This is the story of Singapore as written by the founding father Lee Kuan Yew who brought the tiny island, poor and disorder to a city of the future. With deep and meticulous notes, Lee detailed the extraordinary efforts chronologically in explaining how Singapore transformed from the third world to the first. He wrote every word clearly, every sentence structured systematically to build the story alive. Lee was indeed an excellent storyteller. In Lee’s hand, Singapore –the former British colony, devastated by the 2nd World War– rose from nothing to the Asian metropolis with not only the world’s number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the top 5 countries of GDP per capita. Lee built the Singapore people through a good education, kept the government clean, managed the media, upheld the rule of law, taught people about code of conduct and ethics, and transformed the society’s way of life and work through the digital revolution. With the integration of techno...
Life is beautiful, and also..., simple.