Mr S Rajaratnam & Dr Goh Keng Swee
Mr Lim Kim San
Mr Ong Pang Boon
Mr Othman Wok
Mr Toh Chin Chye
Mr Eddie Barker
Mr David Marshall
without them, there won't be Singapore


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June 2010



From all those research I've made, I really can see the things the founding fathers have done to Singapore.
They left such a big impact to the people around them
If we could take a look at what Singapore is today, I am sure we would tell ourselves that it really has changed, alot.


"In your opinion, who contribute more to Singapore’s progress, explain your answer.”


Well, I am not from Singapore hence, I can only count on the internet to give me information about them.

From my own opinion, I think Mr S Rajaratnam & Dr Goh Keng Swee contributed equally to Singapore's progress
All of the founding fathers and the government worked hand in hand to help Singapore.
They did their part.


Both have different opinions and they did different things but only have one goal, which is to bring a better future for the people in Singapore.
Dr Goh was responsible for projects that sought to improve on Singapore's cultural and leisure such as Jurong Bird Park and The Singapore Zoo.
Look at what it is now, it became a tourist attraction.


Mr SR penned down the National Pledge against the racial riots.
Students will recite the pledge every morning before having lessons.
it wasn't created for fun, if we take a look at the National Pledge, we can see that it's a message for all of us.
it was written to inculcate in all Singaporeans his vision of building one united Singapore regardless of race, language or religion.

If Dr Goh didn't exist, would tourist still come to Singapore to settle down?

If Mr SR didn't exist, would Singapore be peaceful as how it is today?

Each and every person are special in their own ways.

There isn't such thing as 'I would not care about *insertname* because *insertanothername* contributed more.
Each and every of them contributed enough to make Singapore a better place.
Without either one of them, there would be something missing, it will not be complete.
It all began with them.
Without them, there's no Singapore.

POLITICS

He became popular among his supporters for being able to effectively follow the

‘mood of the people’

He thought of a multiracial Singapore and envisioned her to be a ‘global city’

He wrote the Singapore National Pledge in 1966.

During his years in parliament, he served as

Minister for Culture (1959),

Minister for Foreign Affairs (1965-1980),

Minister for Labour (1968-1971),

and Second Deputy Prime Minister (1980-1985)

and was later appointed as Senior Minister until his retirement in 1988.

During his term as Minister of Labour, he implemented tough labour laws to

attempt to restore stability in the Singaporean economy and attracted

multinational corporations to invest in Singapore.

This important appointment emphasised the trust that the government had in him in

overcoming the challenges Singapore faced.

Throughout his political career, he played a key role in the successive

pragmatic and technocratic People's Action Party governments that

radically improved Singapore's economic situation,

alongside huge developments in social development on the island with massive expansion

of healthcare programmes, pensions, state housing and extremely low unemployment.

This is well underlined by his following statement:

We believe in a democratic society by governments freely and periodically

elected by the people...

We believe, in the virtue of hard work and that those who work harder in

society should be given greater rewards...

We believe that the world does not owe us a living and that we have to earn our keep.