Archive for June, 2009
Malaysia Did Not Overwelcome LKY
Malaysian PM Najib denies allegations that he was too hospitable to Lee Kuan Yew during his visit. Bernama: Malaysia did not overwelcome Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew during his eight-day visit to the country, early this month, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The prime minister said Lee was not accorded more than what [...]
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A few final opinions on the fallout from Lee’s trip. The Star has a piece called Negotiating with Singapore: Lee offered his advice, whether unsolicited or not, and in not-so-diplomatic language – which is his style – laid out what he expected in return for cooperation with Malaysia. You see, we are dealing with Singapore [...]
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Tags: ahmad mustapha hassan, cooperation, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, racial politics, third bridge
No Country for Old Men
Asia Sentinel reports on the results of Lee Kuan Yew’s Malaysia trip. Lee Kuan Yew, the 85-year-old patriarch and minister mentor of Singapore, might have thought he was taking a pleasant eight-day valedictory lap across several Malaysian states last week, but it has turned out to be anything but. Not only did Mahathir release a [...]
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Tags: iskandar, lee kuan yew, mahathir, Malaysia, matthias chang
Mahathir: The New Middle Kingdom
Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir Mohamed blogs about Lee: 2. But we already have a new Middle Kingdom now. During Lee Kuan Yew’s triumphant visit to Malaysia he made it known to the Malaysian supplicants that Singapore regards the lands within 6000 miles radius of Singapore as its hinterland. This includes Beijing and Tokyo and of course [...]
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Lee is concerned about cleanliness in Kelantan. New Straits Times: On Lee’s visit, Nik Aziz said besides political issues, they also discussed cleanliness in the state. “Lee told me that he was satisfied with the cleanliness level in the state especially in Kota Baru. “He had read in local newspapers which stated that Kota Baru [...]
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Tags: chang ko youn, cleanliness, gerakan, ipoh, kelantan, lee kuan yew, lim guan eng, nik aziz, penang, toilets
The Malaysian media have noticed how much time Lee is spending with the opposition, while the Singaporean media are playing this down. Note the hint that the schedule is pretty punishing for an 85-year-old after all. Malaysia Insider: Lee exhausted himself yesterday trying to find an answer to that most pressing question: just who is [...]
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Tags: abdul hadi awang, badawi, jamaluddin, khalid ibrahim, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, mukhriz mahathir, pakatan rakyat, pap
Lee Kuan Yew speaks out after the first half of his Malaysia trip. CNA: Mr Lee said no private investor would go into huge projects like Iskandar Malaysia and the proposed third bridge linking Singapore and Johor unless there is long-term stability in policy. Mr Lee, who kicked off his week-long visit to Malaysia in [...]
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Tags: iskandar, lee kuan yew, Malaysia, najib razak, opposition, singapore, third bridge
The Malaysia Insider has an interesting series of articles on Lee Kuan Yew’s visit, his focus on Malaysia’s ascendant opposition and the UMNO reaction: Kuan Yew learns about how a Pakatan government operates Lee was also interested in the relationship between the PR partners and the direction the federal opposition was heading in. Sources told [...]
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Tags: lee kuan yew, mahathir, Malaysia, pakatan, pas
Constructing Singapore: “pragmatism” and personalised power
The SDP provides some excerpts of Constructing Singapore: Elitism, Ethnicity and the Nation-Building Project by Michael D. Barr & Zlatko Skrbis (previously reviewed here). The oil that lubricates the Singapore system is the exercise of personal power. The personal character of power is demonstrated without much effort in the person of Lee Kuan Yew, who [...]
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Tags: constructing singapore, goh chok tong, lee hsien loong, lee kuan yew, michael barr, zlatko skrbis