Goh Chok Tong (1941)

Mr Goh Chok Tong was the prime minister of Singapore (1990–2004). Born into a Hokkien family, Goh previously studied in the Raffles Institution from 1955 to 1960. He is said to have been a very competitive swimmer. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Arts in Development Economics from Williams College in the United States. After holding government and business positions, he was elected to Singapore´s parliament in 1976 and served in the cabinet and People´s Action party leadership from 1979. He went to to served as Senior Minister of State for Finance, Minister for Trade and Industry, Health and Defence. In 1985 he became minister of defense and deputy prime minister, and five years later he succeeded Lee Kuan Yew as prime minister. Less authoritarian than Lee, Goh saw Singapore through the 1997 Asian financial crisis and the turmoil attending the 2003–3 SARS outbreak. He was succeeded by Lee Hsien Loong, his predecessor´s son, and became Senior Minister after resigning as prime minister.

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Mrs Goh Chok Tong

Mrs Goh Chok Tong or Mdm TAN Choo Leng, Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Singapore, Lawyer Advocate and Solicitor. She is the wife of Senior Minister (Ex-Prime Minister) Mr Goh Chok Tong. Mrs Goh was also an NKF Patron. Remember her famous quote - "$600,000 a year is peanuts" on NKF CEO´s Pay.

14 July 2005, 1900 hour - Mrs Goh, Patron of NKF resigned with this statement: The NKF has a noble mission. For more than 30 years, it has helped many kidney failure patients. As Patron, my concern has been to help the patients and their families. I am deeply grateful to Singaporeans for supporting NKF through the years. I have just received news that the NKF board has decided to resign to enable a new board to be appointed to recover public confidence in the NKF. To give the NKF a fresh start, I have also decided to relinquish my position as Patron. This has been a sad and unfortunate episode. But I hope that Singaporeans will continue to support the NKF´s efforts to help kidney failure patients and their families.