{"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. Five years later, the PAP won the Singapore general election and he became Prime Minister at age 35.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-block-end: 0.25rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 24px;\"\u003e He stepped down in November 1990 and assumed the post of Senior Minister until 2004. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-block-end: 0.25rem; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 24px;\"\u003eHe was Minister Mentor till his retirement in May 2011. Lee passed away on 23 March 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45008778133711,"sku":"9789814677660","price":22.36,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_8d5f3242-e2ca-4908-949f-e0cce8cfe62c.jpg?v=1777348769","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-singapore-story-memoirs-of-lee-kuan-yew-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}