TY - BOOK AU - Kuan Yew, Lee TI - From Third World to first: the Singapore story, 1965-2000 SN - 0060197765 U1 - 959.5YEW PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - HarperCollins Publisher KW - Singapore-Economic Conditions N1 - Includes Index N2 - Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourth highest per capita real income? ER -