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Goh Keng Swee (; bn October 6 1918 in Malacca) is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.
Goh was a son of a rich Malacca family and was raised as a Methodist. Although his father, Goh Leng Inn, was a manager of a rubber plantation, his mother was from the family that produced famous Malaysian politicians Tun Tan Cheng Lock and his son, Tun Tan Siew Sin - who would someday be Goh's lifelong political opponent.
After studying at Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore, Goh went on to graduate from Raffles College (today the National University of Singapore) with a Diploma in Arts, and entered the Civil Service to focus on social welfare issues. Shortly after the start of the Second World War, Goh joined the Singapore Volunteer Corps, a local militia, but after the fall of Singapore he returned to his previous work. In 1946, he joined the Department of Social Welfare, and was active in post-war administration. During the Japanese occupation in 1942, Goh married Alice Woon and they had a son.
Following the Second World War, Goh won a scholarship, which enabled him to pursue a degree at the London School of Economics (LSE). Goh graduated with a First Class Honours in Economics and with the help of a University of London scholarship, awarded in 1951, was able to continue with doctoral studies. Goh completed his PhD in Economics in 1954, and returned to the Department of Social Welfare, where he served as the Director of the Social and Economic Research Division.
During his time in London, Goh met fellow students that were seeking independence for Malaya, including Lee Kuan Yew and Toh Chin Chye. A student discussion group, the Malayan Forum was organised with Goh as the founding chairman. Following his return to Singapore, Goh detached himself from active politics, but retained ties to the People's Action Party (PAP), of which he was a member. In August, 1958, Goh resigned from the Civil Service to work full-time for the (PAP), and was a key member of the Central Executive Committee. He was later to become its vice-chairman. On a PAP ticket, Goh successfully contested the Kreta Ayer seat in the 1959 Legislative Assembly elections, and joined the first government of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as Minister of Finance. In this role, he was to assume stewardship of Singapore's economy, and in the following decade Goh was to serve as the chief architect of the country's economic development. He was succeeded in this position by Hon Sui Sen, who became the Finance Minister in 1970.
Goh was a democratic socialist at heart, but recognised that socialist planning principles had to work within the context of Singapore's geopolitical and economic context. Notably, there were great pressures from communist agitators working through the Chinese-medium schools and trade unions.
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Goh Keng Swee (; bn October 6 1918 in Malacca) is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.
Goh was a son of a rich Malacca family and was raised as a Methodist. Although his father, Goh Leng Inn, was a manager of a rubber plantation, his mother was from the family that produced famous Malaysian politicians Tun Tan Cheng Lock and his son, Tun Tan Siew Sin - who would someday be Goh's lifelong political opponent.
After studying at Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore, Goh went on to graduate from Raffles College (today the National University of Singapore) with a Diploma in Arts, and entered the Civil Service to focus on social welfare issues. Shortly after the start of the Second World War, Goh joined the Singapore Volunteer Corps, a local militia, but after the fall of Singapore he returned to his previous work. In 1946, he joined the Department of Social Welfare, and was active in post-war administration. During the Japanese occupation in 1942, Goh married Alice Woon and they had a son.
Following the Second World War, Goh won a scholarship, which enabled him to pursue a degree at the London School of Economics (LSE). Goh graduated with a First Class Honours in Economics and with the help of a University of London scholarship, awarded in 1951, was able to continue with doctoral studies. Goh completed his PhD in Economics in 1954, and returned to the Department of Social Welfare, where he served as the Director of the Social and Economic Research Division.
During his time in London, Goh met fellow students that were seeking independence for Malaya, including Lee Kuan Yew and Toh Chin Chye. A student discussion group, the Malayan Forum was organised with Goh as the founding chairman. Following his return to Singapore, Goh detached himself from active politics, but retained ties to the People's Action Party (PAP), of which he was a member. In August, 1958, Goh resigned from the Civil Service to work full-time for the (PAP), and was a key member of the Central Executive Committee. He was later to become its vice-chairman. On a PAP ticket, Goh successfully contested the Kreta Ayer seat in the 1959 Legislative Assembly elections, and joined the first government of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as Minister of Finance. In this role, he was to assume stewardship of Singapore's economy, and in the following decade Goh was to serve as the chief architect of the country's economic development. He was succeeded in this position by Hon Sui Sen, who became the Finance Minister in 1970.
Goh was a democratic socialist at heart, but recognised that socialist planning principles had to work within the context of Singapore's geopolitical and economic context. Notably, there were great pressures from communist agitators working through the Chinese-medium schools and trade unions."
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吴庆瑞博士（Dr Goh Keng Swee，1918年10月6日— ）是新加坡前副总理、政治元老。出生于马来西亚马六甲州，后来移居新加坡。"
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