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.

He is the second child of Sabapathy Pillai Sinnathamby
and was born in Vattukottai, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

His father had wanted him to be born there for auspicious
reasons after premature death of his older brother.

He was then brought back to Malaya and raised in Seramban and Selangor
He studied in
Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus,

St Paul's boys' school,

Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur,

and later in Raffles Institution in Singapore.


In 1937, he went to King's College London to pursue a law degree.

He turned to journalism to earn a living and to be able to continue with his studies.

He met his wife Piroska Feher, a Hungarian teacher while in London

He joined the Malayan Tribune in 1948

In 1954, he joined The Straits Times as a journalist.
He was bold in writing about the way Singapore was governed by the British.
This incurred the displeasure of the colonial government.
His column, "I write as I please", attracted so much attention that he was called for questioning by the government.