Uma ucabangela lesi sigaba esikhuluma ngeSingapore, ubani owayengumongameli wokuqala waseSingapore?
Context:Ngemuva kokuxoshwa eMalaysia, iSingapore yazimela njengeRiphabhulikhi yaseSingapore ngo-9 Agasti 1965, noLee Kuan Yew noYusof bin Ishak njengongqongqoshe wokuqala nomongameli ngokulandelana. Ngo-1967, leli zwe lahlanganyela ekusunguleni i - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Kwaphinde kwaqubuka iziyaluyalu zobuhlanga ngo-1969. Ukugcizelela kukaLee Kuan Yew ukukhula komnotho okusheshayo, ukusekela amabhizinisi, nemikhawulo entandweni yeningi yangaphakathi kwakha izinqubomgomo zaseSingapore engxenyeni eyikhulu eyalandela. Ukukhula komnotho kwaqhubeka kuwo wonke ama-1980, ngenani lokungasebenzi lehla laya ku-3% kanye nokukhula kwe-GDP yangempela ngokwesilinganiso cishe ngo-8% kwaze kwaba ngu-1999. Ngawo-1980, iSingapore yaqala ukushintshela ezimbonini zobuchwepheshe obuphezulu, njengemboni yokukhiqiza ama-wafer, ukuze ihlale incintisana njengoba amazwe angomakhelwane aqala ukukhiqiza ngokusebenza okushibhile. Isikhumulo sezindiza i-Singapore Changi savulwa ngo-1981 futhi kwasungulwa iSingapore Airlines. Itheku laseSingapore laba elinye lamachweba amatasa kakhulu emhlabeni futhi izimboni zezinsizakalo nezokuvakasha nazo zakhula kakhulu phakathi nalesi sikhathi.
UYusof bin Ishak