long incumbency, which inspired his popular designation as a legend. The bishop appointed him District Evangelist and he continued lecturing and speaking out on matters of concern. Not long after broadcasting a sermon on New Year's Day, 1961, Goh became ill and died soon thereafter. He was buried before five hundred mourners, including many he had baptised or married.FamilyGoh's father was Goh Kim Swee. Goh's wife (née Tan) and youngest son died in 1924, and their other son was killed during the invasion. The Gohs had seven daughters and their nephew was future Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee." unquote. -(Goh Hood Keng)http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1586_2009-11-05.html

Speech in 1990 seems to suggest that the SM had technically broken his bond in 1964 – albeit temporarily

ONE SATURDAY EVENING ALMOST 19 YEARS TO THE DAYAGO, then First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong illustrated the difficulty of getting top talent to enter politics by sharing his own experience when he first graduated in 1964. “My first choice after graduating was to be a professor. I wanted to do a PhD. So I signed up as a Research Scholar at the Singapore University. Two weeks after I started, the Vice-Chancellor called me up. He said that the Government wanted me to work in the Civil Service as an Administrative Officer. They would not release me. I was then under a five-year bond, because of a bursary I received. I was put in the Economic Planning Unit. I worked there for about one year, until I saw an advertisement by Shell. I applied. After