Archive for October, 2008
Lee Kuan Yew in Beijing. Nearly content-free article from CNA: Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew met Wu Bangguo, the chairman of the Chinese National People’s Congress, in Beijing on Monday. During the meeting at the Great Hall of the People, both leaders affirmed excellent bilateral relations and agreed to further cooperation between Singapore and [...]
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Tags: china, lee kuan yew, wu bangguo
Lee offers some musings on the current financial crisis at the Singapore Human Capital Summit. Xinhua: The world economy will be restored in three to five years if the banking system does not malfunction, Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was quoted as saying on Friday. Lee, Singapore’s first prime minister, said no one can [...]
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Tags: china, financial crises, human capital summit, india, lee kuan yew
As speculated earlier, Dow Jones (News Corp) has confirmed that they will appeal the defamation ruling. While commendable, it’s unlikely to achieve anything. China Post: Singapore’s High Court ruled in September the publisher and editor of the magazine, owned by Dow Jones & Co, are to pay damages to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and [...]
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Tags: appeal, defamation, far eastern economic review, feer, public interest
Yet another utterly unsurprising conclusion from yet another defamation suit. Asia Sentinel: Singapore’s dynastic Lee family has again put an opposition party out of business, this time with an order from the Singapore High Court to the leaders of the Singapore Democratic Party to pay S$610,000 in damages for defaming Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong [...]
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Tags: asia sentinel, chee soon juan, defamation, sdp, singapore democratic party
Speaking at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Lee offers not just the usual platitudes, but a few more controversial thoughts as well: Lee, who ruled Singapore for 30 years after the country became an independent republic in 1965, said he had employed the same formula when he converted Singapore into the financial powerhouse it is today. [...]
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Tags: china, india, pbd, pravasi bharatiya divas, urbanization
JBJ passed away from a heart attack on Tuesday. While Lee Hsien Loong and Goh Chok Tong managed to grudgingly pay their respects, Lee Kuan Yew’s silence on the issue speaks volumes. AFP: The 82-year-old British-trained lawyer and former MP was the nemesis of Singapore’s iron-fisted founding leader Lee Kuan Yew, 85, whose People’s Action [...]
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Singapore: End Efforts to Silence Opposition
Human Rights Watch criticizes the recent defamation damages awarded to the Lees: “Using defamation laws to silence peaceful political speech makes a mockery of Singapore’s claim to be a model democracy,” said Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Opposition criticism of the government is an essential ingredient of a democratic political system.” [...]
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Tags: chee soon juan, defamation, human rights watch, lee kuan yew