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    <font color="#000000">William Allmond Codrington Goode, Sir,
    (<em>b. 8 June 1907, Twickenham, Middlesex - d. September
    1986</em>) was Singapore&#39;s last colonial governor serving
    between 9 December 1957 to 2 June 1959. He was also
    Singapore&#39;s first Yang di-Pertuan Negara when Singapore
    achieved internal self-government on 3 June 1959. Goode acted
    as Yang Di-Pertuan Negara for the first six months of the new
    self-government, which was formed by the PAP. In December 1959,
    he was succeeded by Yusof bin Ishak, the former chairman of
    Public Service Commission.<br />
    <br />
     <strong><u>Early life<br />
    </u></strong>Goode&nbsp;had been educated at Oakham School and
    Worcester College, Oxford. In his early career, he worked as
    barrister-at-law at Gray&#39;s Inn. He was in the Singapore
    Volunteer Corps, and a Prisoner of War (POW) from 1942 to 1945
    during which he was sent to work on the Death Railway in
    Thailand.<br />
    <br />
    In 1931, he joined the Federated Malay States and served in the
    Malayan Civil Service, working&nbsp;in Pahang and Selangor. He
    was appointed Assistant Financial Secretary in Singapore in
    1939.<br />
    <br />
    In his book, <em>The Singapore Story</em>,&nbsp;Minister Mentor
    Lee Kuan Yew described Goode as a &quot;big man with rugged
    features&quot; who spoke with a &quot;soft voice&quot;, but was
    nevertheless a determined man. His sympathetic personality and
    unobtrusive tact aided&nbsp;the smooth transfer of power in
    Singapore.<br />
    <br />
    <b><u>Positions</u></b><br />
    <b>1948</b> : Secretary, Dep Economics, Malaya<br />
    <b>1949 - 1953</b> : Chief Secretary, Aden<br />
    <b>1953 - 1957</b> : Colonial Secretary, Singapore<br />
    <b>1960 - 1963</b> : Governor of North Borneo<br />
    <br />
    <b><u>Awards</u></b><br />
    <b>1952</b> : CMG<br />
    <b>195</b><b>7</b> : KCMG<br />
    <b>1963</b>: GCMG<br />
    <br />
    <b><u>Family</u></b><br />
    Wife: Ena Mary McLaren<br />
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    <strong>Author</strong><br />
    Nor-Afidah Abd Rahman<br />
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    <br />
    <br />
    <b>References&nbsp;</b> <br />
    Lee, K. Y. (1998). <em>From third world to first: The Singapore
    story 1965 - 2000, memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew</em> (pp. 197-198).
    Singapore: Times Edition: Press Holdings.<br />
    (Call no.: RSING 959.57 LEE)<br />
    <br />
    Mulliner, K. (1991). <em>Historical Dictionary of
    Singapore</em> (pp. 61-62). Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow
    Press.<br />
    (Call no.: RSING 959.57003 MUL)<br />
    <br />
    Turnbull, C. M. (1989). <em>History of Singapore:
    1819-1988</em> (p. 265). (2nd ed.). Singapore: Oxford
    University Press.<br />
    (Call no.: RSING 959.57 TUR)&nbsp;<br />
    <br />
    Friends honour S&#39;pore&#39;s last governor. (1990, February
    5). <em>The Straits Times</em>, p. 19.&nbsp;<br />
    <br />
    Cahoon, B. (2000-2004). World statesmen: Singapore. Retrieve
    January 22, 2005, from&nbsp;<a
    href="http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Singapore.html"
    target="_blank">www.worldstatesmen.org/Singapore.html</a><br />
    <br />
    <br />
    <strong>List of Images<br />
    </strong>National Archives of Singapore. (2002). <em>Goode W.
    A. C., Loke Wan Tho &amp; U Aung Myat Kyaw at reception at Sea
    View celebration of Burmese independence day</em>. Retrieved
    from <a
    href="http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/public/internetSearch/index.jsp"
    target="_blank">picas.nhb.gov.sg/public/internetSearch/index.jsp</a>&nbsp;<br />

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    The information in this article is valid as at<span
    style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;1997</span> and correct as far
    as we can ascertain from our sources. It is not intended to be
    an exhaustive or complete history of the subject. Please
    contact the library for further reading materials on the
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