Thursday, May 20, 2010
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- EDP 6A 2010
- 6A is the first P6 class in Endeavour Primary School. It started off with 31 pupils in P5 and now enrolment stands at 39. The form teacher is Mrs Kris Ong. She is in the education arena for 13 years.
I think that Dr Goh Keng Swee plays a very important role in Singapore.Like what Mr Lee Hsien Long mentioned that Dr Goh and other 'fathers' of Singapore made a very strong and stable foundation for the future leaders to continue building on.He was the person who started national service(NS)and education.Without him Singapore would not be so developed today.I think that Dr Goh was a great leader of Singapore.
ReplyDeleteI think he is a good leader with a heart.I think he made a lot of sacrifices in his life so as to boost Singapore's economy so the employment rate is high and to create a modern Singapore like it is now!=)With Universal Studios,New World REsort and the casinos ,It is so much FUN!
ReplyDeleteDr Goh is a very caring Former Deputy Prime Minister.He takes things very seriously and he really did a lot of things for Singapore.One of the great places that Dr Goh build was the Jurong Bird Park.This place attracted many tourist and it earned a sum of money for Singapore.The Jurong Bird Park was once a swamp and it really takes a lot of effort to change a swamp into a beautiful place. I really appreciate what Dr Goh has done for Singapore and I want to thank him for that.
ReplyDeleteI was taken aback when I heard the death of Dr Goh Keng Swee on the radio.I think that he is an intelligent and far sighted man.He thinks about the future of Singapore and started national service,contributed to the Jorung Bird Park and minimise wastages of talent in the Singapore education system and emphasised the importance of bilingualism.
ReplyDeleteI wish many people will have a thinking like him and continue making Singapore a good place to live in and not waste Dr Goh's effort in helping Singapore.
Dr Goh Keng Swee introduced National Service to Singapore as you know it is a small country and if not for his idea,we would have been attacked by other countries. He is indeed a great man,intelligent and astute person.
ReplyDeleteI really appreciated what he had done for Singapore and I wanted to thank him for that. Everything that he had done leads Singapore into a prosperous nation.
I think he is a very good leader with a heart.
ReplyDeleteHe has made sacrifices in his life to contribute to Singapore like The Jurong Bird Park,and this can boost the economy therefore employment rate is high!If not for this great man,Singapore would not be such an wonderful place to live in!^_^
Dr Goh Keng Swee has contributed a lot to Singapore. He introduced National Service to Singapore in the 1965. The development of the Singapore Zoological Gardens,the Jurong Bird Park as well as Sentosa was also credited to Dr Goh. I really appreciate his efforts and hard work in making Singapore a pleasant place to live in.
ReplyDeleteFar-sighted and intelligent, Dr Goh Keng Swee helped build the foundation of Singapore. He started National Service and if it weren't for it, Singaporeans would not have realised just how important protecting their home really is. He should truly be appreciated because if not for him and other of our fore fathers, Singapore would not be the magnificent and independent country it is now.
ReplyDeleteWhen Singapore attained independence on 9 August 1965, Dr Goh Keng Swee became the first defence minister and saw an urgent need for a strong defence force. To quickly build up the Singapore Armed Forces, he implemented compulsory national service for all male Singaporeans above 18 years old.
ReplyDeleteDr Goh is a far-sighted and ingenius fore father of Singapore. If he did not led Singapore with MM Lee,we would not have National Service.Thus,Singaporeans may not know how to protect Singapore.
ReplyDeleteIf Dr Goh Keng Swee did not contribute to Singapore,we would not have today.So Dr Goh is a far-sighted and intelligent former Deputy Prime Minister.He build up the Singapore Armed Force and the development of the Jurong Bird Park.I wanted to thank him for that and I really appreciate what Dr Goh has done for Singapore.
ReplyDeleteDr Goh is a good man and intelligent.If he did not rule singapore we would not have national service.And more terorrist will torture us!
ReplyDeleteDr Goh Keng Swee, often been called the "economic architect" of Singapore, he had contribute greatly in shaping the development of Singapore into a strong and prosperous nation as MInister for Finance, Defence and Education. He is indeed an astute, far-sighted politician. He transformed Jurong, a swampy wasteland at his time, into Singapore's first industrial estate, providing many jobless people a job with a stable income. Appointed Minister for Defence, he implented compulsory national service for all male Singaporeans above 18 years old to build up the Singapore Armed Force as soon as possible.During his term as Minister for Education, the importance of curriculum development in the education system prompted him to set up the Curriculum Development Institute. To arrest the high dropout rates, he introduced streaming in 1980 to allow students to learn at their own pace within their own capabilities. Without him, many people will be jobless; other country will invade Singapore easily and pupils who can learnt at different speed will be assigned in the same class, causing everyone not able to learnt well. Imagine a life in Singapore without the contribution of Dr Goh Keng Swee.
ReplyDeletep.s. if not for the contribution of Dr Goh and other forefathers, my parents may not consider coming to Singapore and I will not meet Mrs Ong, a great teacher, and my fellow great classmates in 6A but I think my presence really bings all of you plenty of troubles*_*
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Zhu Deng 20/05/2010 9.25p.m.
Like what PM Lee said: We're building on what Dr Goh has done.Without our founding father like Dr Goh Keng Swee to build foundation for Singapore,Singapore is not what she is today.Being far-sighted and intelligent,Dr Goh had introduce NS to Singapore even though NS is not popular and build Jurong Bird Park attracting tourists to boost the economy. I truly appreciate his contributions to Singapore.
ReplyDeleteDr Goh Keng Swee plays a very important role in Singapore.Like what Mr Lee Hsien Long has mentioned,Dr Goh and other 'fathers'of singapore they buid a very strong and stable foundation for the future leaders of Singapore.
ReplyDeleteDr Goh also started the National Service(NS)and education in Singapore.I think that Dr Goh was a great leader of Singapore.
He had contributed greatly in shaping the development of Singapore into a prosperous nation as Minister for Finance and Minister for Defence. He held several other key appointments, including Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Education, and chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He introduced an industrialization programme with the aim of creating jobs for Singaporeans and also implemented compulsory national service for all male Singaporeans above 18 years old. Without him, our home, which is called a little red dot would be invaded by other countries. I would like to thank him for making Singapore a safe country to live in. >.~
ReplyDeleteDr Goh was a great man. He had contributed greatly in shaping the development of Singapore into a prosperous nation as Minister for Finance and Minister for Defence.Dr Goh also started the National Service(NS). More terorrist will torture us if there was no national service.
ReplyDeleteDr Goh was a great man.He contributed a lot,such as national service(NS)
ReplyDeleteDr Goh Keng Swee is a far sighted man.He contributed a lot to Singapore.He is the minister for defence and minister of education. He also contributed to The Jurong Bird Park.He started the National Service for defence to protect Singapore.
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DR Goh was a good man.he was the man that created (NS).without him we wont have education.i am proud of him.if there's no (NS) terorrist will come to singapore and destroy our home's
ReplyDeleteDr Goh was one of our founding fathers. As one of them, he contributed to the founding of modern Singapore. His contributions include streaming, Jurong Bird Park and many more. Without streaming, pupils with poor academic results will mix with the ones with excellent results, causing them to slow down in their studies and they would not be successful. If not for him, many successful people will not have been successful as some of the results poor people and their result will be affected. He was also the deputy prime minister. Despite his old age, he continued to work hard. If not for him, I would not have good results.
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ReplyDeleteDr Goh was a great founding father.If not for him,we would not have any PSLE , 'o'levels or 'a' levels. He was the one who started NS.However,he contributed greatly in shaping the development of Singapore. He changed what was once a swamp to Jurong bird park.
ReplyDeleteHe had contributed a lot for Singapore as he is one of our founding fathers. He had make National Service.
ReplyDeleteHe was responsible for setting up many of Singapore's key government agencies, including the Economic Development Board and the Defence Science Organisation, and oversaw the creation of the Singapore Armed Forces and the Jurong Industrial Estate. His legacy also includes policies such as compulsory conscription for male Singaporeans above 18 years old; the Gifted Education Programme; and streaming and religious education in schools.
Without him, Singapore will not become Singapore.
Dr. Goh Keng Swee 6 October 1918 – 14 May 2010) was the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1984, and a Member of Parliament for the Kreta Ayer constituency for a quarter of a century. Born in Malacca in the Straits Settlements into a Peranakan family, he came to Singapore at the age of two years. Educated at Raffles College and the London School of Economics and Political Science, his interest in politics began during his time in London where he met fellow students seeking independence for British Malaya, including Abdul Razak, Maurice Baker, Lee Kuan Yew and Toh Chin Chye. From 1945 onwards he worked for the Department of Social Welfare, eventually rising to become its Director. In 1958 he resigned from the Civil Service to work full-time for the People's Action Party (PAP), becoming a key member and later vice-chairman of its Central Executive Committee. The following year he successfully contested the Kreta Ayer seat in the 1959 general election for the Legislative Assembly, and joined the first government of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as Minister for Finance. Upon Singapore's independence on 9 August 1965, Goh became the nation's first Minister for the Interior and Defence. He subsequently served as Finance Minister (1967–1970), Minister for Defence (1970–1979) and Minister for Education (1979–1980, 1981–1985).He build up the Singapore Armed Force and the development of the Jurong Bird Park.I am very grateful to him. if it was not for him, the singapore today would not be so modern.
ReplyDeleteGoh Keng Swee was born in Malacca in the Straits Settlements on 6 October 1918[3] into a middle-income Peranakan family, the fifth of six children.[4] His father Goh Leng Inn was a manager of a rubber plantation, while his mother Tan Swee Eng[5] was from the family that produced the Malaysian politicians Tun Tan Cheng Lock and his son Tun Tan Siew Sin, who would later become Goh's lifelong political opponent.[6][7]
ReplyDeleteGoh was given the Christian name Robert, which he disliked and refused to respond to. When he was two years old, his family moved from Malacca to Singapore where his maternal grandparents owned several properties. The Gohs later relocated to the Pasir Panjang rubber estate when his father found work there, and became manager in 1933. In common with many Peranakan families, the Gohs spoke both English and Malay at home; church services were held at home on Sundays in Malay.[8]
After studying at the Anglo-Chinese Primary School and the Anglo-Chinese Secondary School[4] between 1927 and 1936 where he was second in his class in the Senior Cambridge Examinations, Goh went on to graduate from Raffles College in 1939 with a Class II Diploma in Arts with a special distinction in economics.[5] He then joined the colonial Civil Service as a tax collector with the War Tax Department but, according to his superiors, was not very good at his job and was almost fired.[4] Shortly after the start of World War II, he joined the Singapore Volunteer Corps, a local militia, but returned to his previous work after the fall of Singapore. Goh married Alice Woon, a secretary who was a colleague,[4] in 1942 and they had their only child, Goh Kian Chee, two years later. In 1945 he relocated his young family to Malacca, but they returned to Singapore the following year after the Japanese occupation ended. That year, he joined the Department of Social Welfare, and was active in post-war administration. He became supervisor of the Department's Research Section six months later.[
Dr Goh is a wonderful man.I thank him so much for tho National Service(NS).Without (NS,there will be no ARMY.thanks a lot for your help.
ReplyDeleteWithout Dr goh, we would not have protection for singapore because we do not have a proper traing for the National Services.Dr goh was not a animal keeper but he built Jurong Bird Park.He is a great honour to us
ReplyDeleteDr Gog Keng Swee is a far-sighted man.He created NS so that there is some people to protect our prosperous country.He was the second Deputy Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1984.Without him,there would be no such thing as Jurong Bird Park.
ReplyDeleteDinah
Dr Goh was a great and a kind man that contributed a lot to singapore
ReplyDeleteDr Goh Keng Swee was far-sighted one of the founding fathers.He developed a swamp into Jurong bird park.He developed National service (unpopular) to protect Singapore.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone catch the state funeral that was telecast on CNN yesterday? I was very touched by all the eulogies esp the ones by his grandson and grand niece. Dr Goh's frugal ways, great humility struck an impression in my heart. He has left behind a legacy that we can learn from. He served the nation with no grudges, not wanting others to view him as high and mighty and to offer him preferential treatment. He served with a sincere HEART! I salute you, Dr Goh! Without your selfless service, we are not able to enjoy what Singapore is today! Thank you, founding papa!
ReplyDeleteThanks to Dr Goh Keng Swee we have Ns.....But i think he is a little bit obsessed with defending singapore.....But anything happens,I will still salute Dr goh keng swwee
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