VR Nathan: community servant extraordinary

by Baskaran, Bala

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Title Statements

Full title :VR Nathan : community servant extraordinary / Bala Baskaran, Said Abdullah, Arun Senkuttuvan.

Summary

In conveying his condolences to VR Nathan's wife, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that "as chairman of Hindu Endowments Board, VR Nathan had served the Indian community with distinction and unwavering commitment". Lee also said that VR "had done much for inter-religious harmony in Singapore". Soon after, Zainul Abidin Rasheed, then Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said in Parliament that he was "very amazed" when he saw at VR's funeral leaders of different faiths paying their last respects and offering prayers. That perhaps is the ultimate tribute any Singaporean of faith could hope for. This is the story of what made an unemployed immigrant from India with little education transform into an ideal Singaporean - successful in his career, yet caring for fellow citizens.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):ISEAS Publishing
Place of Publication:Singapore
Language:und
Publication Date:©2012

The Physical Object

Description:136 pages, [8] pages of plates : : illustrations, photographs (chiefly color) ; : 18 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789814379847, 9814379840, 9789814379854, 9814379859
oclc:on1058087528
LC Classification:HV28.N36
Dewey Decimal:361.3095957

Subjects

Bankers Bankers -- Biography. -- India Banquiers -- Biographies. -- Inde Biographies Community activists Community activists -- Biography. -- Si… East Indians East Indians -- Biography. -- Singapore Endowments -- Officials and employees Endowments -- Officials and employees. … Fondations -- Personnel. -- Singapour Hindouisme -- Relations. -- Singapour Hindouisme -- Singapour Hindu temples -- Management. -- Singapo… Hinduism Hinduism -- Relations. -- Singapore Hinduism -- Singapore India Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde) -- Biogra… Interfaith relations