opportunities over money\nand sought always to serve rather than be served.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHaving worked closely with Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Dr Goh Keng\nSwee — key architects of Singapore’s founding years — Siong Guan witnessed\nfirsthand how innovation and creativity transformed Singapore from a struggling\nstart-up nation into a global success. He believes that Singapore’s continued\nsurvivability will require the same clarity of vision, coupled with even\ngreater innovation and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIf Mr Lee Kuan Yew brought Singapore from Third World to\nFirst, where does Singapore go from here? Drawing on 50 years of public\nservice, Siong Guan offers thoughtful perspectives on how Singapore can\ncontinue to grow as a home of opportunity — a nation where truly, \u003ci\u003ethe best\nis yet to be\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIM Siong Guan Siong Guan\u003c\/b\u003e is an Emeritus\nProfessor of the National University of Singapore and a Distinguished\nPractitioner Fellow of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. He instructs\non leadership, change management and future thinking. He is also a Senior\nFellow of the Singapore Civil Service College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSiong Guan was the Group President of GIC from 2007 to 2016,\nand Advisor to the GIC Group Executive Committee until 2019. GIC is the fund\nmanager for the foreign financial reserves of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe was the Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development\nBoard from 2006 to 2009. The Board is the Singapore government's lead agency\nfor planning and executing strategies to enhance Singapore's position as a\nglobal business centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSiong Guan served 37 years in the Singapore Civil Service,\nfrom 1969 to 2006. He was the Head of the Singapore Civil Service from 1999 to\n2005. He has been the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence\n(1981–1994), the Prime Minister's Office (1994–1998), the Ministry of Education\n(1997–1999) and the Ministry of Finance (1998–2006). He was the first Principal\nPrivate Secretary to then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew from 1978 to 1981. In\nevery appointment, he introduced innovative policies and practices which\nenhanced the drive, capacity, capability and performance of the organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSiong Guan has co-authored two books with Joanne H Lim. The\nfirst was \u003ci\u003eThe Leader, The Teacher \u0026amp; You — Leadership Through the\nThird Generation\u003c\/i\u003e, a book on leadership and national governance. It won the\nSingapore Literature Prize for non-fiction in 2014. The second was \u003ci\u003eWinning\nwith Honour in Relationships, Family, Organisations, Leadership, and Life\u003c\/i\u003e,\na book on winning in life and work. He has authored a third book, Can Singapore\nFall? Making the Future for Singapore, based on three public lectures he\ndelivered as the fourth S R Nathan Fellow for the Study of Singapore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSiong Guan co-founded Honour (Singapore), a charity that\nseeks to promote the culture of honour and honourable behaviour for the\nwell-being of Singapore, in 2014. He is also the lead independent director of\nWilmar International Ltd., a leading agri company in Asia and Africa, and a\nSenior Advisor to Insignia Ventures Partners, an early-stage technology venture\ncapital firm focused on building great companies in Southeast Asia.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoanne H Lim\u003c\/b\u003e is the founder of The Right PerspectiveSG, a\nconsultancy specialising in writing and strategic communications. Joanne was\nawarded the Singapore Literature Book Prize (Non-Fiction) in 2014 for \u003ci\u003eThe\nLeader, The Teacher \u0026amp; You\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of a children's\nbook, \u003ci\u003eMeme the Monkey Wins in Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and also co-authored Winning\nwith Honour, a book on success in life, family, and work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING CO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44837624807631,"sku":"9789819823871","price":39.24,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_a987bdef-76be-459d-bd3f-9fec5d0f9560.jpg?v=1770878469"},{"product_id":"the-singapore-story-memoirs-of-lee-kuan-yew-paperback","title":"The Singapore Story : Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;\"\u003eThis student edition of \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew\u003c\/span\u003e is a shortened version of the original edition of The Singapore Story, the first volume of Lee Kuan Yew’s memoirs published in 2008. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eIt covers all the significant moments in the life of Singapore’s first prime minister, in his own words, and dispenses with passages that do not directly concern Singapore.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003eThe book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 18px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eTraces Lee’s boyhood, his Japanese Occupation experience, his four years in England as a student when his political views took shape, and his work preparing for the launch of the People’s Action Party\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003eDescribes how Lee and his colleagues worked in a united front with the communists, won the elections, became the government, and finally broke with the communists and fought against them\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"\"\u003eDetails the troubles Lee and his colleagues faced from communal intimidation and domination by the Malay extremists in Malaysia until Singapore was asked to leave Malaysia and become independent on 9 August 1965\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-block-end: 0.25rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-block-end: 0.25rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eLee Kuan Yew\u003c\/span\u003e was born in Singapore on 16 September 1923, a third-generation descendant of immigrants from China’s Guangdong province.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-block-end: 0.25rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e He read law at Cambridge University, England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-block-end: 0.25rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e In 1954, he formed the People’s Action Party. 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