Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs

Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs

JAKARTA (JP): Three international publishers, Simon & Schuster
Asia, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) and Times Publishing,
announced yesterday they would jointly publish the memoirs of
Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.

SPH and Times will publish for the Singaporean and Malaysian
markets while Simon & Schuster will the publish the reminiscences
for the rest of the world.

Simon & Schuster said in a statement yesterday that the
memoirs would come out in two separate volumes. The first deals
with the author's early years, up to Singapore's independence,
and the second one talks about Lee's life from then to the
present day.

The first volume, The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lew Kuan Yew
will be published to coincide with the author's 75th birthday on
Sept. 16, the statement said. (jsk)