Tall Order: The Goh Chok Tong Story Volume 1

by Shing Huei Peh

Book Overview

Goh Chok Tong was an improbable Prime Minister for an unlikely country. He had neither the connections nor the cunning to rise to the top, and was even once famously derided by his mentor Lee Kuan Yew for being 'wooden' in his communication skills. Except for an imposing height most unusual in this part of the world, he was an ordinary man. He lost his father at a young age, lived in a two-bedroom public flat with his mother and four siblings and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9813276045
• ISBN13: 9789813276048
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"