Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- The YMCA-Lim Kim San Volunteers Programme
- Family Tree
- 1 The Man with the Blanket
- 2 Early Life
- 3 The Japanese Years
- 4 Choosing Sides
- 5 Judging People: The Public Service Commission
- 6 Housing a Nation: The Housing and Development Board
- 7 Housing a Nation: Resettling a People
- 8 Housing a Nation: Owning Homes, Reclaiming Land
- 9 Politics, Elections, and Malaysia
- 10 Minister for Finance
- 11 Minister for the Interior and Defence
- 12 Other Ministries and Roles
- 13 A Life Well Lived
- Index
- About the Author
- Plate section
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 October 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- The YMCA-Lim Kim San Volunteers Programme
- Family Tree
- 1 The Man with the Blanket
- 2 Early Life
- 3 The Japanese Years
- 4 Choosing Sides
- 5 Judging People: The Public Service Commission
- 6 Housing a Nation: The Housing and Development Board
- 7 Housing a Nation: Resettling a People
- 8 Housing a Nation: Owning Homes, Reclaiming Land
- 9 Politics, Elections, and Malaysia
- 10 Minister for Finance
- 11 Minister for the Interior and Defence
- 12 Other Ministries and Roles
- 13 A Life Well Lived
- Index
- About the Author
- Plate section
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Lim Kim SanA Builder of Singapore, pp. xiPublisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak InstitutePrint publication year: 2009