Zainul Abidin Rasheed [Malaysia, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs]

• Main Author: Rasheed, Zainul Abidin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Malay Member of Parliament; Racial Relationship; Leadership Style; Singapore; Asian Studies; Leadership Studies; Politics and Social Change; Social Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/isl_dna/45; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1044&context=isl_dna
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Former editor of Berita Harian, who rose to become head of Mendaki, and then Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zainul Abidin Rasheed, tells DNA how his experiences during the 1964 racial riots had shaped his political views. He recalls how Lee Kuan Yew retracted from closing down Nanyang...