Goh Keng Swee: A Public Career Remembered

Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore''s first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore''s first industrial estate now known as Jurong Town. He was also the first and longest serving Defence Minister after Singapore became independent in 1965, responsible for building up the Singapore Armed Forces from scratch. Later he became Minister for Education in 1981 and revamped the educati...