From Third World To First by Lee Kuan Yew

From Third World To First by Lee Kuan Yew

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From Third World To First by Lee Kuan Yew

The story of Singapore's transformation told by it's founding father, Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee Kuan Yew was born in Singapore on September 16, 1923, a third-generation descendant of immigrants from China's Guangdong Province. He read law at Cambridge University, England. In 1954 he formed the People's Action Party, which won the first Singapore general election five years later. Lee became the country's first prime minister in 1959, at the age of thirty-five. In November 1990 he resigned the office to assume the post of senior minister in the Singapore cabinet.
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ISBN 13 9780060197766
ISBN 10 0060197765
Title From Third World To First
Author Lee Kuan Yew
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2000-10-02
Number of pages 752
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