Swee was born in Malacca in the Straits Settlements on 6 October 1918[3] into a middle-income Peranakan family, the fifth of six children.[4] His father Goh Leng Inn was a manager of a rubber plantation, while his mother Tan Swee Eng[5] was from the family that produced the Malaysian politicians Tun Tan Cheng Lock and his son Tun Tan Siew Sin, who would later become Goh's lifelong political opponent.[6][7]Goh was given the Christian name Robert, which he disliked and refused to respond to. When he was two years old, his family moved from Malacca to Singapore where his maternal grandparents owned several properties. The Gohs later relocated to the Pasir Panjang rubber estate when his father found work there, and became manager in 1933. In common with manyharness the talents of our people to society’s advantage...................................Levelling the playing field

As a student in RI, I used to cycle 10km to school from my home in Pasir Panjang. It crossed my mind that the time I spent cycling could be spent studying by those schoolmates whose parents owned cars."unquote-(Goh Chok Tong On Meritocracy and Elitism in Singapore _ Din Merican the Malaysian DJ

"BLOCK BLorraine (on cam) You're back with TalkAsia and our special interview with Singapore's Prime Minister, Goh Chok Tong. He says some of his earliest memories are playing by the seaside, and swimming in the ocean with his friends. In the second part of my interview with him, Prime Minister Goh openly talks about his childhood, and some intimate moments with his late father.PM Goh: