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  1. 1 2 3 4 Boh 2022, p. 137.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Chua 1999, p. 35.
  3. ↑ Tan, Lee & Tan 2015, p. 10.
  4. ↑ Ho 2022.
  5. ↑ Cheong 2019, p. 169.
  6. 1 2 Khalik 1987, p. 12.
  7. ↑ Cheong 2019, pp. 169–170.
  8. ↑ Boh 2022, p. 131.
  9. 1 2 Tan, Lee & Tan 2015, p. 33.
  10. ↑ Boh 2022, p. 136.
  11. ↑ Lee 2016.
  12. ↑ Lee 2012, p. 174.
  13. 1 2 Chua 1999, p. 34.
  14. ↑ Tortajada, Joshi & Biswas 2013, p. 114.
  15. ↑ Boh 2022, p. 140.
  16. ↑ Boh 2022, p. 142.
  17. 1 2 Lee 2000, p. 8.
  18. ↑ Wong 2016.
  19. ↑ Monetary Authority of Singapore 2021, p. 11.
  20. ↑ Ibrahim 1993, p. 1.
  21. 1 2 Chan 1993, p. 40.
  22. ↑ Boh 2022, p. 143.
  23. ↑ "Service to the community is recognised". The Straits Times. 9 August 1984. p. 5.

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Lee Ek Tieng
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Lee in New Zealand in 1970
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Environment
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1972–1986