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


Designed by: Ahting




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

There was a clash of fundamental principles, both political and economic,

notably on the issue of Malay dominance. Communitarian violence in 1964

was inflamed in Singapore by Malay and Chinese activists.

According to Lee Kuan Yew, Goh fought to protect Singapore's interests against the

Federal Minister of Finance, his cousin Tan Siew Tin, "who was out to spite Singapore".

Goh played a crucial role in orchestrating the subsequent secession of

Singapore from the Federation on 9 August 1965.

After two difficult years, Lee asked him to negotiate with the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak and Minister for External Affairs Tun Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman in July 1965

for Singapore to have a looser arrangement with Malaysia within the Federation.

However, following the discussions, Goh decided on his own that it

would be better for Malaysia and Singapore to have a clean break.

He would later claim this was the "best thing that ever happened to Singapore".

Goh was also responsible for projects that sought to improve Singaporeans' cultural and leisure life,

such as the Jurong Bird Park, the Singapore Zoo and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

He backed the construction of the Kreta Ayer People's Theatre in his constituency as a

venue for Chinese opera performances. He was also instrumental in introducing rugby in the

Singapore Armed Forces and later in schools.

In recognition of his role in promoting the sport, the Schools "C" Division Cup is named after him.

Impressed by an oceanarium in the Bahamas, he contacted the Sentosa Development Corporation

and convinced them to have one.

On 1 March 1973, Goh was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore

concurrently with his other Cabinet portfolio. On 12 February 1979,

Goh moved on from the Defence Ministry to the Ministry of Education,

where his Report was greatly influenced the development of Singapore's education system.

He set up the Curriculum Development Institute, and introduced key policies such as

religious education and, in 1980, the channelling of students into

different programmes of study according to their learning abilities, known as "streaming".

Goh served two terms as Education Minister, his first ending on 31 May 1980,

and his second following the 1980 general election from 1 June 1981 till his retirement.

From 1 June 1980 he was redesignated First Deputy Prime Minister upon S. Rajaratnam

being made Second Deputy Prime Minister, and served as

Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) until he stepped

down from Parliament on 3 December 1984 at the age of 66 years.

In a tribute to mark the occasion, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew wrote:

"A whole generation of Singaporeans takes their present standard of living for granted because you had laid the foundations of the economy of modern Singapore"