An Unexpected Journey Path to the Presidency
by Nathan, S. R.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2012-03-26
Publisher(s): Editions Didier Millet
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Summary
This engrossing and engaging book tells the story of Singapore¿s President S.R. Nathan in his own words. It takes readers on a journey from Nathan¿s modest beginnings and his life as a runaway in Singapore and Malaya, through his experiences of the Japanese occupation, the birth of Singapore¿s modern trade union movement, and his time as Permanent Secretary, Executive Chairman of the Straits Times newspaper for a number of years, Singapore¿s High Commissioner in Malaysia, and as Ambassador to the United States, to the Presidential elections in 1999 and his tenure as Singapore¿s longest-serving President.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. 11 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 15 |
| Childhood And The War Years | |
| My childhood years | p. 19 |
| Living as a runaway | p. 38 |
| The coming of war | p. 46 |
| Life with the Japanese | p. 55 |
| A new job | p. 66 |
| Inside the Japanese administration of Johore | p. 71 |
| The guerrilla resistance | p. 84 |
| The Indian dimension | p. 103 |
| The end of the war | p. 109 |
| After The War | |
| Return of the British | p. 117 |
| Into the civil service - the Johore PWD | p. 124 |
| Union activism - helping the JCSA | p. 133 |
| How I met my wife-to-be | p. 142 |
| New possibilities: life at university | p. 146 |
| A dramatic university finale | p. 157 |
| A distinction attained | p. 163 |
| The Beginning Of My Career In Singapore | |
| Life as a hospital social worker | p. 169 |
| A summons from David Marshall | p. 175 |
| Seamen's welfare: defining my role | p. 178 |
| Breaking the rules, seeking solutions | p. 191 |
| Problems abroad: the international dimension | p. 197 |
| The PAP in power - and unexpected consequences | p. 204 |
| Political developments - and a new opportunity | p. 210 |
| Improving the lives of seafarers | p. 214 |
| Joining the union; AUPE | p. 220 |
| The Labour Research Unit | |
| A time of turbulence and change | p. 223 |
| The battle for allegiances | p. 226 |
| The origins of the Labour Research Unit | p. 234 |
| Joining the LRU | p. 235 |
| The PIEU and Jurong's pioneer industries | p. 247 |
| A variety of tasks | p. 258 |
| May Day | p. 259 |
| The first Delegates' Conference | p. 261 |
| The Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation Conference | p. 265 |
| Building up a corps of industrial relations officers | p. 276 |
| The Afro-Asian Labour Conference, Singapore | p. 282 |
| The Ministry Of Foreign Affairs | |
| Entering the ministry: my first stint at MFA | p. 287 |
| Global perspective: the world tour of 1970 | p. 299 |
| The Commonwealth comes to Singapore | p. 318 |
| New assignments | p. 321 |
| Return to MFA | p. 325 |
| A thorny road: relations with Malaysia after Separation | p. 328 |
| The founding of ASEAN | p. 342 |
| The United Nations | p. 353 |
| Indonesia | p. 361 |
| Vietnam | p. 369 |
| Cambodia | p. 379 |
| The Laju hijack | p. 397 |
| China | p. 421 |
| Thailand | p. 427 |
| The Philippines | p. 433 |
| Burma | p. 436 |
| Japan | p. 439 |
| After office hours: supporting the Hindu community | p. 443 |
| Entering The Newspaper World | |
| Joining the Straits Times | p. 449 |
| A question of balance | p. 458 |
| Corporate restructuring | p. 479 |
| The New Paper | p. 486 |
| Time to leave | p. 490 |
| High Commissioner To Malaysia | |
| The move to Malaysia | p. 495 |
| The political landscape | p. 497 |
| Presenting my credentials | p. 503 |
| A variety of issues | p. 505 |
| A royal visit to Singapore | p. 510 |
| Visiting the states of Malaysia | p. 512 |
| A continual preoccupation | p. 519 |
| Election fever | p. 522 |
| The Chinese and Indian communities | p. 527 |
| The Malaysian judiciary | p. 532 |
| An official visit | p. 536 |
| Military facilities for the US | p. 538 |
| An opportunity for reflection | p. 543 |
| Ambassador To The United States | |
| The move to Washington | p. 553 |
| The administration of George H.W. Bush | p. 559 |
| The Clinton era | p. 567 |
| The Michael Fay episode and its aftermath | p. 589 |
| Last impressions | p. 599 |
| A Strategic View - The Founding Of Idss | p. 603 |
| The Presidency | |
| An unexpected proposal | p. 615 |
| The elected president | p. 617 |
| Inside the Istana | p. 628 |
| A diplomatic role | p. 630 |
| President on parade | p. 637 |
| A presidency for the people | p. 639 |
| Maintaining links with the Indian community | p. 644 |
| In conclusion | p. 646 |
| Another View by Mrs Umi Nathan | p. 649 |
| Appendix: Post-war reunions | p. 650 |
| Index | p. 652 |
| Photo credits | p. 672 |
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