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Unexpected Journey (Hardcover)
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Unexpected Journey (Hardcover)
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Here Singapore's President S.R. Nathan tells his own story, taking
the reader back with him to his childhood, to modest beginnings and
life as a runaway in Singapore and Malaya, and then the experience
of renewed hope during the Japanese occupation. After a belated and
limited university education, as well as a short spell as a social
worker dealing with seafarers, he witnessed from inside the Labour
Reserch Unit the birth of Singapore's modern trade union movement.
Shortly after Singapore achieved full independence, he joined the
staff of the newly established Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
retiring - as he thought - as Permanent Secretary. However, he did
not retire. After being asked to run the Straits Times newspaper
for a time, he served as High Commissioner in Malaysia and
Ambassador in the United States. Few people have packed so much
into a life. And then, at an age when most people are well beyond
the end of their working lives, he was elected President of
Singapore, in which role he has won the hearts of many people in
Singapore and abroad.
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