信约背后的开国元老

Former Deputy Prime Minister S. Rajaratnam, one of Singapore's founding fathers, has died.

The man who penned the lines for the Singapore Pledge, Mr Rajaratnam had retired from politics in 1988 after 29 years in Cabinet.

He had also served as Second Deputy Prime Minister and Senior Minister.

Mr Rajaratnam would have turned 91 years old this Saturday.

A former journalist, Mr Rajaratnam had a long and illustrious career as a Cabinet Minister.

Born in Sri Lanka in 1915, Mr Rajaratnam was educated at Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur and then Raffles Institution in Singapore.

He became politically active during a stint in London.

After the Second World War, Mr Rajaratnam first worked as a reporter, and then Associate Editor of the Singapore Standard from 1950 to 1954.

One of the founder members of the People's Action Party, he quit journalism in 1959 to run in the Legislative Assembly Elections. He served in the Kampong Glam constituency for 29 years.

source: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/194463/1/.html