© 2013 Thomas Gordon Plate
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National Library Board Singapore Cataloguing in Publication Data
Plate, Tom.
Conversations with Lee Kuan Yew : citizen Singapore : how to build a nation / Tom Plate. – [2nd ed.] – Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2013.
p. cm. – (Giants of Asia)
eISBN : 978 981 4435 67 3

1. Lee, Kuan Yew, 1923--Interviews. 2. Lee, Kuan Yew, 1923--Political and social views. 3. Prime ministers--Singapore --Interviews. I. Title. II. Series: Giants of Asia.

DS610.73
959.5705092 -- dc23                         OCN823521335

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