Archive for May, 2008
Full transcript of the Bloomberg interview on 29 April 2008 (PDF), courtesy of the Straits Times. Covers the gamut: food prices, world economy, banking bailouts, Olympics, Tibet, Lee’s approach to the media, Malaysia and even a tantalizing question about the future successor to Lee Hsien Loong — with, alas, a totally noncommittal reply. LEE: The [...]
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Tags: banking bailouts, bloomberg, food prices, Malaysia, Olympics, succession, tibet, world economy
Excerpts from a Central New Agency (Taiwan) interview with Lee. No video available. “I believe Taiwan will not have much more international space in the next four years. Beijing will have to take into account that a successor DPP president may exploit this increased space, ” said Lee in the May 6 interview at his [...]
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Tags: central news agency, taiwan
More bits and pieces of the April 29 interview, with a promise to air more footage today. Beijing Olympics Air Quality to Meet World Standards, Lee Says Beijing will curb pollution in time for the Olympics, based on past efforts to clear the air for landmark events, Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said. … [...]
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Tags: asean, beijing olympics, bloomberg, tibet
Bloomberg story on rice prices in Asia, with quotes from Lee. This appears to use material from the April 29 interview with Bloomberg TV, but video of the portions of the interview covering food prices is not available online. Why? Soaring rice prices are less likely to cause instability in China, India and other major [...]
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Tags: bloomberg, inflation
