Founding Fathers

DR GOH KENG SWEE

Dr. Goh Keng Swee was the second Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 1973 and 1984, and a Member of Parliament for the Kreta Ayer constituency for a quarter of a century. Born in Malacca in the Straits Settlements into a Peranakan family, he came to Singapore at the age of two years. Educated at Raffles College and the London School of Economics and Political Science, his interest in politics began during his time in London where he met fellow students seeking independence for British Malaya, including Abdul Razak, Maurice Baker, Lee Kuan Yew and Toh Chin Chye. From 1945 onwards he worked for the Department of Social Welfare, eventually rising to become its Director. In 1958 he resigned from the Civil Service to work full-time for the People's Action Party (PAP), becoming a key member and later vice-chairman of its Central Executive Committee. The following year he successfully contested the Kreta Ayer seat in the 1959 general election for the Legislative Assembly, and joined the first government of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as Minister for Finance. Upon Singapore's independence on 9 August 1965, Goh became the nation's first Minister for the Interior and Defence. He subsequently served as Finance Minister (1967–1970), Minister for Defence (1970–1979) and Minister for Education (1979–1980, 1981–1984).

S. RAJARATNAM

Sinnathamby Rajaratnam, better known as "S. Rajaratnam", (25 February 1915 – 22 February 2006), was a Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1980-85, and a long-serving Minister and member of the Cabinet from 1959-88. He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of independent Singapore as it achieved self-government in 1959 and later independence in 1965. He devoted much of his adult life to public service, and helped shape the mentality of Singaporeans on contemporary issues. One of the schools of Nanyang Technological University, is named the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in honour of him, as a 7-storey Rajaratnam block at Raffles Institution. Rajaratnam died on 22 February 2006 of heart failure, 3 days shy of his 91st birthday.[4] As a mark of respect, Mediacorp channel 5 and 8 observed the one-minute of silence of procedure that night. The State flag on all government buildings was flown at half-mast from 23 February to 25 February 2006
 
 
 
                    Conclusion
Both men were Prime Ministers before and they were very famous because of their contributions to Singapore. I think Dr Goh Keng Swee is better as he was the only man to object to what Mr Lee Kuan Yew said. Not only he rebelled aganst Mr Lee Kuan Yew, he was the one to introduce 'streaming' to Singapore's schools, which allows students to be grouped according to their standards and study better. This can also better bring out students' abilities and talents and also let the students learn more effienciently. What's more, Dr Goh Keng Swee also turned Jurong from a wasteland into a prosperous industrial site. Indeed Mr S. Rajaratnam wrote the Pledge, but the contributions of Dr Goh Keng Swee are much more.In conclusion, Dr Goh Keng Swee is the more contributing Forefather