Singapore’s Success Due To Integrity, Says Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew was the guest of honor at the Economic Society of Singapore‘s annual dinner. Channel News Asia reports (with video):
Mr Lee said the current team will last for two terms, within which they will have to seek and groom talent with energy and integrity.
He said: “The system is there, but the system cannot run with inadequate, mediocre men; you need top men, able men to choose able people to join you, to make sure that at every level you have the most able, the most meritocratic (people) in charge.
“So what is it (that) we are trying to do for the opposition? We are not trying to block them, we are trying to force them to collect a group of MPs or candidates that will equal us in integrity and competence, so that when the time comes, if we fail, they have a team that is equal to us, who can take over.”
On whether liberal democracy is needed to bring about economic success, Mr Lee said different people seek different solutions to problems. What Singapore is doing is to create a system which will have the strongest team in place to lead.
Minister Mentor Lee said: “We are not stupid people, they give us all these advice… International Bar Association, human rights, whatever it is. Who are they, what are they? Have you run a country? Have you ever done a community and created jobs for them, gave them a life? We have, and we know what it requires.”
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