Goh Chok Tong to release first volume of biography in Nov

[BanCoe]

left or right nut ?

You Preambree skool oni studi 1 can read oni comiks peektures .... what a nut

[Evillusion]

Seat warmer with experience....

[Angcheek]

You Preambree skool oni studi 1 can read oni comiks peektures .... what a nut

[BanCoe]

i seriously dont think you wan to see his Nut peekture .......

I must certainly respect U - U got all the experience(s) ...... I learn from U

 

Anyways apart from the book GCT helped me quite a lot very many years back when he was humble MP for Marine Parade and he really went out of the way to help ..for thick I’m humbled .. now I see him differently though

[Chongster]

From the Lee sibling episode, GCT clearly thinks of himself as a elder statesman in the kissinger mould, the sheer weight of his words alone can end arguments and put to rest debate.  looks like this forum would beg to disagree, heheh

[Playtime]

From the Lee sibling episode, GCT clearly thinks of himself as a elder statesman in the kissinger mould, the sheer weight of his words alone can end arguments and put to rest debate. looks like this forum would beg to disagree, heheh

Well... his comment about the succession delay didn't go down well with lhl

[Othello]

There is an huge error in the ShittyTimes article. They got the title wrong. 

 

I believe title should be From First World to Third    

[Ash2017]

The guy enjoying himself while NOL was drowning under his charge

 

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SINGAPORE - The first volume of a two-part biography of Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will hit bookshelves in two months.

 

Called Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story, it will cover Mr Goh's early life up to 1990, when he took office as prime minister.

 

Mr Goh revealed the news in a Facebook post on Thursday night (Sept 6), when he uploaded pictures of himself meeting former Hong Kong chief executives Tung Chee Hwa and Leung Chun Ying on a recent visit to the city, as well as an older photo of himself and Mr Tung.

 

"Both are old friends," Mr Goh, 77, wrote. "I first met Chee Hwa in the early 1970s when we were both in shipping."

 

He added that the older photo of both men "partying in Vienna drinking young wine after an international shipping conference" will feature in his biography, which will be released in November.

 

Mr Goh was Singapore's second prime minister, and held the post for nearly 14 years before stepping down in 2004.

 

According to a description on the website of the publisher World Scientific, the book will reveal "the private deliberations and negotiations" between Mr Goh and Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew before the leadership transfer in 1990.

 

t will also tell the extraordinary story of Mr Goh's life and career over half a century, "revealing how Singapore's second Prime Minister rose through a combination of strength, wit and a political nous which many, including himself, did not know he had".

 

"In this first of two volumes, Goh navigated years of a challenging apprenticeship to Lee, scoring numerous policy successes but also suffering political blows and humiliation," it added.

 

The biography is being written by former Straits Times journalist Peh Shing Huei, who is now a partner at content agency The Nutgraf.

 

Mr Peh said the book was based on a series of face-to-face interviews with Mr Goh, done by the Nutgraf team as well as ST Editor-at-Large Han Fook Kwang. It will include content that has not been made public previously.

 

"It has been 14 years since ESM Goh stepped down as Prime Minister and I understand there have been many people who have tried to persuade him to tell his story during this time. I'm glad he has finally agreed," Mr Peh, 42, said.

 

"He gave me and my team generous time and plenty of good stories."

 

[13177]

Who would buy? 

[Angcheek]

I must certainly respect U - U got all the experience(s) ...... I learn from U

 

Anyways apart from the book GCT helped me quite a lot very many years back when he was humble MP for Marine Parade and he really went out of the way to help ..for thick Iâm humbled .. now I see him differently though

He came from humble background so i thought he would have been more thoughtful for the commoners. Maybe during his younger days , fighting for a place in the Rich neighbourhood , he did his "best" . But i saw he changed since the 90s . His policies were not for the people anymore but for to stay in power.

 

Did you ask him to sign autograph on your car ?

[Fcw75]

Power corrupt, absolute power corrupt absolutely.

[DACH]

I must certainly respect U - U got all the experience(s) ...... I learn from U

 

Anyways apart from the book GCT helped me quite a lot very many years back when he was humble MP for Marine Parade and he really went out of the way to help ..for thick I’m humbled .. now I see him differently though

 

He was good until the peanut incident. 

[Freeder]

He was good until the peanut incident.

He was never good in The first place..

How can a Yes man be good!!!!!!!???????

The peanut incident reinforced my opinion....

Really buay Kia nan tulan....

[Tiger1]

I rather read a comic book.

[Playtime]

I hope his second book will include details of what he feel went right or got screwed up after he handed over the PM post. If its just going to be him singing his own praise.. why bother..

After all. In a few years, someone will also write memoir.. and he may blame gct for handing over a load of problems.. and gct will likely have no power of reply anymore.

 

He was very lucky that during his time, lky was the man behind the throne and lil princeling was the waiting king, the internet was too new.. so he escaped scrutiny.

This is probably his last chance to have his say.

[Evillusion]

I hope his second book will include details of what he feel went right or got screwed up after he handed over the PM post. If its just going to be him singing his own praise.. why bother..

After all. In a few years, someone will also write memoir.. and he may blame gct for handing over a load of problems.. and gct will likely have no power of reply anymore.

 

He was very lucky that during his time, lky was the man behind the throne and lil princeling was the waiting king, the internet was too new.. so he escaped scrutiny.

This is probably his last chance to have his say.

nothing new with them lar.....same pattern....ownself praise ownself. Maybe those IB will be forced to buy and fts will q up fir autograph.

[mersaylee]

I rather read a comic book.

This one?

[Pocy]

GCT .......... this wan Giant* CB from @Angcheek cannot fit