Memoirs

Description About the Author This book is a poignant story of a small-town boy, who stumbled into a lifelong flying career spanning 38 years as...

Description About the Author Introducing the life and times of a legend in international aviation—Lim Chin Beng—the man they called Mr SIA. Abs...

Description This book by a pioneer generation civil servant is a fascinating and an engaging account of Singapore's spectacular development fro...

Goh Chok Tong was an improbable Prime Minister for an unlikely country. He had neither the connections nor the cunning to rise to the top, and was ...

Description About the Author A memoir of Lim Chin Joo, this is a book about his life as a kampong boy growing up against the backdrop of the Se...

Description About the Editors Since his undergraduate days in Cambridge, George Yeo has spoken and written much in and out of government. Many ...

Description About the Author This autobiography is a record of Cham Tao Soon's life and interactions with many interesting people over the cour...

Description About the Author Introducing the life and times of a legend in international aviation—Lim Chin Beng—the man they called Mr SIA. Abs...

Description About the Authors Sample Chapter(s)Chapter 1: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723): The First Microbiologist (523 KB) Pasteurizatio...

Description About the Author This is a biography of Dr Felicia Wu. Felicia was a scientist with a successful career in cancer research, but wha...

Description About the Author This book, a compilation of key speeches and articles by the late Mr S Rajaratnam, is a tribute to one of the foun...

Description About the Author With Foreword by S R Nathan. “A scholar by inclination, a businessman by necessity, a diplomat by duty” those wer...

Description For a Chinese immigrant in South-East Asia to make good is not unique, but what is unique in Tan Kah-kee’s case is his enormous con...

Description This book is a record of Mr Tan Lark Sye's remarkable contribution to the founding of Nanyang University. Hailing from Jimei, Fujia...

Description Dr Wai-Fah Chen – a Chinese-born American academic and widely recognized structural engineering specialist in the field of mechanic...

Description About the Author While the first 30 years of new China's scientific development was a self-reliant era marked by the detonations of...

Description About the Editors Dr. Goh Keng Swee’s extensive career as a public servant was dynamic as well as distinguished, in many ways decis...

Description Touted as one of the main engineers of Singapore’s economic growth, Dr Goh’s collection of writings and speeches seek to shed light...

Description About the Author Over the six-month period from late 2012 to early 2013, Hu Jintao, the President of the People’s Republic of China...

Description In Singapore, SMEs are a vital part of the economy, yet little is known of the many leaders whose vision, acumen and hard work have...

Description About the Editors Dr Goh Keng Swee was Singapore’s first Minister for Finance from 1959 to 1965 who initiated Singapore’s first ind...

Description About the Editors Since his undergraduate days in Cambridge, George Yeo has spoken and written much in and out of government. Many ...

Description About the Author A unique individual with a fascinating life story, Ivar Giaever is a scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Experime...