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And we have to invest in them more than any other sector.” As he put it in a speech on the eve of National Day in 1967: “It is the quality of our youth that will determine our future. Mr Lee saw an educated workforce as key to Singapore’s future. The funeral procession will pass educational institutions, including Gan Eng Seng Primary, Henderson Secondary, Bukit Merah Secondary and Singapore Polytechnic, before entering the National University of Singapore campus for the state funeral. Known for his fierce defence of integrity in the public service, Mr Lee set up systems and processes to ensure that every dollar was properly accounted for, and any wrongdoing was swiftly addressed. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau was set up in 1952 by the British, but it was Mr Lee who gave it greater powers and tightened laws against corruption when he took over in 1959. “It is the foundation upon which nationhood was forged,” he said. Mr Lee sought to turn Singapore into a nation of home-owners as a way to give citizens a stake in the country.
In 1991, it became part of Tanjong Pagar GRC, which has not been contested since. Mr Lee was first elected assemblyman for Tanjong Pagar on April 2, 1955, and continued representing the area until his death, an unsurpassed record of 60 years. The NTUC Centre is now at One Marina Boulevard. The Singapore Conference Hall was originally Trade Union House, completed in 1965 to fulfil the PAP’s election promise of building a headquarters for the trade union movement, and remained the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) headquarters until 2000. He was soon appointed adviser to more than 50 unions, which became his support base in his first election. As a lawyer in 1952, he won a case for postal workers who had gone on strike. Mr Lee began his political life by representing trade unions. Gardens by the Bay has also been built, and can trace its origins to Mr Lee’s tree-planting campaign.ĥ NTUC Centre and Singapore Conference Hall Mr Lee’s vision to build a dam and create a freshwater reservoir in the heart of the city saw the construction of Marina Barrage, which opened in 2008, and the creation of Marina Reservoir, part of his goal of making Singapore self-sufficient in water.īoth were only possible with the clean-up of the Singapore River in the late 1970s under Mr Lee’s leadership. The Padang was where Mr Lee saw Singapore’s first National Day Parade in 1966.
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