Lim Chong Yah

Download or read book Lim Chong Yah written by Chong-Yah Lim and published by WS Professional. This book was released on 2017 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes the reader through the eventful life journey of one of Singapore's best known economists and educators, Professor Lim Chong Yah. Born in Malacca, the author planted tapioca to feed himself and his family, caught fish in paddy fields and was thrown in jail as a 10-year-old during the war. He fought to win a Commonwealth scholarship to get a decent education, met the love of his life at a Chinese New Year party, became a Professor at two of the best universities in Asia, and went on to write one the most widely-used economics textbooks of the time, Elements of Economic Theory.