| 词条 | Chew Swee Kee |
| 释义 |
| honorific-prefix = | name = Chew Swee Kee | honorific-suffix = | image = | office1 = 1st Minister of Education | term_start1 = April 6, 1955 | term_end1 = February 1959 | 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|Chief Minister}} | 1namedata1 = David Marshall Lim Yew Hock | predecessor1=Newly Created | successor1=Lim Yew Hock | birth_date = May 15, 1918 | birth_place = Gopeng, Malaya | death_date = December 1985 (Age 67) | death_place = Singapore | nationality = Singaporean | party = Labour Front (1954-1959) | alma_mater = Chung Wah Chinese School Anglo-Chinese School | profession = Politician | religion = }} Chew Swee Kee ({{zh|c=周瑞麒|p=Zhōu Ruìqí}}; May 15, 1918{{spaced ndash}} December 1985) was a Singaporean politician. A member of Singapore-based political party Labour Front, Chew served as Minister of Education from 1955 to around 1959. Early lifeChew was born May 15, 1918, in Gopeng, Malaya. He attended Chung Wah Chinese School and Anglo-Chinese School.[1] CareerChew was a member of the Labour Front, a Singapore-based political party.[1] He was given the role of Minister of Education following the victory of the Labour Front in the 1955 Legislative Elections.[1] He was also acting Chief Minister[1] and chairman of the All-Party Committee of the Singapore Legislative Assembly.[2] Returning from Hong Kong, where he had travelled to in 1956 for professional reasons, he became the Labour Front's president in around 1957.[1] He later joined the Singapore People's Alliance.[3] In February 1959, Chew was accused of corruption[1] by the People's Action Party.[4] The claim has it that Chew accepted around $700,000[3] to $800,000 from an unrevealed donor{{Sfn|Lee|2008|p=153}} in New York City[3] as a "political gift".[5] Chew promptly stepped down from his post{{Sfn|Lee|2008|p=153}} on March 4, 1959.[4] The incident is credited for causing the Singapore People's Alliance's downfall.{{Sfn|Lee|2008|p=153}} Personal lifeChew became a Singapore citizen in November 1957.[6] He was married[7] and had four daughters and one son. While on holiday, it was reported that he got robbed of his trousers.[8] He headed the Ipoh ACS Alumni Association from 1962 to 1964.[9] Chew owned a tin mine located in Ipoh, Malaysia, which he purchased for $350,000.[10] DeathChew died in December 1985. The cause of death was myocardial infarction.[11] References1. ^{{cite news|title=X-Ray Club |url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=straitstimes19560415-1.2.104&sessionid=002cb8a7f5294098b08e1037ae4d7008&k |date=April 15, 1956 |newspaper=The Straits Times |pages=11– }} 2. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=PTw-HmVKYTcC&pg=PA256 |pages=256– |title=The Scripting of a National History: Singapore and Its Pasts |last1=Hong |first1=Lysa |last2=Huang |first2=Jianli |publisher=NUS Press |isbn=9789971694333 |year=2008}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://www.mha.gov.sg/basic_content.aspx?pageid=66 |title=2nd Reading Speech by Minister for Home Affairs Mr Wong Kan Seng |date=May 22, 2000 |last=Wong |first=Kan Seng |accessdate=May 29, 2013 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223736/http://www.mha.gov.sg/basic_content.aspx?pageid=66 |archivedate=January 22, 2013 |df= }} 4. ^1 {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=7qV6un8vKNUC&pg=PA218 |pages=218– |title=Curbing Corruption in Asian Countries: An Impossible Dream? |first=Jon S.T. |last=Quah |publisher=Emerald |year=2011 |isbn=9780857248206 }} 5. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=5yhvAAAAMAAJ |title=Successful Singapore: A Tiny Nation's Saga from Founder to Accomplisher |pages=191– |first=George J. |last=Fernandez |year=1992 |publisher=SSMB |isbn=9789971981815 }} 6. ^{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=straitstimes19571107-1.2.8&sessionid=8426401a58de4baf86ad6fc669498eb6 |title=Chew Takes the Oath of Allegiance As He Becomes Colony Citizen |date=November 7, 1957 |newspaper=The Straits Times |pages=1 }} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article.aspx?articleid=freepress19560414-1.2.14&sessionid=8feb4c95f4a54287b43fae4815460992 |title=Untitled article |date=April 14, 1956 |page=3 |newspaper=The Singapore Free Press }} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19591230.2.86.aspx |title=Chew Swee Kee Reports Loss of Trousers |pages=9– |date=December 30, 1959 |newspaper=The Straits Times }} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://acsipohalumni.com/about-us/roll-of-presidents/the-roll-of-presidents/ |title=The Roll of Presidents |accessdate=May 29, 2013 |publisher=The Ipoh ACS Alumni Association |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812101311/http://acsipohalumni.com/about-us/roll-of-presidents/the-roll-of-presidents/ |archivedate=August 12, 2013 |df= }} 10. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=10VvAAAAMAAJ |last=de Cruz |first=Gerald |title=Rojak Rebel: Memoirs of a Singapore Maverick |publisher=Times Books International |year=1993 |isbn=9789812044037 }} 11. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=vhBMmG9yXgYC&pg=PA55 |pages=55– |title=Historical Dictionary of Singapore |first=Justin |last=Corfield |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2010 |isbn=9780810873872 }} Bibliography
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