A lovely example of that Straits Times trademark, the utterly sycophantic reader letter:

I HAVE always been impressed with Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew for his vision and passion. But my respect for him has gone up a few more notches after his recent speech to encourage the study of Chinese language differently.

Having believed earlier that every child can master two languages equally well, he admitted his mistake. He said he did not realise that a child’s intelligence and language ability were two different things.

These are the lessons I have learnt from MM Lee:

Thank you, MM Lee, for teaching me how to lead.