Archive for September, 2008
FreedomFilmFest 2008 in Malaysia will be screening One Nation Under Lee, the documentary banned in Singapore. In Johor Bahru, the movie will be shown on Saturday, September 13th at 4.30pm. Address: Tropical Inn, 15, Jalan Gereja, Johor Bahru. Free admission. Other screenings in Kuching (20th) and Penang (27th).
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Tags: censorship, freedomfilmfest, one nation under lee
Brief mention in Reuters about the health of Kwa Geok Choo, Lee Kuan Yew’s wife. Lee said his wife Kwa Geok Choo, 87, is in stable condition after suffering two recent strokes. “My wife has been weakened after two strokes in May and in June. She is stable at present,” he said.
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Tags: kwa geok choo, mrs lee kuan yew, reuters
ChannelNewsAsia offers up two videos from the Forbes Global CEO conference, with about 20 seconds each of Lee Kuan Yew. MM Lee says US economy down but not out (video) MM Lee says SWFs should not be lumped as a single entity (video)
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At the Forbes Global CEO conference, Lee Kuan Yew pontificates on Russia and China: There’s no doubt that the world knows that China has come together. But they don’t beat their chests and threaten anybody.’ On Russia, Mr Lee alluded to its recent invasion of Georgia. ‘On the other side, really robust – you’ve got [...]
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Tags: asean, china, forbes, russia, social security, straits times
Lee Kuan Yew turns 85 on September 9th, and consented to a Straits Times interview by e-mail. No surprises: “evolve in sync with… our society” being code for “at a pace dictated by the PAP”. In an e-mail response to questions from The Straits Times ahead of his birthday on Tuesday, he adhered to his [...]
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Tags: aging, birthday, health, politics, straits times
Devastating analysis from the Far Eastern Economic Review’s Hugo Restall. If Singapore were a plural democracy, it would no doubt have developed an independent civil society capable of binding together the native-born and immigrants, providing mutual support. But the PAP and Lee Kuan Yew are like the African baobab tree, whose spreading canopy hogs the [...]
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Tags: democracy, economy, feer
Chee Soon Juan’s new book A Nation Cheated touches on the official history of Lee Kuan Yew and the PAP. CSJ’s speech, as quoted on the SDP website: The picture that emerged was one not quite the story that I heard and read growing up. In a nutshell, the Professor’s [Tim Harper] account was that [...]
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Tags: a nation cheated, chee soon juan, history, lim chin siong, sdp, tim harper
The day MM Lee censored himself
Rather odd article in Today about Lee Kuan Yew’s first televised National Day Rally speech in 1971. Dr Goh must have been horrified when he heard from his seat at the National Theatre that the PM’s speech was going on air live. For Mr Lee was and is not known as one who minces his [...]
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Tags: 1971, national day rally, self-censorship, today