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)