Loh Kah Seng – Albert Winsemius, Adviser Extraordinaire Part 2 | Chronicles of Old Singapore

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. In Part 2, I assess the most intriguing part of Albert Winsemius’ work in Singapore, which never made it to his United Nations report. Privately to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, he urged that political action must precede economic reforms if industrialisation were to succeed. First, the statue of Raffles must not be removed. Second, the government must eliminate the communists. Part 1 | https://youtu.be/hE4GDHUNWMM Part 2 | https://youtu.be/s65-wpq0dfo00:00 Recap of Part 102:03 Industrialisation as a Political Issue05:11 Winsemius & Lee Kuan Yew06:59 Unions & Strikes10:53 Workers in Family Businesses12:58 Labour to be Patient14:22 Foreign Employers the Best15:02 The Leftists15:48 The UN Report17:40 Political Advice 1: Keep Raffles18:56 2: Eliminate the Communists19:41 The PAP Split21:34 Operation Coldstore22:59 Politics was Overriding24:23 Other Experts in Singapore27:22 The Most Consequential ExpertLoh Kah Seng, ‘Albert Winsemius and the Transnational Origins of High Modernist Governance in Singapore’, https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-1556-5_4 Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. This is Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian, and I speak to people on their memories of Singapore before it became a global city. Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.Write to [email protected] if you have any of these stories:• Old places or kampongs.• Communities – their way of life & culture.• Childhood & schools.• Work or business.YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@ChroniclesOldSG Spotify | https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ks Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/61551786759344 Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/ChroniclesofOldSingapore