SINGAPORE - To commemorate the 11th anniversary of former deputy prime minister Goh Keng Swee's passing on Friday (May 14), the foundation set up under his name donated a total of $1.85m to financially disadvantaged students from Singapore's four communities and needy medical students at the National University of Singapore (NUS). The Goh Keng Swee Foundation was set up by his wife, Dr Phua Swee Lian, in 2008 to encourage the values of her late husband. She said: "One of the objectives of the Goh Keng Swee Foundation is to continue in some small way Keng Swee's aspiration to improve the lot of the less privileged and the needy in society. "Throughout his tenure in political office, Keng Swee had a firm conviction that education is the only way to uplift the quality of life for these people." During his 25 years in politics, Dr Goh was instrumental in the development of Singapore. He has held cabinet appointments including deputy prime minister and helmed the finance, defence and education portfolios. In 1981, Dr Goh set up the Government of Investment Corporation, with plans to protect the country's reserves from unprecedented economic crisis. He was also key to numerous national p...