Goh Keng Swee was one of the founding fathers of Singapore, perhaps the crucial one. From before independence up to the time he stepped down as Deputy Prime Minister in 1984, Dr Goh imagined, birthed and nursed not only all the economic, financial and industrial and development institutions and policies upon which Singapore’s success is based, but also took under his wing Singapore’s education and defence portfolios.
Do you think Singapore separating from Malaysia is a good historical parallel to Brexit?