Group 10
Ronnie Poon
Ivan Tan
Tan Zheng Yuan
Tan Alvin
Yeo Hock JIn
History of S.Rajaratnam
1915-Born in Sri Lanka
1937-Went to KIng's college
1954-Confounded people's action party with Lee Kuan Yew, Goh Keng Swee and others'
1959-Served as minister for culture
1965-Served as minister for foreign affairs
1966-Wrote the national pledge
1968-Served as minister for labour
1980-Served as second deputy prime minister
1988-Retirement
1988(post retirement)-Served as the senior distinguished fellow at the institute of southeast asian studies.
22 feb 2006-Passed away peacefully at his home in chancery lane
Major contributions
1966-wrote the national pledge
1970-Helped singapore gain entry into the united nations and later into the non-aligned movement.
1971-Introudec tough labour laws in an attempt to restore singapore economical stability.
1954-1988
PLayed a key role in the successive pragmatic and democratic People's action party which radically improved Singapore's economic situation, alongside huge developments in social development on the island with massive expansion of healthcare programs, pension,state housing and extremely low employment.
In regonition of his visionary leadership in helping to shape Singapore's development, the S.rajaratnam Scholarship was set up in 1990 and renamed S.rajaratnam professorship in Strategic studies in 1999.
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