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1981

Straits Times: Pung How gets top Govt job

The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permission.

Elizabeth Sam, Goh Keng Swee, Michael Wong Pak Shong, Yong Pung How

1981

Business Times: Government forms investment arm

The Business Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permission

Goh Keng Swee

1984

Letter of Appreciation from Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew to Dr Goh Keng Swee

Ministry of Culture Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Goh Keng Swee, Lee Kuan Yew

1971

Photo: Official Opening of Jurong Bird Park

Singapore Tourist Promotion Board Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Goh Keng Swee

1971

Press Statement: Speech by Dr Goh Keng Swee at Opening of Jurong Bird Park

Ministry of Culture Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Goh Keng Swee

1966

Lim Kim San: Statement in Parliament - Common Currency and Banking System

Statement by Mr Lim Kim San the Minister of Finance entitled "Common Currency and Banking System", Singapore Parliament Reports, Vol 25, Issue No 5, Sitting date: 26 August 1966 at Col 267

Lim Kim San

1965

White Paper on Currency: Annex A. 1

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Lim Kim San, Tan Siew Sin

1965

White Paper on Currency: Annex A. 3

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Lim Kim San, Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, Tan Siew Sin

1966

White Paper on Currency: Annex A. 6

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Lim Kim San, Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, Tan Siew Sin

1966

Straits Times: Common Currency: Singapore states its terms

The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permission.

Lim Kim San

1966

White Paper on Currency: Annex C. 2

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, Sim Kee Boon

1966

White Paper on Currency: Annex C. 6

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, Lim Kim San, Sim Kee Boon, Tan Siew Sin

1966

White Paper on Currency: Annex C. 7

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Lim Kim San, Tan Siew Sin

1966

Split dollar: Malaysia won't lose, says Tan

The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permission.

Tan Siew Sin

1966

White Paper on Currency: Annex C. 8

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Lim Kim San, Tan Siew Sin

1964

Dr Goh with his cousin, Malaysian Finance Minister Tun Tan Siew Sin

Dr Goh with his cousin, Malaysian Finance Minister Tun Tan Siew Sin, (to Dr Goh's left) at dinner hosted by The Four Chambers of Commerce
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Goh Keng Swee, Tan Siew Sin

1965

White Paper on Currency: Annex A. 2

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, Lim Kim San, Tan Siew Sin

1964

Hand-drawn Map of Bank Negara Malaysia site at Robinson Road

Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, Sim Kee Boon

1966

Street Directory Map: Robinson Road

Courtesy of Singapore Land Authority

Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, Sim Kee Boon

1963

Photo: Dignitaries dancing the joget at the opening of Rumah Temasek

Dignitaries such as Malaysian Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman and Dr Goh Keng Swee dancing the joget at the opening of Rumah Temasek in KL
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Tengku Abdul Rahman, Goh Keng Swee, Lee Kuan Yew, Tun Abdul Razak

1963

Photo: PM LKY dancing the joget at the opening of Rumah Temasek

1 November 1963, Kuala Lumpur: Prime Minister Mr Lee Kuan Yew, among a party of distinguished guests that included Malaysian Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, dancing the joget at the opening of Rumah Temasek
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Tengku Abdul Rahman, Goh Keng Swee, Lee Kuan Yew, Tun Abdul Razak

1963

Photo: M'sian DPM Tun Abdul Razak dancing the joget at the opening of Rumah Temasek

Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Tengku Abdul Rahman, Goh Keng Swee, Lee Kuan Yew, Tun Abdul Razak

1966

Sunday Times: Divided dollar: No chance of compromise

The Sunday Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permission.

Tan Siew Sin

1967

Straits Times: New Currencies for Singapore & Malaysia

The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permission.

Lim Kim San

1967

Straits Times: Minister's pledge to chamber: We won't fritter away our reserves…

The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permission.

Lim Kim San

1966

Photo: Speech by PM LKY at the 54th Anniversary of the SGPWU

Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Lee Kuan Yew

1966

Speech by PM LKY at the 54th Anniversary of the SGPWU

Ministry of Culture Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Lee Kuan Yew

1967

Straits Times: The New Currency Goes to Singapore Banks

The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permission.

1967

Straits Times: $305.7m new dollars in S'pore

The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permission.

1967

Straits Times: President names board to issue new S'pore dollar

The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Reproduced with permission.

Chua Kim Yeow, Lim Kim San

1968

Telegram from D G Holland to Arthur Snelling: Singapore Diversification

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Arthur Snelling, D G Holland, Goh Keng Swee, Lee Kuan Yew

1967

Statement by the Singapore Government on decision not to devalue the Singapore currency

Ministry of Culture Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

1967

Note from P Scanlon: How "rich" is Singapore?

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

D G Holland, P Scanlon

1967

Note from D G Holland: How "rich" is Singapore?

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Arthur Snelling, D G Holland

1968

Telegram from Arthur de la Mare: Singapore sterling

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Arthur de la Mare, Arthur Snelling, Goh Keng Swee, Roy Jenkins

1967

TNote from A Snelling: How "rich" is Singapore?

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Arthur Snelling

1967

Letter to Roy Jenkins from Dr Goh Keng Swee

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Goh Keng Swee, Roy Jenkins

1967

Letter to Harold Wilson from Lee Kuan Yew

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Harold Wilson, Lee Kuan Yew

1967

Letter to Dr Goh Keng Swee from Roy Jenkins

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Goh Keng Swee, Roy Jenkins

1968

Telegram from Arthur de la Mare: Singapore sterling

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Arthur de la Mare, Goh Keng Swee, Lee Kuan Yew

1968

Telegram from Arthur de la Mare: Singapore sterling

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Arthur de la Mare, Goh Keng Swee, Lee Kuan Yew

1968

UK Treasury Background Note: Singapore sterling

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Goh Keng Swee, Lee Kuan Yew

1972

Straits Times: No ties with sterling

The National Archives (United Kingdom)

Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, Lim Kim San, Tan Siew Sin

2014

Video: Interview with Mr Ngiam Tong Dow

Goh Keng Swee, Ngiam Tong Dow

Photo: Original torn US dollar note

Goh Keng Swee, Ngiam Tong Dow

Photo: Mr Ngiam Tong Dow with the original torn US dollar note

Ngiam Tong Dow

Photo: Michael Wong Pak Shong, first Managing Director of MAS

Courtesy of Monetary Authority of Singapore

Michael Wong Pak Shong

1981

Straits Times: He's tops at managing men, say MAS staff

Goh Keng Swee, Michael Wong Pak Shong

Photo: Michael Wong Pak Shong, first MD of MAS and Mr Hon Sui Sen, first Chairman of MAS

Courtesy of Monetary Authority of Singapore

Hon Sui Sen, Michael Wong Pak Shong

1980

Press Statement: Dr Goh Keng Swee charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Finance

Ministry of Culture Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Goh Keng Swee

1981

Press Release: MAS Restructuring and New Investment Corporation Formed

Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Goh Keng Swee, Lee Kuan Yew, Lim Kim San, Michael Wong Pak Shong

1981

Business Times: GSIC looks for overseas fund managers

Yong Pung How

1981

Straits Times: American adviser to govt expected soon

Douglas Salmond, Lee Kuan Yew, Yong Pung How

1981

Business Times: Banker to head investment body

Goh Keng Swee, Yong Pung How

1980

Photo: Lim Kim San, second MD of MAS

Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Lim Kim San

1984

Photo: Douglas Salmond and Theodore Garhart, two of GIC's first three fund managers

MAS-GIC Link Newsletter

Douglas Salmond, Theodore Garhart

1976

Photo: The old SIA building on Robinson Road

The old SIA building on Robinson Road (tower block at extreme left of image) housed GIC's first office
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

Yong Pung How