In Lieu of Ideology: An Intellectual Biography of Goh Keng Swee - Hardcoverby Kee Beng Ooi (Author) Born in Malacca in 1918, Dr Goh Keng Swee reached maturity at a time when European colonialism was breathing its last. By the time this keen eyed Malayan Became self governing Singapore's first Minister of Finance in 1959, he had made a name for himself s the colony's foremost social scientist, having carried out groundbreaking surveys on urban poverty and housing. He immediately initiated pioneering projects that laid the