| Title: | Singapore's First President - Yusof Ishak |
| Source: | 100 INSPIRING RAFFLESIANS, 1823-2003 (pp 67-69)
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| Author(s): | Guan Heng Tan
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| Abstract: | As a schoolboy, Yusof Ishak dreamt of becoming a soldier but this was overtaken by his love of journalism. He pioneered the founding of the Utusan Melayu and became a legend in the Malay community. His vision was a multiracial nation and this was realised when he became Singapore's First President in 1959… |
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