Archive for January, 2009
Nice picture of Lee Kuan Yew looking like a human condom. CNA: The MP for Yio Chu Kang was set on fire by an ex-cabbie on Jan 11 during a constituency event. He suffered 14 per cent burns on his face, chest and arms. Among the visitors received was Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew who [...]
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Tags: biohazard, giant condom, lee kuan yew, seng han thong
MM: Help to save jobs
Lee Kuan Yew on the budget and recession. Straits Times: Saving jobs was uppermost on Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s mind, when asked his reaction to this year’s Budget. ‘The Budget is meant to save jobs,’ he told reporters during a visit to the East Coast Park. ‘That’s the first thing we have to do [...]
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Tags: budget, downturn, east coast park, lee kuan yew, recession
Man held for defacing wall
This confession of love just might lead to a caning. Straits Times: POLICE yesterday arrested a man in his 40s for vandalism, after a wall outside Parliament House was defaced at lunch hour. Scribbled in black marker on the top right corner of the wall were the words: ‘Hi Harry Lee. I love you.’ Minister [...]
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Tags: graffiti, lee kuan yew, vandalism
After some three weeks of silence, Lee resurfaces at Nanyang Poly. CNA (with video): SINGAPORE: Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has said the country needs to become a more diverse economy providing students with different outlets that fit their strengths and interests. Minister Mentor Lee said: “We now have to try and bring up people [...]
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Tags: education, lee kuan yew, nanyang polytechnic
Singapore will most likely be part of China
Alex Au opines on Singapore’s increasing sinification, and why Lee Kuan Yew has made this topic a taboo. Yawning Bread: People look at me in disbelief each time I say that in two generations’ time, Singapore will most likely be part of China. Of course, it’s actually more complicated than that: The process will be [...]
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Tags: china, singapore, sinification, yawningbread