Serving a New Nation : Baey Lian Peck's Singapore Story (Second Edition) /

The story of Dr. Baey Lian Peck should be well known, but it is not. Not even among Singaporeans, and especially not among the young. This tells us a lot about a Singapore caught in pathological haste and prone towards ignoring values that do not add to the financial bottom line. The innovativeness...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ooi, Kee Beng (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Baey, Lian Peck, > 1931-
Businessmen > Singapore > Biography.
Singapore > Officials and employees > Biography.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by Lee Kuan Yew
  • Acknowledgement
  • Introduction
  • Born a businessman
  • My childhood
  • The Japanese occupation
  • Meeting the wife
  • Family meals
  • Into the family business
  • The Vietnam connection
  • Going into oil
  • Seeking to serve
  • Singapore Metrication Board (1971-1981)
  • NTUC FairPrice (1973-1982)
  • International Trading Company (Intraco) (1969-1986)
  • Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE) (1975-1987)
  • Committee on Treatment and Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts (1977-1988) and Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (SANA) (1977-1996)
  • St John Ambulance (1991-1998)
  • Seeing the bigger picture.

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